The Board of Governors play a key role in leading the school.  They have several key tasks they include:

• To champion the needs of the children.
• Overseeing the pastoral care of all children, parents and staff.
• To set and maintain high standards for all pupils across the school.
• Ensuring that there is an excellent quality of provision in place for learning.
• To maximise the learning of all pupils in the school.
• Developing a wider range of activities to enrich school life.
• Managing the school’s resources, especially the financial budget.
• To recruit, develop and monitor the impact of the school’s employees.
• Make links with the local and wider community.
• To proactively prevent, resolve and settle complaints from stakeholders.
• To make the school open for accountability on its performance.

The Governors’ Meetings are themed in six areas of focus across the year.

Meeting	Main Theme/s
September	SDP & Strategic Leadership (Staff and Governor Workshop)
September	Child Protection & Pastoral Care
November	Teaching & Learning Review
February	Staffing & Accommodation Review
April	Financial & Recruitment Planning
June	Review & Celebration of the School Year

There are a number of other meetings called to deal with issues as they arise across the school year e.g. recruitment issues.

The set meetings are held on the final Thursday of the month.

Who are the Governors?

Governor	Status
Mrs Deborah Baillie (Chairperson)	Education Authority Representative
Cllr. Billy Webb	Education Authority Representative
Rev. Elaine O’Brien (Wellbeing Link Governor)	Transfer Representative
Mr Ian Simpson (Deputy Chairperson)	Transfer Representative
Mr Noel Douglas (Health and Saftey Link Governor)	Transfer Representative
TBC	Transfer Representative
Mrs Julie Gilmour (Attendance Link Governor)	Parent Governor
Mrs Sarah McClean (S.E.N. Link Governor)	Parent Governor
Mr Owen Dowds	Teacher Governor