Who are we?
Colebourne Governing Body is made up of 12 governors (2 staff, 2 parents, 1 Local Authority, and 7 co-opted).
Governor Vacancy
We currently have a vacancy for a co-opted governor. The governing body are looking for someone who is able to offer skills in the areas of Business, Legal or other relevant area. They should be able to provide support and challenge to the school leadership, and be able to analyse and interpret a range of information, including performance data. Full training can be offered and no experience of school governance is required – just a commitment to learn and have the best interests of the school at heart.
If you are interested in becoming a governor and for more information, contact the headteacher, Stuart Guest, by calling the school office on 0121 675 8500 option 1 or emailing s.guest@colebourne.bham.sch.uk
You can also find information about being a school governor on the following websites:
- https://www.inspiringgovernance.org/volunteers/
- https://www.nga.org.uk/about/become-a-governor-trustee/
All governors must have:
- a strong commitment to the role and to improving outcomes for children
- the inquisitiveness to question and analyse;
- the willingness to learn;
- good inter-personal skills;
- appropriate levels of literacy in English (unless a governing body is prepared to make special arrangements);
- sufficient numeracy skills to understand basic data.
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You can see our current list of governors, their responsibilities, information about other interests, period of office, record of attendance at meetings and their pecuniary and personal interests by viewing our governors membership information files – click here!
Further information and reports from governors can be found later on this page.
What do we do?
We help and support the school to ensure that it can be as good as it can be. We do this in a number of ways from contributing at meetings to helping out at school events, listening to the views of parents and offering support and challenge to the school leadership.
Core things that we do are:
Monitor progress and attainment of years groups and key stages
Are a voice for different stakeholders: parents, community and local authority
Ensure key policies are in place and are followed.
Agree staffing numbers and help appoint staff
Closely monitor the schools budget and finances and make decisions on some spending
Come in to school and talk to teachers and children about school
Monitor the School Development Plans including action points following OFSTED inspections
We also aim to ensure that the governing body have the necessary skills to ensure the effective leadership of the school. We conduct an annual skills audit to ensure the governing body has the appropriate skills. Weaker areas from the audit feed into the training the governing body receives during the following year.
Specific governors take on additional responsibilities such as the Link Governor for SEND or Scrutiny leads.
Governing Body Diversity Statement
We aim to ensure that our governing body is representative of the community we serve and the wider Birmingham community. We actively support applications for Co-opted governors from diverse backgrounds and from protected groups. Due to the size of the governing body, we do not publish any more specific data regarding the diversity of the governors, as this may individually identify people which would breach GDPR guidelines.
Keeping parents informed of the work of the Governing Body
The governing body also writes to parents to keep them up to date with some of the keys areas and decisions of the governing body. These can be seen below:
2017-2018 Governor end of year statement
2016-2017 Governor end of year statement
2015-2016 Governor end of year statement
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Updated October 2023