Governors

Welcome to Hurst Park Primary School.
My fellow Governors and I are proud to be able to make a valuable contribution to the running of Hurst Park School and help free the staff to do what they do best: teach.

Hurst Park is a small but dynamic organisation with a wide range of involvement in activities with other schools, locally and internationally, and in the community. We have an innovative, dedicated and enthusiastic staff team whose commitment extends far beyond normal working hours. As a result, pupils at Hurst Park want to learn and can learn in a child-centred environment where they have focus and purpose and, most importantly, enjoy learning. The results of this have been borne out with every Ofsted inspection the school has experienced. Hurst Park is an excellent, caring school where children are encouraged to achieve to the best of their ability; and they do.

What do the governors do?
The DFES summarises the purposes for having a governing body as follows:

to help the school to set high standards by planning for the school’s future and setting targets for school improvement;
to keep the pressure up on school improvement;
to be a critical friend to the school, offering the school its support and advice;
to help the school to be responsive to the needs of parents and the community and make the school accountable to the public for what it does;
to work with the school on planning, developing policies and keeping the school under review;
to exercise its responsibilities and powers in partnership with the Headteacher and staff.

The governing body at Hurst Park School has 14 governors:

2 are Parent Governors;
9 are Community governors co-opted by the elected members of the governing body;
1 governor is appointed by the LA (Surrey) – position vacant;
1 position is reserved for the headteacher;
1 governor is elected by the staff.

Hurst Park's Governing Body

Mr C Johnson

Chair of Governors

Mr D Simms

Vice-Chair of Governors

Ms E Borland

Governor

Mrs P Day

Governor

Mrs K Divey

Headteacher

Mr G Driver

Governor

Mrs K Froise

Governor

Mrs F Hegarty

Governor

Mrs J Jenkins

Governor

Mrs J Jupp

Governor

Mrs L Sampson

Governor

Mrs C Thornton

Governor

Mrs T Tilly

Governor

The full governing body meets once per term but sub-committees are appointed to monitor particular aspects of the running of the school. At Hurst Park there are five main governor sub-committees and their focus is as follows: