This school has eleven governors who act on behalf of Didsbury CE for the Thrive CE Academy Trust. For more information on the organisation of the Trust and the other schools within it, please see the Thrive CE Academy Trust Page.
The Local Governing Board (LGB) of Didsbury CE Primary School has clearly defined responsibilities and is accountable to the Trust Board of the Thrive CE Academy Trust.
Didsbury CE Primary School is a church school with very strong links to the Parish of St James and Emmanuel. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the church nominate some of our governors, in order that the faith foundation of our school is firmly upheld. The PCC nominations have to be ratified and approved by the Members of the Trust, who have the controlling interest. For more information on the Members please see the Academy Trust page on this website.
This school has two parent governors both of whom are elected by all the parents. There are also two staff governors. One is the Head of the school, she is a governor because of her job. She attends the meetings and prepares reports for the governors. The other staff governor works as a teacher in Didsbury CE Primary School, she was voted for by all the people who work in the school.
Co-opted governors are selected by the Academy Trust to support and challenge school improvement and ensure that school improvement priorities are having the desired impact on our children's education. Members of the Trust Executive Team may also attend meetings to ensure clear lines of communication between the Local Governing Body and Board of Trustees.
This school on occasions also has associate members in order to ensure succession planning is rigorous.
This governing body meets three times each year (once every term).
There are very strict rules, which the governing body must obey, by law. See below for a link to our Articles of Association, Terms of Reference and Code of Conduct.
Please note that at every Governing Body meeting our Governors have to declare any pecuniary interests. Please note that none of our Governors have pecuniary interests in education related businesses and any interests have to be declared before every meeting commences. All our Governors have enhanced DBS checks.
Our Chair of Governors, Mrs Becky Silver, can be contacted by email on: beckysilver@stjamesandemmanuel.org
