Welcome to the Governors section of the school website.
Every school has a governing board which represents the interests of the children, local community and wider public in the running of the school. School governors work with the staff and the Local Education Authority to help secure the best possible education for the children in the school.
The Grangehurst's governing board consists of 14 members and is made up of Parent Governors, Local Authority Governors, Staff Governors and Co-opted Governors. This ensures that the governing board has sufficient diversity of views and experience to be both a supportive and questioning friend.
Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Ruth Williamson; if you wish to contact her please speak with the school office who can pass on the relevant information. Alternatively please write to:
Mrs Ruth Williamson
Chair of Governors
c/o Grangehurst Primary School
Anderton Road
Coventry
West Midlands
CV6 6JN
All members of the current governing body can be seen below. Please click on the links to find out more about each individual governor.
There are two subcommittees: Curriculum and Standards and Resource Management. Each sub committee meets once per term and feeds information into the Full Governing Body that also meets once a term.
All governors are welcome and encouraged to participate in all or some of the committees.
The committees discuss and question areas of the school management such as staffing, finance, the curriculum, quality of teaching, pupil outcomes and premises.
There are three core functions of a governing body as reflected in OFSTED's inspection handbook:
| Name | Governor type | Date first appointed | Term of office (End date of current term) | Appointed by | Date stepped down (if applicable) | Committee(s) membership | Responsibility | Details of any conflicting interest e.g. business/work, relationships, governor of another school | Attendance at Full Governor and Committee meetings over last academic year (2019-20) |
| Ruth Williamson | Local authority | 18/11/2004 | Four years (04/12/23) | Local authority | N/A | Resource Mng
Curriculum and Standards |
| None | 4/4 meetings |
| James Okore Ombudo | Co-opted | 24/09/2015 | Four years (23/09/23) | Governors | N/A | Resource Mng
Curriculum and Standards |
| None | 11/12 meetings |
| Chris Connoll | Co-opted | 17/12/2015 | Four years (16/12/23) | Governors | N/A | Resource Mng |
| IT Network Manager in a Local Secondary School | 8/12 meetings |
| Geraldine Hewison | Co-opted | 30/09/1996 | Four years (04/06/22) | Governors | N/A | Resource Mng
Curriculum and Standards |
| None | 8/12 meetings |
| Darren Clews | Staff (Ex-Officio) | 03/09/2012 | Four years (N/A) | N/A | N/A | Resource Mng
Curriculum and Standards | N/A | Governor at Foxford Secondary School
IEB Member Coventry Hospital Education Service | 12/12 meetings |
| Cat Grantham | Co-opted | 11/12/2014 | Four years (10/12/22) | Governors | N/A | Resource Mng |
| School Business Manager in another Primary School | 7/9 meetings |
| Richard Bohdanowitsch | Co-opted | 23/11/2015 | Four years (04/12/23) | Governors | N/A | Curriculum and Standards |
| Spouse of a Higher Level Learning Facilitator in the school | 6/8 meetings |
| Lisa Shelton | Co-opted | 05/12/19 | Four years (04/12/23) | Governors | N/A | TBC | TBC | None | 5/8 meetings |
| Jonathan Poole | Parent | 19/12/20 | Four years (18/12/23) | Parents | N/A | TBC | GDPR | None | 6/7 meetings |
| Virginia Gill | Co-opted | 11/06/20 | Four years (10/06/20) | Governors | N/A | TBC | TBC | None | 4/4 meetings |
| Historic (Left with last 12 months) | |||||||||
| Name | Governor type | Date first appointed | Term of office (End date of current term) | Appointed by | Date stepped down (if applicable) | Committee(s) membership | Responsibility | Details of any conflicting interest e.g. business/work, relationships, governor of another school | Attendance at Full Governor and Committee meetings over last academic year (2019-20) |
| Nicky Nelson | Staff | 14/02/20 | Four years (13/02/24) | Staff | 06/04/21 | TBC | TBC | None | 1/3 meetings |
| Sarah Brown | Parent | 11/01/2019 | Four years (10/01/23) | Parents | 17/03/21 | Resource Mng
Curriculum and Standards | N/A | None | 11/12 meetings |
| Rajbir Bajwa | Co-opted | 09/02/2017 | Four years (08/02/21) | Governors | 08/02/21 | Resource Mng
Curriculum and Standards | N/A | None | 1/12 meetings |