Quarry Mount Primary SchoolGovernors
Who are we?
We are made up of parents, staff and people who live or work locally to school.
What’s our role?
Our core strategic functions are:
a. Ensuring Quarry Mount’s clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
b. Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the
school and its pupils; and
c. Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
How do we do it?
The full governing body meets around five times between September and July, and there are two committees; Teaching and Learning Pupil Support and Resources, which meet before each full governors meeting. Each governor joins one of these committees. We also spend time accessing training either in person or online to make sure we’ve got the skills to be good governors.
We are invited to school regularly to see all the great work our children produce, and we get to know the staff, particularly the Senior Leadership Team, who we work with to make sure Quarry Mount’s children are happy, healthy and making good progress in their learning.
As Quarry Mount is part of the Lantern Learning Trust, our Trust governors also attend meetings of the Trust board and work with governors from the other Trust schools to give all our children the best chance of fulfilling their potential.
Could you be our next governor?
We occasionally have vacancies on our Governing Body. If you are interested in the opportunity to become a governor, please contact Mrs Rebecca Pettman (Headteacher) or Mr Adrian Smith (Chair of Governors) through school. We also offer the opportunity to local community members to become an associate governor to contribute key skills whilst learning more about becoming a governor. If you are interested in becoming an associate governor, please get in touch.
Chair of Governors
Adrian Smith (Chair of Teaching and Learning and Pupil Support Committee and Child Protection and Children Looked After)
Parent Governors
Megan Critchlow
Katy Haley (SEND, Inclusion and Equalities)
Co-opted Governors
Chris Frost (Vice Chair of Governors, Health and Safety, Wellbeing and attendance)
Luke Sutcliffe
Iulian Biris
Local Authority Governor
Councillor Jonathan Pryor (Reading)
Staff Governor
Mike Dunderdale (Deputy Head)
If you would like to view the non-confidential minutes from governors meetings, please request them from the school office.
Meet some of our governors:
Governors (ID 1008)
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Mike Dunderdale
Mike Dunderdale
Mike Dunderdale joined Quarry Mount as Deputy Head in April 2022 after teaching for 8 years in Bradford. He shortly after joined our Governing Body and is committed to continuing to help with driving the school forward for our children.
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Katy Hayley
Katy Hayley
Katy Haley has been a governor at Quarry Mount since 2020.
Katy is mum to Peggy who started in Reception in September 2020, shortly after Katy joined the school governors to support and assist in any way she can. “Connecting with our school family is really important to me as a mum and a local resident.”Katy Hayley has worked creatively in community arts and education for over twenty years. Since 2015 she’s been the Participation Manager at Chapel FM Arts Centre in Seacroft; a varied role that involves engaging and inspiring a range of diverse communities to get involved in creative opportunities. Katy programmes courses and events, facilitates workshops, and networks with communities. Audio storytelling and broadcasting currently makes up a huge part of her work and personal interest.
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Chris Frost
Chris Frost
Chris Frost has been a governor at Quarry Mount since 2019.
Chris is the team leader at Gateway church, Leeds, which is situated at St Mark's, just down the road from Quarry Mount. Gateway is heavily involved in community work in the Woodhouse and Little London area. He is currently undertaking a second Master's in leadership and has been a Governor at the school since 2019, with a focus on resource management and PSHE.
Thanks,
Chris Frost
Quarry Mount Primary School Governor -
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith has been a governor at Quarry Mount since 2021.
Adrian is a Team Vicar at Leeds St George and Priest in Charge at Woodhouse and Wrangthorne.
Register of Business & Personal Interests
Governor Register of Business and Personal Interests 20/21
Governor Register of Business and Personal Interests 19/20
Governor Register of Business and Personal Interests 22/23
Quarry Mount Privacy Notice - Governors & Volunteers
Annual Statement
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2017-2018
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2018-2019
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2019 - 2020
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2020-2021
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2021-2022
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2022-2023
Annual Statement of the Governing Body 2023-2024
Governor Attendance
Attendance 2019-2020
Attendance 2020-2021
Attendance 2021-2022
Attendance 2022-2023