Welcome to the Local School Committee (LSC)

The Local School Committee Members are a vital part of the school partnership and their role at Hayeswood First School is to assist and support the headteacher and staff, together providing the best possible education, environment and opportunities for all the children. We work closely with the Trust, teachers, non-teaching staff and parents. Colehill and Hayeswood First School have a joint LSC Committee known collectively as Woodhills LSC.

Some tasks of the Committee Members, in conjunction with the headteacher are:

• Agree the aim and values of the school
• Monitoring safeguarding
• Monitoring SEND and Inclusion
• Monitoring, supporting and challenging the educational standards and performance of the school
• Establish and maintain positive links with the local community
• Have a published strategy for dealing with parental complaints

General Aims:

• To ensure a more efficient use of Members' time by sharing the workload
• To be well briefed and ready to assist the whole Governing Body on complex issues
• To provide a smaller forum for members’ individual contribution to detailed discussion

As a proud member of Intio Learning Trust, our Local School Committee is overseen by the Trustees. To find out more about the Trustees of Initio Learning Trust please click here to view Trust Member and Trustee biographies.

The Local School Committee take an active interest in the day to day life of the school. Meetings are held regularly. Parents may have access to the minutes of the Committee meetings on request to the Headteacher or Clerk to the Committee. 

Who’s Who of the Local School Committee

Our Local School Committee, (LSC), is made up of:

Name	Role	Term of Office
Position Vacant	Chair of LSC
Samantha Broadway	Clerk to LSC	n/a
Charlotte Gardner	Member	20/02/2024 - 19/02/2028
Charlotte McFie	Member	05/03/2024 - 04-03-2028
Hilary Shaw	Member	22/11/24 - 21/11/28
Helen Self	Staff Representative	01/07/23 - 30/07/27
Sharon Staddon	Head Teacher	n/a

Historic Left Within last Twelve Months

Name	Role	Term of Office
Julia Simmonds	Staff Representative	17/10/2023 - 15/01/2025

Types of LSC Members

The Chair is responsible for ensuring the effective functioning of the board by keeping it focused on its core functions. The chair should encourage the board to work together as an effective team, building its skills, knowledge and experience.

Parent members are there to offer a  perspective from the parent community on the board. If a school can’t recruit a parent governor, a proxy parent governor can join the board. Parent governors have the same responsibilities as other types of school governor.

Foundation members are appointed to the governing boards to preserve the religious character of the school. There are foundation governors in every Church of England schools. 

Staff members are elected as a representative staff member on the board. Their role is to bring a staff perspective to discussions held by the governing board.

Associate members may be appointed by the board. When a school has no governor vacancies but is in need of someone with specific skills, this may be a helpful option. Similarly, if a governor is retiring, a governing board may decide to recruit an associate to bridge the gap.

 

For statutory information about each AC member, including their date of appointment, term of office and declaration of business interests, please see the Statutory Academy Committee Member Information page.

As a proud member of Initio Learning Trust, our academy committee is overseen by the Trustees. To find out more about the Trustees of Initio Learning Trust please visit the website or click here to view Trust Member and Trustee biographies.