Governance at Friesland School

Our School Governing Board is dedicated to supporting the students, staff, infrastructure at Friesland School. The School Governing Board consists of volunteers who give their time and commitment freely. All our Governors are passionate about ensuring the best possible outcomes for every student.

The job of the School Governing Board is to support and challenge the School’s senior leadership team. They play an important role in supporting in raising achievement and enhancing the life choices of our students.

In addition, School Governors support the vision and ethos of the Trust and School. Locally, Governors focus on strategic functions which are determined by Trustees of The Two Counties Trust Board and within the Governance Structure.

Part of the remit of School Governors is to monitor data and challenge senior leaders to improve the provision for students.

Welcome from the Chair of Governors

It has been a privilege to Chair the Local Governing Body for Friesland School. I took on the role of Chair just prior to academisation. Despite the difficulties at that time, it has been a pleasure to see how Friesland has advanced since then and also benefitted from this collaborative venture while maintaining its independence of character.

In addition to a diverse Local Governing Body who bring expertise from their various backgrounds in the service of the school, we also have many Governors with children at Friesland, not just the designated Parent Governors. Our Challenge days give the Local Governing Body a good insight into the operation of Friesland on a day-to-day basis. The meetings arranged with staff and with students have been particularly helpful.

I see a key part of the role of Governors is to bring together the interests of the school, its staff, the pupils and their families to help develop and improve the school to the benefit of all its stakeholders. Governors are not involved in the day-to-day running of the school or with managing specific issues.  However, if you would like to inform us of general or strategic issues involving or affecting the school, we would be pleased to hear from you via our Governance Professional Sarah Hand.

Martin Garnett
Chair of Governors

Find out more about our governors via the links below:

 

Governor Membership
Governor Pen Portraits
Becoming a Governor