Governors

Our Governing Board consists of parents, staff, appointees of the Local Authority and members co-opted from the local community and church.

How do I contact the governors?

In order to contact the governors you will need to get in touch with the school in the first instance and they will make the contact on your behalf. You will not be able to contact the governors directly, but the school will treat your contact in confidence where appropriate and act as a mediary. If you need to make a complaint about the school and involve governors you will need to follow the school's complaints procedure.

The role of governors 

 Governors serve for four years and the best way to sum up the role of the Governing Board is ‘eyes on, hands off’ and it is carried out through three main approaches:

• being strategic – for example target setting, agreeing the ethos of the school, setting the priorities in the School Development Plan (SDP), ensuring that the standards of teaching and learning are as high as possible, setting the budget to support the SDP and approving policies.
• being a critical friend – including understanding school self-evaluation, monitoring and evaluating school performance, delegating decisions, recognising and celebrating the achievements of the school, being prepared to ask challenging questions in a supportive way, thereby securing improvement and being an ambassador for the school in the local community.
• being accountability – this includes being prepared to account for the school's overall performance and to explain its decisions and actions to anyone who has a legitimate interest, ensuring that all statutory obligations are met and reporting to parents and others on the work of the school including the achievements of the pupils.

 The Chair and Vice-chair are elected annually by the governors at the first meeting of the autumn term. The full Governing Board and its two committees: Resources and Teaching and Learning, meet every half term. Minutes of these meetings are available from the school office. The Headteacher produces a written report for the governors each term .

 Our Governors are fully involved in the school's self-evaluation and use their knowledge gained to challenge the school,understand it's strengths and weaknesses and shape it's strategic direction. 

Susan Francis

Chair of Governor

I was pleased to join the Governing Body as a Foundation Governor in April 2021. I'm very much looking forward to working with students, staff and parents whilst joining the journey of Lady Elizabeth Hastings' School.  

I have been a secondary school teacher in Leeds since 2012, my main subject specialism being Computer Science. Over the years I have worked in several schools, taken on leadership roles, mentored teachers and led a secondary computing teacher training programme. I moved to STEM Learning, based at the University of York in April 2019, to lead the development of teacher training for computing teachers across England.  

I'm looking forward to sharing my educational knowledge with those at LEH and hope to share my passion of ensuring all children prosper and flourish with the opportunities thrown in their direction.