--- title: "The Governing Body" url: "https://www.st-michaels.cumbria.sch.uk/our-school/the-governing-body" school: "St. Michael's C.E. Primary School" --- # St. Michael's Governing Body ### **The School Governing Body** The Governing Body is responsible for the decision making that affects the school. There are currently eleven governors including the Headteacher, Mrs Smith. The full Governing Body meets once a term (twice in the Summer Term) and the committees each meet once a term. There are three committees which deal with certain aspects of the school. The Headteacher and Chairs of Governors are members of all committees. Each committee has its own Chair and the Chair for each committee is marked in **bold** below. The Chair of Governors is Mr Billy Mallinson, who can be contacted via the school at: St. Michael's C.E. Primary School Carlisle Road Dalston Carlisle CA5 7LN Telephone: 01228 711544 **Buildings and Grounds** Committee Members: **Billy Mallinson**, Brendan McArdle, Sarah Caulfield, Lyndsey Dalton, Andrew Trickett, Ian Newton (Associate Member) **Curriculum and Pastoral** Committee Members: **Brendan McArdle,** David Newlove, Jane Woodcock, Ian Dunbar, Fiona Crouch, Joanne Henshaw, Gill Mawson (Associate Member) **Finance and Staffing** Committee Members: **Sarah Caulfield**, Lyndsey Dalton, Billy Mallinson, Andrew Trickett ### **Business Interests** At the start of every academic year the governors are asked to declare any business or financial interests . In September 2025, one governor declared business interests. In addition, at the start of every meeting, Governors are asked to declare any interests in the agenda items for that particular meeting. If any are declared, they are minuted. ### **Attendance at Meetings** The table below show attendance at meetings from January 2021 to date. Most of these have been held via Zoom because of the pandemic. | Ref | Meeting | Date | Apologies | Accepted? | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | C&P 47 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 10/11/2026 | No | | via Zoom | | F&S 48 | Finance and Staffing | 04/11/2026 | No | | via Zoom | | 80 | Full Governors Meeting | 08/10/2026 | JW, ID | Yes | Face to face | | B&G 48 | Buildings and Grounds | 08/10/2026 | SC, IN | Yes | Face to face | | 79 | Full Governors Meeting | 08/07/2026 | BMc, LD, SC | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 46 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 25/06/2026 | No | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 47 | Finance and Staffing | 24/06/2026 | BM, LD | Yes | via Zoom | | 78 | Full Governors Meeting | 13/05/2026 | SC, ID | Yes | Face to face | | B&G 47 | Buildings and Grounds | 13/05/2026 | SC | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 45 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 17/03/2026 | BMc, JH | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 46 | Finance and Staffing | 10/03/2026 | BM | Yes | via Zoom | | 77 | Full Governors Meeting | 04/02/2026 | No | | Face to face | | B&G 46 | Buildings and Grounds | 04/02/2026 | SC | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 45 | Finance and Staffing | 02/12/2025 | No | | Face to face | | B&G 45 | Buildings and Grounds | 02/12/2025 | SC | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 44 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 23/10/2025 | DN, SM | Yes | via Zoom | | 76 | Full Governors Meeting | 24/09/2025 | ED, LD | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 43 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 08/07/2025 | DN, SM | Yes | Face to face | | B&G 44 | Buildings and Grounds | 08/07/2025 | LD, SC | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 44 | Finance and Staffing | 30/06/2025 | BM | Yes | via Zoom | | 75 | Full Governors Meeting | 21/05/2025 | DN, JW | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 42 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 19/03/2025 | None | | via Zoom | | F&S 43 | Finance and Staffing | 12/03/2025 | SC | Yes | via Zoom | | 74 | Full Governors Meeting | 05/02/2025 | SM | Yes | Face to face | | B&G 43 | Buildings and Grounds | 05/02/2025 | None | | Face to face | | F&S 42 | Finance and Staffing | 06/11/2024 | TT | Yes | via Zoom | | C&P 41 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 23/10/2024 | TT | Yes | via Zoom | | B&G 42 | Buildings and Grounds | 09/10/2024 | ED, SC | Yes | Face to face | | 73 | Full Governors Meeting | 25/09/2024 | ED, LD, TT | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 41 | Finance and Staffing | 19/06/2024 | TT, RH | Yes | via Zoom | | 72 | Full Governors Meeting | 15/05/2024 | BM, TT, PB | Yes | Face to face | | B&G 41 | Buildings and Grounds | 15/05/2024 | BM | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 40 | Finance and Staffing | 13/03/2024 | TT, LD | Yes | via Zoom | | C&P 40 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 06/03/2024 | None | | via Zoom | | B&G 40 | Buildings and Grounds | 08/02/2024 | SC | Yes | via Zoom | | 71 | Full Governors Meeting | 24/01/2024 | None | | via Zoom | | 70 | Extraordinary Full Governors | 14/12/2023 | BP, PB, TT | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 39 | Finance and Staffing | 15/11/2023 | RH | Yes | via Zoom | | C&P 39 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 01/11/2023 | TT | Yes | via Zoom | | B&G 39 | Buildings and Grounds | 18/10/2023 | SC | Yes | Face to face | | 69 | Full Governors Meeting | 04/10/2023 | RH, TT, BP | Yes | Face to face | | 68 | Full Governors Meeting | 12/07/2023 | PB, TT, LP, ED, BMc | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 38 | Finance and Staffing | 14/06/2023 | SC | Yes | via Zoom | | 67 | Full Governors Meeting | 16/05/2023 | ED, PB, LP, BP | Yes | Face to face | | B&G 38 | Building and Grounds | 16/05/2023 | BR | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 37 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 08/03/2023 | BMc, PB | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 37 | Finance and Staffing | 01/03/2023 | None | | via Zoom | | B&G 37 | Buildings and Grounds | 24/01/2023 | BMc, TT | Yes | Face to face | | 66 | Full Governors Meeting | 18/01/2023 | TT | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 36 | Finance and Staffing | 10/01/2023 | RH, BR | Yes | via Zoom | | C&P 36 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 02/11/2022 | TT | Yes | via Zoom | | B&G 36 | Buildings and Grounds | 11/10/2022 | TT | Yes | Face to face | | 65 | Full Governors Meeting | 05/10/2022 | ED | Yes | Face to face | | 64 | Full Governors Meeting | 13/07/2022 | BMc, ED | Yes | Face to face | | C&P 35 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 29/06/2022 | None | | via Zoom | | B&G 35 | Buildings and Grounds | 14/06/2022 | BMc, TT | Yes | Face to face | | F&S 35 | Finance and Staffing | 25/05/2022 | SC | Yes | via Zoom | | 63 | Full Governors Meeting | 04/05/2022 | TT, SC | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 34 | Finance and Staffing | 30/03/2022 | None | | via Zoom | | C&P 34 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 30/03/2022 | TT, BP | Yes | via Zoom | | B&G 34 | Buildings and Grounds | 22/02/2022 | None | | via Zoom | | 62 | Full Governors Meeting | 25/01/2022 | BMc, RH | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 33 | Finance and Staffing | 30/11/2021 | ABy | Yes | via Zoom | | C&P 33 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 23/11/2021 | BP | Yes | via Zoom | | B&G 33 | Buildings and Grounds | 19/10/2021 | BR, BMc | Yes | via Zoom | | 61 | Full Governors | 12/10/2021 | None | | via Zoom | | EGM | Extra Governors Meeting | 07/09/2021 | None | | Meeting to discuss 3 urgent issues | | 60 | Full Governors | 06/07/2021 | None | | via Zoom | | C&P 32 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 08/06/2021 | BP, RH, BMc, VD | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 32 | Finance and Staffing | 11/05/2021 | None | | \* | | B&G 32 | Buildings and Grounds | 11/05/2021 | None | | via Zoom | | 59 | Full Governors | 27/04/2021 | AB | Yes | via Zoom | | C&P 31 | Curriculum and Pastoral | 16/03/2021 | BP | Yes | via Zoom | | F&S 31 | Finance and Staffing | 02/03/2021 | None | | via Zoom | | B&G 31 | Buildings and Grounds | 02/02/2021 | None | | via Zoom | | 58 | Full Governors | 19/01/2021 | BMc | Yes | via Zoom | \* Meeting declared quorate as 3 governors in attendance ### **Minutes** There are four meetings of the Full Governing Body per year. The most recently approved minutes can be requested from the office. ### **Policies** The Governing Body is responsible for keeping the school's policies up to date. There are a great number of these concerning teaching and learning, safeguarding and staffing as well as the physical aspects of the school and its finances. Those most pertinent to parents have been identified and can be found by [clicking here](https://www.st-michaels.cumbria.sch.uk/key-information/policies). If you have any concerns that are not covered by these policies, please get in touch with Mrs Smith. ### **Governing Body Structure** #### Headteacher Mrs Lorna Smith #### **Local Authority Governor, *appointed by the Local Authority*** Mr Brendan McArdle, term of office 2 March 2025 - 1 March 2029 #### **Foundation Governors, *appointed by the Diocese of Carlisle*** Rev. David Newlove, term of office 2 October 2023 - 1 October 2027 Mrs Fiona Crouch, term of office started 13 May 2026 (ex officio) **Co-opted Governors, *appointed by the Governing Body*** Mrs Sarah Caulfield, term of office 19 January 2025 - 18 January 2029 Mr Billy Mallinson, term of office 27 April 2025 - 26 April 2029 Mrs Lyndsey Dalton, term of office 4 October 2023 - 3 October 2027 #### **Parent Governors\*** Mr Andrew Trickett, term of office 22 April 2025 - 21 April 2029 Mrs Jane Woodcock, term of office 22 April 2025 - 21 April 2029 Mr Ian Dunbar, term of office 10 February 2026 - 9 February 2030 #### **Staffing Governor, *elected by school staff*** Mrs Joanne Henshaw, term of office 4 February 2026 - 3 February 2030 #### **Associate Members, *appointed by Governing Body*** Mr Ian Newton Mr Newton attends Buildings and Grounds meetings. As an associate member he does not have voting rights. He is the school's Site Manager. 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