Belper School and Sixth Form Centre is a Foundation School. Foundation Schools are devolved from the Local Authority and the governors of the school have increased roles and responsibilities.
Governing bodies have three core strategic functions:
Our full Governing Body meets regularly over the year. Responsibilities are also delegated to sub-committees in certain areas. These sub-committees are:
At meetings, our Governors receive information, discuss key issues and are involved in the decision-making process on matters affecting the strategic direction of the school.
Further information on the membership of our Governing Body, Governors pecuniary interests and the committee structure can be viewed/downloaded by clicking on the links below.
Full Governing Body Meetings
| Meetings attended to date | Out of a possible (to date) | |
| F Atkinson | 4 | 5 |
| L Crowder** | 0 | 1 |
| A Eccleston | 4 | 5 |
| N Fordham | 5 | 5 |
| N Goforth | 5 | 5 |
| S Gosrani | 3 | 5 |
| S Gregson | 5 | 6 |
| J Holmes | 5 | 5 |
| N Kemp | 2 | 5 |
| C Lightfoot | 4 | 5 |
| L Marshall | 5 | 5 |
| J Martin | 4 | 5 |
| L Salton | 3 | 4 |
| S Stone-Makin | 4 | 5 |
| M-L Tidmarsh | 4 | 5 |
| A Welch | 5 | 5 |
| Student Matters Equality & Community | Personnel & Finance | Site | Curriculum & Performance | Joint Consultative Committee | |
| F Atkinson | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | |||
| L Crowder** | 0 of 1 | ||||
| A Eccleston | 1 of 3 | 4 of 5 | 1 of 2 | ||
| N Fordham | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | |||
| S Gosrani | 1 of 1 | 2 of 2 | |||
| S Gregson | 1 of 2 | 1 of 1 | |||
| J Holmes | 5 of 5 | 2 of 2 | |||
| N Kemp | 0 of 1 | ||||
| C Lightfoot | 3 of 3 | 3 of 4 | |||
| L Marshall | 1 of 3 | ||||
| J Martin | 1 of 1 | ||||
| L Salton | 4 of 5 | 1 of 1 | |||
| S Stone-Makin | 4 of 5 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 2 | ||
| M-L Tidmarsh | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | |||
| A Welch | 5 of 5 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
* Term of office started during the year
** Term of office ended during the year
The Terms of Reference for the Governing Body and its committees are shown below:
Full Governing Body
Personnel and Finance Committee
Site Committee
Curriculum and Performance Committee
Student Matters, Equality and Community Committee
Joint Consultative Committee
Pay Policy Committee
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