Governors

The Governors can be contacted via email at governors@stnicholas-shepperton.surrey.sch.uk or mail via the school office.  

Governors Profiles

The Role of the Governing Body

The governing body is responsible for the conduct of its school, and must promote high standards of educational achievement at the school.  It is the school's accountable body.

Who are we?

Staff, parents, local church and other interested parties from the local community

What do we do?

We:-

• Provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision, purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework.
• Sign off the school self-evaluation process and respond to school improvement service and ofsted reports as necessary.
• Set and approve the school budget.
• Appoint and manage the performance of the head teacher, holding the headteacher to account for the performance of the school.
• Ensure that parents are involved, consulted and informed as appropriate, with information to the community being made available as required. 
• Oversee admissions.
• Monitor the effectiveness of all plans, policies and procedures.
• Set challenging targets & monitor pupil performance and progress towards them. 
• Are informed about the quality of teaching.
• Ensure health and safety issues are addressed.
• Consider repair & maintenance of buildings.

What do we not do?

• Inspect the school or assess the quality of teaching.
• Decide how pupils should be taught different subjects.
• Get involved in the day to day running of the school.
• Act as a go-between between parents and the Headteacher/Staff.

How do we work?

• As a full Governing Body that meets about 5 times a year.
• In committees, Resources (Finance & Premises), Standards, Admissions and Staffing,  that meet 3-6 times a year
• In working parties that are formed to address specific issues.
• As individuals with specific links to subjects/issues and members of staff.

Building and Maintenance Fund

At St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, we are very fortunate to have a large building and extensive grounds within which to deliver our children’s education. However, this is not without its challenges, and we want to ensure that St Nicholas remains a safe, welcoming and engaging learning environment.

As you may know, St Nicholas School is a Voluntary Aided Church School. As such, the school is required to contribute part of the cost of maintaining and improving our buildings to the London Diocese.  We do not receive the same financial support from Surrey County Council as other schools do and, contrary to popular belief, we also receive no funding from the church.

For large building projects, we send bids to the London Diocese and, if successful, the Governors are responsible to fund 10% of the cost. 

Past projects have included:

• remodelling Hallam block to provide individual toilets and additional rooms for learning
• building the canopy for the Early Years outdoor learning area
• replacing our main school building hot water and gas boilers.

As we have to fund 10% of all building projects ourselves, we ask parents to make a voluntary contribution to the Building and Maintenance Fund each year to ensure that these projects can go ahead.

The recommended contribution to the Fund is £72 per pupil per year

or £6 per month, although any contribution is welcomed.

This can be paid in instalments via your Scopay account here https://www.scopay.com/login

If you are a UK tax payer we would be most grateful if you could tick the consent box in Scopay or you can use these details to set up a single payment or standing order with your bank:

Account Name: St. Nicholas School Building and Maintenance Fund

(or the shorter name of STNICHFRIENDS for online payments)

Account Number: 20775037

Sort Code: 20-90-56

Please quote your child’s name as a reference.

If you are a UK tax payer and setup a standing order or make a single payment we would be most grateful if you could complete the Gift Aid form.

Building and Maintenance Fund Gift Aid 

We would like to thank parents for their donations to the Building and Maintenance Fund and recognise all the other kinds of contributions made to support school life.

Statutory Information