The Role of the Governing Body

The role of the Governing Body is an intrinsic part of the leadership of the school, although often unseen by parents and other community stakeholders. The Governing Body is made up of a group of dedicated volunteers, who invest a huge amount of good will and hard work for the sole purpose of improving the education of every child in our school. The government expects governing bodies to be a dynamic group of highly skilled individuals who focus on supporting the headteacher to shape the strategic direction of school. As governors we are accountable for the performance of our school; we are measured by four core strategic functions: 

•  Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction
•  Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
•  Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure the money is spent well
•  Ensuring that the voice of all stakeholders is heard

Training
All members of Governing Body receive significant training. The impact of this is that the Governing Body are kept abreast of their responsibilities with regard to the latest requirements and expectations. Learning and actions from training are shared and implemented at Full Governing Body meetings.

Impact Statement

This impact statement is one way in which the Governing Body articulates their role in school leadership, the impact they have had on school improvement, and be transparent about their activities. 

Impact of Full Governing Body meetings
Each term Governors attend two Governing Body committee meetings. Meetings are also held for Finance and Resources, Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Pay and Personnel and Curriculum. In addition, Governors attend a subject or area visit at the school, the purpose of which is to monitor and evaluate teaching and learning. The impact of this is that governors understand the areas of strengths and actions for improvement in teaching and practice within the school. This enables them to challenge the headteacher on how good practice within school is being shared for whole school benefit and how improvement are being made.

Headteacher’s appraisal
The Governing Body carries out the head teacher appraisal annually. The appraisal process allows us to look closely at the performance of the headteacher, have discussions about areas of strength and development in performance and set new targets against which the headteacher’s performance will be evaluated.

At Cedar Park, we welcome new governors from all backgrounds, so that we have a committee of people with diverse life experiences. If you are interested in becoming a governor, please do contact the school. 
 

For any urgent enquiries addressed to our governors, please contact the chair on  N.Maddock@cedarpark.bucks.sch.uk. 

You can read more about what being a Governor means on the National Governors Association website by clicking here.

If you want to find out more about what our governors do or have any other questions please click here to contact the school office.

Cedar Park's Governing Body promotes diversity and inclusion and welcomes governors from all backgrounds. 

Governing Body Membership 2024-2025

Mr Luke Redman

Mr Redman is the Cedar Park Headteacher

His term of office is as long as he is Headteacher

No business or pecuniary interests 

Miss Ellie Barker 

Miss Barker is a Staff Governor

Term of office from 1 Sep 2023 to 31 Aug 2027

No business or pecuniary interests

Mr Neil Maddock

Chair of Governors

Mr Maddock is a Parent Governor

Roles: Inclusion/SEND/HTPM/Pupil Premium and Finance Committee 

Term of office from 6 Feb 2021 to 8 Feb 2025

No business or pecuniary interests

Contact- NMaddock@cedarpark.bucks.sch.uk

Mr Paul Treadwell

Clerk

Mr Treadwell is an Associate Governor

Term of office from 01.12.20 to 01.12.24

Mr Liam Warmington-Holder

Mr Warmington-Holder is a Parent Governor

Roles: Equality

Term of office from 17.03.22 to 17.03.26

No business or pecuniary interests

Sophie Bell

Ms Bell is a LA Governor

Roles: Wellbeing and LEARN

Term of office from 28.09.22 to 28.09.25

No business or pecuniary interests

Mr Liam Collins 

Mr Collins is a parent Governor 

Roles: Development Governor 

Term of office from 18.09.2024 to 18.09.2028

No business or pecuniary interests

Mrs Rebecca Benning

Mrs Benning is a parent Governor 

Roles: Child Protection/Safeguarding, Assessment and Finance Committee

Term of office from  1 Feb 2021 to 31 Jan 2025 

No business or pecuniary interests

Mr Stuart Michie 

Mr Michie is a parent Governor 

Roles: Staff Coaching and Finance Committee Chair  

Term of office from  1 Feb 2021 to 31 Jan 2025

No business or pecuniary interests

Mr Steve Spicer

Mr Spicer is a co-opted Governor 

Roles: Finance Committee and Health and Safety 

Term of office from 20 March 2023 to 20 March 2027

No business or pecuniary interests

Mr Richard Dixon

Mr Dixon is a co-opted Governor 

Roles: E-Safety, EYFS and GDPR

Term of office from 25 May 2023 to 25 May 2027

No business or pecuniary interests