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Our Governing Board
Statement from Governors
Welcome to the Governor section of our website. I am the current Chair of Governors at Penn Hall School. I am a parent of a former Penn Hall student who left school in 2020 having been at Penn Hall for 16 years and he has now successfully moved onto College in Shropshire. I am a solicitor at a local Wolverhampton firm and am a former Co-Chair of Wolverhampton’s parent carer forum Voice 4 Parents.
The Governors at Penn Hall are responsible for overseeing the management side of the school including making sure there is a clear vision and a strong ethos and to give strategic direction. We work to help the school to run as effectively as possible, working alongside the headteacher and senior leadership team in supporting teachers to provide excellent education to our children. We also oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure that its money is well spent.
Tracy Wilkinson
At our governing body meetings we consider issues such as setting the school vision, managing finances and scrutinising educational outcomes for our pupils. We are also involved in the school community, acting as critical friends to the headteacher and senior leaders.
The events of 2020 have been challenging for all but the school’s new leadership team worked tirelessly with the staff over the Summer to put in place new measures and working groups (known as “Bubbles”) to ensure that school could fully re-open in September to all pupils in a COVID-safe way. This worked extremely well and is being constantly monitored and reviewed.
The Governing Board is working with the headteacher and leadership team to ensure that Penn Hall and its students can continue to thrive and be outstanding in all their achievements and to ensure that the School’s Improvement plan is implemented, monitored and reviewed on a regular basis.
Tracy Wilkinson
Our Governing Body
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Committee Structure
Full Governing Body
Chair of Governors: Tracy Wilkinson
Vice Chair of Governors: TBC
Termly meetings
Curriculum/Standards & Outcomes Committee
Chair : TBC
Tracy Wilkinson
Chris Blunt
Pam Mahi Newton
Julie Spencer
Ruth Starkey
Emma Gilham
Sarajane Price
Termly meetings
Pay and Personnel Committee
This meets annually after the Finance, Personnel and General Purposes Committee and is made up of the same Governors
Finance & General Purposes / Site & Buildings Committee
Chair: Shaun Philpott
Tracy Wilkinson
Anju Dhir
Peter Green
Half-termly meetings
Complaints / Appeals Committee
Chair to be determined as
necessary
Meeting to be arranged as and
when needed
Appraisal Committee
Tracy Wilkinson
Anju Dhir
Sally Bowen
HT Appraisal
Anju Dhir
Sally Bowen
Pupil Discipline Committee
Chair to be determined as
necessary
Meeting to be arranged as and
when needed
Staff Discipline Committee
Chair to be determined as
necessary
Meeting to be arranged as and
when needed
Governor Attendance
Key
FG = Full Governors
CC = Curriculum Committee
FGP = Finance and General Purposes
AC = Appraisal Committee
PC = Pay Committee
N/A = Not applicable
P = Attended
A = Apologies received
R = Resigned
Voting Rights: All Parent & Co-opted Governors have full voting rights. Associates have no voting rights.