Governance
Meet the governors and discover what the governors do for Crompton House School
Welcome from the Chair of the Governors
c/o Crompton House School, Rochdale Road, Shaw, Oldham OL2 7HS
The Governing Body is responsible for overseeing the management and the strategic direction of the school. The Governors are accountable to pupils, parents, Ofsted and the Local Authority for the school’s performance and the standard of teaching and learning at Crompton House School.
All governors are volunteers and are drawn from a wide variety of different backgrounds. Governors spend on average around 6 – 10 hours a month on school matters.
Our duties include:
- Setting the Strategic Direction of Crompton House School
- Setting of robust Policies to manage the school
- Appointing, Challenging and Supporting the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team
- Ensuring the best use of financial resources including approving the school budget
- Reviewing the school’s progress against its development plan.
- Rev Canon Katy Cunliffe
- Rev Paul Pritchard
- Mr Jonathan Swift (ex officio for East Crompton St James Church)
- The Ven Karen Smeeton (Archdeacon of Rochdale)
- Mr Chris Gloster
- Rev Daniel Rambles (Area Dean)
- Mr Richard Lait
- Mr Steve Wilcock
- Dr Paul Needham
- Mr Jangir Iqbal
- Mr Andrij Korolczuk
- Mrs Cat O’Gara
- Mr Gordon Main
- Mr Andrew Cadd
- Mr Joel Duncan
- Mrs Susanna Hegarty (Head Teacher)
With the exception of staff and parent governors all governors are elected by the members of the academy trust.
Parent and staff governors are appointed by election by their peers, the results of which are subject to approval of appointment by the Academy Trust Board
The Chair of Governors and Vice Chair are elected by the Governing Body at the first meeting of the full Governing Body on a tri-annual basis.
The governors welcome any comments and suggestions on the school and are particularly interested in the views of parents and carers. Representatives from the governors regularly attend the School’s PTFA Group meetings to ensure they hear these views directly from the parents.
You can also send your comments in writing to the following address:
Chair of Governors Crompton House School Rochdale Road Shaw OL2 7HS
Any issues raised by the parents can then be fed into the next appropriate committee meeting for discussion. Parents are encouraged to use the school’s complaints process in the first instance for any complaints, as governors only become involved when a satisfactory resolution of a submitted complaint has not been possible.
Parent governors are elected by parents and staff governors are elected by staff. Whenever there is a vacancy for a parent governor, this will be advertised in newsletters, PTFA and on the school website. Details of the election process will be circulated by Parent mail. Staff governor vacancies will be advertised internally to staff.
Elections are held for parent governors whenever a term of office ends or a parent governor resigns. The Chair of Governors or one of the existing parent governors will be pleased to discuss the role with you at any time.
Crompton House Administrative Trustees have a duty to uphold the Trust Deed which donated the Crompton House building and site to the diocese of Manchester. They are not involved in the running of the school but must ensure that land and buildings are used in accordance with the Trust Deed. Four members of the Administrative Trustees are appointed to the Governing Body. A vote is held by the Trustees to decide which four members will represent the Trust on the governing body.
Other documents relating to Governance can be found on our trust website at https://www.cromptonhousetrust.org/trust/