Governors
We are pleased to welcome you to the governors’ section of the site. We hope it will give you an insight into who we are and what we do.
Wolvercote Primary School is an academy managed by THE RIVER LEARNING TRUST. Each school within The River Learning Trust is managed by its local governing body and the Senior Leadership Team of the school.
Working in partnership with the Headteacher and staff, governors ensure high standards of achievement for the children in the school. We focus on strategy and school improvement; we decide what we want the school to achieve, set priorities and monitor progress to realise these aims. We have three core strategic functions delegated to us by The River Learning Trust Board:
- Setting the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school, within the context of The River Learning Trust
- Holding the Headteacher and senior staff to account for the educational performance of the school and its children
- Ensuring the school remains within the budget delegated by The River Learning Trust and making sure the money is well spent
What do the Governors do?
The River Learning Trust delegates key strategic responsibilities to the governors. The governors then work collaboratively with the Headteacher and senior staff to establish the vision and ethos of the school within the context of The River Learning Trust.
We look at where the school is now, ask what we want the school to achieve and how are we going to achieve this. Together with the Headteacher and senior staff, we use the published school performance data.and additional outcomes from the school’s self-evaluation, to inform priorities in the School Improvement Plan. We set clear, ambitious targets for the school and develop policies and budget and staffing structures to achieve these aims. We also appoint the Headteacher.
The governor’s act as a critical friend to the school, reviewing the performance of the Headteacher, checking that progress is being made towards targets, and evaluating the effectiveness of policies and the School Improvement Plan. We also help celebrate the school's successes and ensure that parents are involved and informed as appropriate.
Governors get to know the school through attending meetings and by visiting the school during the school day.
The governing body is organised into two sub-committees, which take responsibility for holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance and financial performance of the school. The sub committees are:
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Impact Committee - This committee has an overview of the academic performance of the school.
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Resources Committee - This committee has an overview of the effectiveness of the schools resources including staffing, equipment and the building and grounds. It also has oversight over the schools budget.
Each governor is allocated to one of the two sub-committees and some governors take on specific responsibilities, for example, Safeguarding and Health & Safety.
Who are the Governors?
Chair of Governors: Magali Matsumiya
Vice Chair: Dan Sparrow
Chair of Impact Committee: Paul Buckley
Chair of Resources Committee: Dan Sparrow
Headteacher: Mandy Hayes
Clerk to Governors: Leyla Kizilcay
Parent Governors
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Magali Matsumiya
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Mary-Jane Newton
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Rebecca Williams
Staff Governors
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Julia Ryle-Hodges ( Teaching staff)
Community Governors
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Dan Sparrow
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Paul Buckley
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Dylan Price
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Lucy Higgins
LEA Governor
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Register of Pecuniary Interests
| Governor | Relevant business interests to include: *Name of Organisation *Nature of Business *Nature of interest | Other educational establishments governed | Relationships with this school’s staff to include: *Spouses *Partners *Relatives | Date declared |
| Paul Buckley | Chair of the Wolvercote Neighbourhood Forum | None | None | 10/09/2024 |
| Mary-Jane Newton | Oxford University Press Publisher Employment Oxford Union Society Membership Beta Gamma Sigma Society Membership UCL University Alumna The University of Oxford University Alumna Twig Education/Imagine Learning Publisher Employment Artemis Studios Performing Arts School Non-Executive Director/Trustee Nord Anglia Education Employment | None | None | 11/09/2024 |
| Daniel Sparrow | Rapid Indigo Ltd IT Services Director | None | None | 11/09/2024 |
| Rebecca Williams | The Oxford Trust as an Education Officer The Peguera Trust - Trustee Radley College - Husband works at the college in IT security | None | None | 12/09/2024 |
| Mandy Hook | Wolvercote Primary School Education Headteacher | None | None | 15/09/2022 |
| Magali Matsumiya | None declared | None | None | 09/09/2024 |
| Jo Sandelson | Oxford City Council City Councillor | None | None | 12/10/2023 |
| Julia Ryle-Hodges | Staff Member at Wolvercote Primary School Primary Science Teaching Trust Trustee Oxford University Press Father is Chair of the Board | None | None | 08/09/2024 |
| Lucy Higgins | None | None | None | 10/09/2024 |
| Dylan Price |
You can find out more information about The River Learning Trust and Governance here: https://riverlearningtrust.org/21/key-information
