Meet the Governors
On behalf of the Governors of Litton Primary School, I would like to offer a warm welcome to parents, carers, children and their families. Litton Primary is a welcoming and high achieving school.
The school ensures that each child is nurtured and supported in their academic learning, development as individuals and understanding of local and national communities. All our governors are approachable and always happy to speak and listen. We look forward to meeting you within our friendly school community.
Mrs Gill Howland
Chair of Governors
About the Governance:
Governing bodies are the strategic decision makers and vision setters in every school. They play a vital role in ensuring the best possible education for every child by creating robust accountability for school leaders.
The governing body has 3 core functions supported with a School Improvement Plan:
1) Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
2) Holding the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the school, its pupils and the performance management of staff.
3) Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure the money is well spent.
We have a Full Governing Body that meets 4 times each year, and 2 committees that meet every half term. The Education committee is concerned with the teaching and learning in the school, safeguarding, and special educational needs and disabilities. The Resources committee is concerned with finance, staffing, safety and the buildings and grounds of the school.
Chair of Governors | Mrs Gill Howland |
Vice-Chair | Mr Gordon Fuller |
Chair of Governor Letters
Full Governing Body:
| Foundation Governors | Parent Governors | Teacher Governor | Local Authority Governor | |
| Eleanor Brothwell | Sarah Ebbatson | Lorraine Bullock | James Warriner | |
| Trish Gratton | ||||
| Lesley Burke | Caroline Hicks (HT) | |||
| Gill Howland | ||||
| Corinne Hoban | ||||
| Gordon Fuller | ||||
Governor individual responsibilities:
| Gill Howland - Chair of Governors and Safeguarding | ||
| James Warriner - Chair of Resources | ||
| Gill Howland - GDPR and Chair of Headteacher Performance | ||
| Gill Howland - Chair of Education | ||
| Gordon Fuller - Vice Chair of Governors |
Governance Structure:
| Resources Committee | Education Committee | Headteacher Performance |
| James Warriner (Chair) | Gill Howland (Chair) | Gill Howland (Chair) |
| Gordon Fuller | Caroline Hicks (HT) | |
| Lesley Burke | Eleanor Brothwell | |
| Trish Gratton | Trish Gratton | |
| Caroline Hicks (HT) | Sarah Ebbatson | |
| Lesley Burke | ||
How our governors work
Litton School Governance
Governors' terms of appointment and meeting attendance
| Name | Category of Governor | Dates of current term | FGB attendance (2023/2024) |
| Lorraine Bullock | Staff | 01/04/21-31/03/25 | 2/4 |
| Lesley Burke | Foundation | 13/10/22-12/10/26 | 1/4 |
| Gordon Fuller | Parent | 01/12/19-30/11/23 | 3/4 |
| Trish Gratton | Foundation | 12/05/21-11/05/25 | 3/4 |
| Gill Howland | Foundation | 01/09/23-31/08/27 | 3/4 |
| James Warriner | LA | 1/2 | |
| Eleanor Brothwell | Foundation | 02/02/23-01/02/27 | 3/4 |
| Sarah Ebbatson | Parent | 20/12/22-19/12/26 | 1/4 |
| Corinne Hoban | Foundation | 26/11/23-25/11/27 | 2/3 |
| Caroline Hicks | Staff | 3/4 |
Register of Governors' business interests September 2023
| Name | Business interests | Other educational establishments governed? | Relationships with school staff? |
| Lorraine Bullock | None | None | None |
| Lesley Burke | None | None | None |
| Gordon Fuller | None | None | None |
| Caroline Hicks | None | None | None |
| Gill Howland | None | Member of Governing Council, University of Derby | None |
| Eleanor Brothwell | None | None | None |
| Sarah Ebbatson | None | None | None |
| Corinne Hobson | None | None | None |
| James Warriner | None | None | None |