Governance

Glebe Primary School

Glebe Primary School is a part of United Learning whose Trustees hold the ultimate responsibility for the governance of each United Learning school.

The Department for Education’s governance handbook 2020 identifies the essentials of effective governance as follows:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding the executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

United Learning’s Trustees delegate certain key roles and responsibilities to the school’s Local Governing Body (LGB) and these are set out clearly in our Scheme of Delegation which can be seen on the United Learning website.

Click here to view the Scheme of Delegation

Chair of the Local Governing Body Vacancy

Are you looking for a challenging opportunity, and are keen to give something back? United Learning Trust are seeking to appoint a Local Governing Body (LGB) Chair for Glebe Primary School to lead the LGB and continue to support and challenge the Head teacher and senior leaders to bring out ‘The Best in Everyone’ through an education that develops rich knowledge and character.

If so, please click the following link for further details:

Glebe Primary School - Chair of Governors Position

We welcome expressions of interest by Friday 27 June 2025.

For further information please contact clerk@glebeprimary.co.uk

Governing Body

The role of a School Governor is demanding but very rewarding and is a good way to give back to your local community. Glebe’s Governing Body meet every half term and are responsible for working together with the school at a strategic level to ensure that it delivers a good quality education for all our pupils.

How our Governors challenge school leaders

Help ensure clarity of our vision, values and strategic direction
Hold our headteacher to account for educational performance of the school and our pupils as well as the performance management of staff
Oversee financial performance of the school and makes sure our money is well spent
Complete regular visits to monitor key aspects of the school's development to provide support and challenge where needed
Observe and speak to our pupils in school in order to gain an understanding of the learning, behaviour and well-being of all our pupils
Hearing regularly from members of the staff, both informally during monitoring visits as well as through formal presentations delivered to the Governing Body

Governing Body Documentation

Code of Conduct

Terms of Reference

LGB Handbook

Governor Definitions

STAFF GOVERNORS: members of the staff at the school and are elected by the Governing Body.

CO-OPTED GOVERNORS: Co-opted Governors are appointed by other Governing Body members because they come from a specialist group, such as the business community or because they possess a particular skill which can contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.

PARENT GOVERNORS: Governors who have a child in school at the time of their election and are elected by the parents with children at the school.

Contacting the Chair of Governors

Our Chair of Governors, James Dempster, can be contacted through our school office.

Phone: 01273 592163

Email: office@glebeprimary.co.uk

Minutes of Glebe's Governor meetings

Minutes of all our governor meetings are available from our school office on request - please email office@glebeprimary.co.uk.

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