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About Us

Governing body

List of governors and responsibilities

Executive Headteacher Nichola Thorpe

Chair of Governors Janine Astley responsible for Safeguarding, Curriculum and Teaching and Learning

Vice Chair of Governors Craig Leonard responsible for Human Resources and Recruitment

Link Governors

Safeguarding Children - Janine Astley

Inclusion and Special Educational Needs - Vacant

Geoff Hopwood-Health and Safety including Premises

Finance - Vacant

The Chair of Governors can be contacted c/o Hunningley Primary School, Hunningley Lane, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 3DT

Governance

Hunningley 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 2019 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