At Sacred Heart school governors are members of a school's Local Governing Board. Governors have responsibility for maintaining the Catholic Ethos and raising educational standards through their three key roles of setting strategic direction, ensuring accountability and acting as a 'critical friend.' 

Governors also have oversight of safeguarding, premises and health and safety to ensure everyone within the school community is safe.  In addition, Governors oversee the financial performance of the school.

Members of our Local Governing Board effective from September 2026:

As a Local Governing Board, we have a collective responsibility to work with the school to ensure it delivers a high-quality education for our pupils. Working with the head teacher, we commit to the objectives of the School Improvement Plan to make sure the pupils are able to achieve to the best of their ability within a safe and happy environment.

An effective school will always challenge itself to ensure it maintains high standards and continues to drive excellent results. 

Our role, as Governors, is to fulfil three key strategic functions:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

• Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils

• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent

We focus on the central issues lying at the heart of school improvement by promoting:

• the school's religious ethos, its values and culture

• high standards of educational achievement by monitoring the quality of teaching and the progress of all pupils

We have half termly Full Board Meetings.  We also have a School Business Committee (SBC), who focus on Premises, Finance and Personnel, who meet four times a year.

Governors perform their role by:

• Attending meetings Full Board Meetings and where relevant, School Business Committee Meetings 

• Following the Trust Schedule of Business Calendar, which clearly sets out governor priorities for each month

• Receiving termly Headteacher Report and associated documents to read, discuss and ask questions 

• Undertaking Governor Visits to the school, including undertaking a specific role as a link governor

• Meeting with parents and staff 

• Undertaking regular training