Governing Board Information

Welcome from our Chair of Governors Mrs Susan Varga

I have been a governor at St Oswald's CE Primary School since 2002 when I was appointed as the Local Authority representative by Sefton Council. I volunteered to become a governor because I wanted children in Sefton to get the best education possible. I am a qualified Accountant with over 37 years experience of working for Sefton Council working in performance management and children's performance. I have recently retired and I now have the time to commit to being the Chair of Governors.

I was lucky as my parents always thought a good education was paramount, they always supported me and I wanted to give something back to try and help the children of Sefton reach their full potential in a safe and secure environment. Having worked for a Local Authority I am used to getting things done on a shoestring, working in partnership to get value for money by finding new and innovative ways of doing things.

I would recommend being a governor to anyone.

St Oswald’s CE Primary School

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Most recent appointment Date	Appointed By	Term	Roles & Committees
Miss Emma Murtagh	Headteacher	01.09.07	N/A	School	4 Years	Headteacher, member of all committees
Mrs Susan Varga	Foundation	25.09.02	02.10.16	Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years	Chair of Governing Board, PPFP (Chair), Pay Review, Standards & Quality, Admissions
Mrs Julie Bateman	Foundation	01.11.11	01.09.15	Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years	Standards & Quality, Vision & Values
Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Foundation	02.07.15	02.07.15	Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years	Safeguarding, Vision & Values
Mr Dave Hedges	Foundation	28.02.11	27.02.15	Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years	PPFP, Pay Review, Vision & Values
Mr Les Nuttall	Foundation	01.08.08	01.09.16	Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years	Vice Chair, Safeguarding
Mr Steve Booker	Parent	28.01.13	28.01.13	School	4 Years	Vision & Values
Miss Tracey Murray	Parent	10.10.16	10.10.16	School	4 Years	Standards & Quality, Vision & Values
Miss Beth Lovett	Staff	13.07.16	13.07.16	School	4 Years	Safeguarding, Vision & Values
Mrs Karen Murphy	Co-Opted	13.09.16	13.09.16	Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years	Standards & Quality
Vacancy	Incumbent			Diocese of Liverpool	4 Years
Miss Carla Thomas	Local Authority	12.07.17	12.07.17	Sefton MBC	4 Years
Mrs Julie Erskine	Clerk to Governing Board	01.09.08

Former Governors 2015/16

Name	Category	Date Appointed
Mrs Val Jardine	Co-Opted	22.09.93
Mrs Leila Ford	Staff	05.06.14
Mrs Christine Thursfield	Foundation	13.05.13

Details of Committees

Standards & Quality	Premises, Personnel, Finance & Pay (PPFP)	Pay Review	Safeguarding	Vision & Values
Chair Miss Emma Murtagh	Chair Mrs Susan Varga	Chair Mrs Susan Varga	Chair Miss Emma Murtagh	Chair Mrs Elizabeth Furlong
Mrs Julie Bateman	Mr Dave Hedges	Mr Les Nuttall	Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Mrs Julie Bateman
Miss Tracey Murray	Miss Emma Murtagh	Mrs Karen Murphy	Mr Les Nuttall	Mr Steve Booker
Mrs Susan Varga				Mr Dave Hedges
Mrs Karen Murphy				Miss Beth Lovett

Mr Steve Booker	Married to staff member
Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Governing Body of Sacred Heart School
Miss Emma Murtagh	Nil
Mrs Julie Bateman	Nil
Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Nil
Mr Dave Hedges	Nil
Mr Les Nuttall	Nil
Mr Steve Booker	Nil
Miss Tracey Murray	Nil
Miss Beth Lovett	Nil
Mrs Karen Murphy	Nil

Record of Attendance at Meetings 2015/16

Name	Scheduled Meetings	Meetings Attended	Apologies Accepted	Absent
Miss E Murtagh	26	25	0	0
Mrs V Jardine	25	18	1	7
Mrs J Bateman	10	4	6	0
Mrs E Furlong	11	10	1	0
Mr D Hedges	15	14	1	0
Mr L Nuttall	10	6	4	0
Mrs C Thursfield	6	6	0	0
Mr S Booker	8	6	2	0
Mr P Donnelly	9	7	2	0
Mrs S Varga	21	15	5	1
Mrs L Ford	10	10	0	0

School Development Plan	02.09.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mrs Julie Bateman, Mr Steve Booker Mrs Christine Thursfield Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Mr Leslie Nuttall

Headteacher Performance Management	14.09.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Susan Varga, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Valerie Jardine

Pay, Performance, Finance and Premises (PPFP) Sub Committee	16.09.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Christine Thursfield

Governors and Advisory Board (GAAB)	22.09.15
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh	Mrs Susan Varga

Full Governing Board	23.09.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mrs Christine Thursfield Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Mrs Julie Bateman, Mr Steve Booker

Pay Committee	24.09.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga	Nil

Vision & Values Sub Committee	01.10.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mrs Christine Thursfield Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Nil

Safeguarding Sub Committee	07.10.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Les Nuttall, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong

Standards & Quality Sub Committee	04.11.15
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly	Mrs Julie Bateman

Full Governing Board	25.11.15
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mrs Christine Thursfield, Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Mrs Julie Bateman, Mr Steve Booker

Safeguarding Sub Committee	01.12.15
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Mrs Valerie Jardine, Mr Les Nuttall

Vision & Values Sub Committee	02.12.15
Present	Apologies
Cancelled

Full Governing Board	07.01.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Christine Thursfield Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong, Mrs Julie Bateman, Mr Steve Booker	Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mr Les Nuttall

Governors and Advisory Board (GAAB)	19.01.16
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Susan Varga	Nil

Safeguarding Sub Committee	27.01.16
Present	Apologies
Cancelled

Pay, Performance, Finance and Premises (PPFP) Sub Committee	02.02.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Christine Thursfield	Nil

Admissions	24.02.16
Present	Apologies
Cancelled

Standards & Quality Sub Committee	02.03.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly	Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Julie Bateman

Full Governing Board	03.03.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mr Steve Booker Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong	Mr Les Nuttall, Mrs Julie Bateman

Admissions	18.03.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Dave Hedges	Miss Emma Murtagh

Governors and Advisory Board (GAAB)	26.04.16
Present	Apologies
Cancelled

Pay, Performance, Finance and Premises (PPFP) Sub Committee	28.04.16
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Valerie Jardine, Mr Dave Hedges	Mrs Susan Varga

Governors and Advisory Board (GAAB)	12.05.16
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh	Mrs Susan Varga

Pay, Performance, Finance and Premises (PPFP) Sub Committee	14.06.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges

Full Governing Board	21.06.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mrs Julie Bateman, Mr Steve Booker, Mrs Leila Ford, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong, Mr Les Nuttall

Safeguarding Sub Committee	28.06.16
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Susan Varga, Mrs Leila Ford, Mr Les Nuttall	Mrs Elizabeth Furlong,

Extraordinary Full Governing Board	12.07.16
Present	Apologies
Mrs Valerie Jardine, Miss Emma Murtagh, Mr Dave Hedges, Mrs Susan Varga, Mr Paul Donnelly, Mrs Julie Bateman, Mr Steve Booker, Mrs Elizabeth Furlong, Mr Les Nuttall

Standards & Quality	13.07.16
Present	Apologies
Miss Emma Murtagh, Mrs Susan Varga

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Wednesday clubs on tonight: Choir and Football training.

Year 4 #swimming this afternoon. All children need a swimming cap, girls a one piece costume and boys need trunks.

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Tel: 0151 525 4580 | E: admin.stoswalds@schools.sefton.gov.uk