Maynards Green Community Primary School Governors

Dear Parents and Guardians, 

My name is Julie, I would like to introduce myself as the recently appointed Chair of Governors .

On behalf of the whole Board of Governors, I would like to welcome you to our school.

Maynards Green School was originally one of the Heathfield Boards Schools and opened in May 1879, becoming a council school in 1903. The school has continued to grow in both physical size and pupil numbers, over the years. Set within a rural location, backing on to the Cuckoo walk, our amenities include outdoor play areas, a large playing field and a covered swimming pool.

The school continues to develop and incorporate new ways to enhance learning, skills and resilience by means of outdoor learning, enrichment afternoons, oracy and the use of external experts and visitors. We also maintain close links with the community including interaction with “ Young at Heart" and visiting local nursing homes and other places of interest.

We are fortunate to have a dedicated team of governors, from a variety of backgrounds, bringing together a full range of skills and experience. Governors are appointed to ensure that the school objectives are met, and that future planning is both visionary and realistic.

We believe the key to improving  all aspects of school performance is effective governance and as a board we have four core strategic functions:

1. Ensuring that everyone associated with the school understands the school’s vision and ethos for your children.
2. Work together with the Headteacher to ensure that your children realise their potential and that all staff are supported and trained to achieve this. 
3. Ensure that the funding we receive from central Government is well spent. 
4. Ensuring the voices of stakeholders are heard

In addition we monitor safeguarding, premises management and staff appointments. 

To achieve good governance we work closely with the Head Teacher and Senior Leadership team to support the school and all the staff.

We monitor and challenge to ensure we have evidence that the core objectives of the school are being met.

As a board we regard it as important to engage with all stakeholders and remain accessible. 

On the website you can see our constitution,  strategic plan, short biography’s of all the governors and the minutes of our meetings. We are often in School and apart from our meetings and official school visits, attend many school events.

Please feel able to come and chat with any of us, if you would like to know more about what we do or have any questions.

I can be contacted via email at jlangdon@maynardsgreen.org.

I look forward to meeting you.

Julie Langdon

Chair of Governors

• setting the aims and objectives of the school
• setting policies in order to achieve aims and objectives
• setting targets for pupil achievement
• monitoring and evaluating the progress the school is making
• managing the school’s finances
• making sure the curriculum is balanced and broadly based
• appointing staff
• reviewing Headteacher performance and pay