Governors

Valley Primary School is a member of the Mosaic Schools Learning Trust.

The Board of Trustees at Mosaic Schools Learning Trust delegates powers and duties to the Valley Primary School Local Governing Body, who then monitors, evaluates progress, and acts as a champion for the school in the community.

The role of the Valley Primary School Local Governing Body is to provide focused governance for the school at a local level.

The Valley Primary School Local Governing Body monitors the school’s key performance indicators and acts as a critical friend to the Head teacher, providing challenge where appropriate.

The day-to-day management of the school is the responsibility of the Head Teacher, who reports to the Valley Primary School Local Governing Body and the Mosaic Board of Trustees.

The Valley Primary School Local Governing Body meets at least once a term to discuss issues and developments, review policies, the finances and make important decisions about the running of the school.

Valley Primary School Local Governors are unpaid volunteers and are appointed or elected for four years. 

Parent governors are elected by parents following an election; staff governors are elected by a vote by staff (both teaching and support staff); community governors are appointed by the Local Governing Body. Parent governors can stay to complete their term even if their child leaves the school.

The Chair of the Local Governing Body is Robert Girling and he can be reached at:   headofgovernance@mslt.org.uk  

www.mosaicschoolslearningtrust.org/governance 

For details of the current membership, please see below. 

 

VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL LOCAL GOVERNING BODY

LOCAL GOVERNING BODY STRUCTURE 

Headteacher 1 

Elected by the staff body 2 

Elected parents of pupils attending the school 2 

Community governors 4 

CHAIR OF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY Robert Girling  headofgovernance@mslt.org.uk

Name	Category	Appointed by	Date of appointment	Term of office and end date		Role	Attendance at Governance Body meeting 2023/24
Robert Girling	Community	GB	11/12/2023	4	10/12/2027	Chair	Six out of a possible six
Stephen Jackson	Headteacher	n/a				Headteacher	Five out of a possible six
Reggie Stober	Community	GB	28/09/2022		27/09/2026	Vice Chair	Five out of a possible six
Katherine Ball	Community	GB	27/09/2023	4	26/09/2027		Six out of a possible six
Carrie Heitmeyer	Parent	Parents	12/07/2022	4	11/07/2026		Five out of a possible six
Katey Hewitt	Community	GB	22/06/2022	4	21/06/2026		Three out of a possible six
Gary Stevens	Parent	Parents	15/12/2021	4	14/12/2025		Six out of a possible six
Penny Broadrick	Staff	Staff	02/09/2024	4	01/09/2028
Daniel King	Staff	Staff	02/09/2024	4	01/09/2028

 

Governors who have resigned within the last 12 months

Name	Position	Appointed by	Date appointed	Date resigned
Tobias Riddoch	Staff	Staff	23/11/2022	26/08/2024
Arune Guidaityte	Staff	Staff	27/09/2023	26/08/2024

 

Valley Primary School Register of Interests Declarations 2024-25

Personnel involved in governance

Name	Position	Nature of Interest	Immediate/ close family declarations	Date of declaration
Robert Girling	Chair	None	None	25/09/2024
Stephen Jackson	Valley Headteacher	Employed by Mosaic School Learning Trust Employed as an Ofsted Inspector	None	27/11/2024
Reggie Stober	Vice Chair	None	None	25/09/2024
Katherine Ball	Local Governor	None	None	27/11/2024
Carrie Heitmeyer	Parent Governor	Director/ Trustee: Greener and Cleaner (Charity)	None	25/09/2024
Katey Hewitt	Local Governor	None	None	25/09/2024
Gary Stevens	Parent Governor	Third Party Operator, Club Secretary & Director: AFC Shortlands	Two children who attend Valley Primary School	25/09/2024
Penny Broadrick	Staff Governor	Employed by Mosaic School Learning Trust	Husband talks to pupils regarding his role at British Transport Police One child who attends Valley Primary school	25/09/2024
Daniel King	Staff Governor	Employed by Mosaic School Learning Trust	None	25/09/2024