School governors are people who want to make a positive contribution to children’s education.

The Governing Body is absolutely key to the effectiveness of a school.

Forest Park Primary Governing Body Responsibilities

The role of all school governors is to ensure that their school provides the best possible education to raise standards and outcomes for all pupils by:

• Setting the strategic vision, aims and objectives for the school.
• Monitoring and evaluating progress towards priorities and targets.
• Ensuring the headteacher performs their responsibilities for the educational performance of the school.
• Ensuring accountability to all stakeholders for the school’s performance and the decisions they make.
• Ensuring effective use of the school’s financial resources.
• Acting with integrity, objectivity and honesty in the best interests of the school.

Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Janine Peterson. The postal contact details for the Chair of Governors is:

Mrs J Peterson
Chair of Governors
C/O Forest Park Primary School
Woodall Street
Hanley
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 5ED

For further information on the structure of our Multi Academy Trust, including the profiles of our Trustees and key documents such as the terms of reference, please follow this link to the Orchard Community Trust website: https://www.orchardct.org.uk/page/?title=Governance&pid=31