{"id":2037,"date":"2026-09-22T18:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:53:30","slug":"appeal-for-school-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/2026\/09\/22\/appeal-for-school-governors\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for school governors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Peter&#8217;s Catholic Primary School&#8217;s Local Governing Body is looking to recruit 2 new governors.&nbsp; We are looking for a baptised Catholic for the role of Foundation Governor as well as a parent for the role of Parent Governor.&nbsp; Foundation Governors may not have had any prior connection to the school but would be more than welcome to express an interest in the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our governors play an important role in the leadership and development of the school. Working collectively as a local governing board, governors help to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Set the strategic direction of the school<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Hold school leaders to account for educational outcomes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Oversee the school&#8217;s finances and use of resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Support the school&#8217;s vision, values and Catholic ethos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Contribute to decisions about the school&#8217;s future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Ensure that the needs and interests of our pupils remain at the heart of our decision-making<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governors work as part of a team and do not need to be experts in every aspect of school life. Training and support are provided to help you understand your responsibilities and become an effective governor.&nbsp; You don&#8217;t need previous experience of being a school governor, or experience of working in education. What matters is that you can bring your skills, experience and perspective to the role, and have a genuine commitment to making a difference to the lives of young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Local Governing Body meets at the school every month (September &#8211; July), usually on the third Thursday of the month at 5.30pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in finding out more about these roles, please email the school on adminoffice@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk marking your email for the attention of Liz Holford, Chair of Governors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr R Cunningham<br>Executive Headteacher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Peter&#8217;s Catholic Primary School&#8217;s Local Governing Body is looking to recruit 2 new governors.&nbsp; We are looking for a baptised Catholic for the role of Foundation Governor as well as a parent for the role of Parent Governor.&nbsp; Foundation Governors may not have had any prior connection to the school but would be more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","contain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/headteacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}