Meet the Governors 

We have an Executive Governor Board, who are drawn from both within the federation schools and also externally to provide the challenge, strategic view and experience that we need to continue to succeed. 

The Governing Board has overall responsibility and accountability for all of our schools and leads on delivering the Lighthouse Federation vision.

It is the responsibility of the board to undertake the due diligence of any school wishing to join the federation and to support leaders at all levels in driving forward with improvement. 

In line with the Department for Education's Federation Guidance, The Lighthouse Federation Governing Board is made up of 24 members and are composed of:

• 1 Chief Operating Officer   
• 7 Headteachers (Including Executive Headteachers)  
• 1 Local Authority Governor 
• 2 Parent Governors 
• 1 Staff Governor
• 13 Co-opted Governors 
• 9 places are allocated to Chairs of School Committees 
• 3 places are allocated based on the skill requirements of the Executive Board.

The Lighthouse Federation Governors are listed in the document below:

Lindens Primary School -  Governors’ and School Committee section. 

Please find below details of how our School Committee is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Associate Members . 

Associate Members are appointed to help:

• decide what is taught;
• set standards of behaviour;
• interview and select staff;
• decide how the school budget is spent.

The School Committee normally meet once a term to receive reports from the Headteacher on the life and work of the school. Members of staff also report to the School Committee at the termly meetings, and this usually takes the form of an in-depth look at some aspect of the whole curriculum. Termly meetings are held at the school and are now open to the public. This of course means that parents can attend as observers, although the School Committee retain the right to take certain agenda items as confidential.

The School Committee  focus on particular aspects of their responsibilities e.g. Finance, Curriculum, Staffing and Premises. They have a role to play in ensuring that, along with the Headteacher and colleagues, they move the school forward in a coherent, cohesive way.

The School Committee will be meeting in 2025 on:

11/02/2025

31/3/2025

THE School Committees' CURRICULUM STATEMENT
The Education Reform Act 1988 requires by law that schools provide pupils with a curriculum that;

1. is balanced, broadly based, relevant and differentiated;
2. promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of children;
3. prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

These are central to the beliefs of our school.

At this school, the School Committee aim to provide a curriculum appropriate to the needs of all of its pupils. On entering the full-time education and throughout their time in school, children will follow the programmes of study that ensure that all subjects of the National Curriculum are covered. In addition to National Curriculum subjects Religious Education is also taught.

It is the School Committees’ aim that all children achieve their potential in every aspect of school life in an atmosphere of partnership and support.

The Chair of the Lighthouse Federation Governing Body is Mr Adam Hicken 

The Chair of Lindens School Committee is Ms Natasha Bournes.

To find out more about the School Committee, please open the document below:-

Lindens Associate Members September 2024