Last night was the regular meeting of the Governors of St Margaret’s CoE Primary school on Heywood Road. St Margaret’s is one of the two schools in our area that I have the honour of serving as a Governor.

There were a number of issues that came up, including:
– last years results were reported to governors – the school did well at both reception and “Key Stage 1” level, and saw good results at Level 5 in Key Stage 2.
– We discussed the Government’s plans for “Sustainable Schools” as part of the global commitment to reducing carbon emmissions and other environmental concerns. We learnt that the school is already performing very well on these important issues.
– We discussed ideas for improving the buildings in the school and are looking at how we can extend some classroom space that would benefit from more space.
– There was discussion about how important the issues of safeguarding children, and the very strict standards that schools have to comply with.

Governors also talked about how we can be more involved in the school and it was agreed to have a link Governor for each class. I’ve been given Year 5, and I’m looking forward to finding more about the work of the class and visiting during the year.

Any questions please ask!
tim