Governing Body

Governors work closely with headteachers, school staff and representatives from the local authority (LA).

Governor Committee Structure

Name	Representing	Term of Office Start Date	Term of Office End Date	Committee	Responsibilities	Register of Interests	Relationship to Staff
Mrs Natalie Maughan	Headteacher	01/09/2023	Ex-Officio	Curriculum and Standards	Headteacher	None	Headteacher
				Finance and Premises
				Personnel
Mr Stewart Davidson	Co-Opted	12/05/2023	15/05/2027	Appeals	Chair	None	n/a
				Finance and Premises
				Headteachers Performance Review
				Personnel
Cllr Jan Blakey	Co-Opted	05/07/2021	04/07/2025	Appeals	Vice Chair	Elected member DCC	n/a
				Personnel
				Pupil discipline
Mrs Sandra Cavanagh	Co-Opted	04/03/2022	03/03/2026	Curriculum and Standards		None
				Pupil discipline
Mrs Karen Draper	Co-Opted	08/07/2022	08/07/2026	Curriculum and Standards		None
Mrs Vicki McLean	Co-Opted	01/10/2024	30/09/2028	-	-	None	-
	Co-Opted	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mr Stuart Dunn	Local Authority Governor	21/07/2021	21/07/2025	Finance and Premises
				First/Pay Review
Mrs Catherine Bright	Parent	02/03/2022	01/03/2026	First/Pay Review		None	Parent
				Pupil Discipline
Vacancy	Parent
				Personnel
Mr Dan Byers	Parent	02/03/2022	01/03/206	Curriculum and Standards		None	Parent
				First/Pay Review
				Headteachers Performance Review
Vacancy	Parent
Mrs Claire Foster	Associate Member	01/09/2019	01/09/2023	Curriculum and Standards	Deputy Headteacher	None	DHT
				Finance and Premises
				Personnel

Recent Resignations

How To Become A School Governor

We currently have a vacancy for a Parent Governor. If this is a role that you would like to know more about, please take a look at our recent communication to parents, or visit the Durham County Council website, School Governor section. This provides further information on the roles and responsibilities of a School Governor.

Statutory Guidance for Governing Bodies

Bowburn Primary School adhere to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that governing bodies must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to the constitution of governing bodies in maintained schools. For further information please view or download the documents below:

• The Constitution of Governing Bodies of Maintained Schools (2017)
• Governor Monitoring Visits Policy 2022

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Governor Attendance

Schools are required to display a record of Governor attendance at meetings for each school academic year.

KEY
Y – Attended meeting
A – Apologies sent and accepted by meeting
N– Did not attend
N/A – Not a member of the committee

Record of Attendance 2024-2025

Governor	Governor Type	Full Governing Body Meeting 04/07/24	Finance & Premises 03/10/24	Curriculum & Standards 16/10/24	Annual Pay Review 06/11/24	HT Perfromance Review 06/11/24	Full Governing Body Meeting 28/11/24	Finance & Premises 11/12/24
Mrs Natalie Maughan	Headteacher	Y	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	Y
Cllr Janet Blakey	Co-opted governor	Y	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Y	N/A
Miss Catherine Bright	Parent governor	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	N/A	Y	N/A
Mr Dan Byers	Parent governor	Y	N/A	A	Y	A	Y	N/A
Mrs Sandra Cavanagh	Co-opted governor	Y	N/A	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	Y
Mr Stewart Davidson	Chair	Y	Y	N/A	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Karen Draper	Co-opted governor	Y	N/A	A	N/A	N/A	Y	N/A
Mr Stuart Dunn	Local Authority Governor	Y	Y	N/A	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mrs Vicky Mclean	Co-opted governor	Y	N/A	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	Y
Sally Glover	Associate Member	N/A	Y	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Y
Mrs Claire Foster	Associate Member	Y	Y	Y	N/A	N/A	Y	Y

Archived Attendance
You can also view previous years attendance on our website.

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Committee Terms of Reference

Please click below for the Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Terms of Reference July 23

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