Governing Body                                    

 Chair of Governing Body - Mr. Joseph McTernan

St. Bernard's Catholic Primary School

Wake Green Road

Moseley

Birmingham

B13 9QE

On behalf of the Governing Body of St. Bernard's Catholic Primary School, I would personally like to welcome you to our school's website. The aim of the Governing Body is to work with the staff to help the children achieve their true and full potential in a happy, caring, and loving environment. We feel that the links between the school and home are vital, and we hope that you find this website useful.

As a Governing Body, one of our roles is to be a critical friend, to challenge, support, and give direction to the school leadership. We do this in a number of key ways:

• monitoring the performance and progress of the pupils in our school
• monitoring and evaluating the Catholic Life of the school
• working with all the staff, who teach and care for our children
• overseeing the finances and resources of the school
• providing a strategic review of future planning for the school and the pupils

The Governors are fully involved in working on a variety of key committees, which meet termly and help in the smooth running of the school - Curriculum, Finance and Staffing, Health & Safety, Admissions, Premises. We also have key designated Governors for Special Educational Needs, Safeguarding and Child Protection, and key subject curriculum areas - Literacy, Mathematics, ICT, Art, etc.

The Governing Body members represent all the key groups involved in the life of our school - the Children, the Parents, the School, the Church, the Community, and the Local Authority.

We, like you, have the best interests of the pupils and school at the heart of what we are doing, and in the decisions that we make to ensure that St. Bernard's provides the very best opportunities for all the children to live our school Mission - 'One Family, Following Christ, Learning Together, Making a Difference'

Mr. J McTernan

Chair of the Governing Body

Foundation Governors appointed by the Diocesan Schools Commission

                           Father Murphy, Mrs. P King (EYFS, Vice Chair), Mr. J McTernan (Governing Body Chair & Safeguarding, Chair),                                            Mrs. C Sadio (RE), Mr. J Williams,   

                    Parent Governor  - Mr. M Mohammed, Miss. C Fearon  LA Governor -  Mrs. Jane Gifford                      

Staff Governor - Miss N Reely

Headteacher Governor - Mr. P Foley   Associate Member - Mr. M Stephenson (DHT) / Mrs. O'Brien (SLT)

Clerk to the Governing Body - Mr. A Richards

Any governor business and financial interests are declared and recorded by clerk at meetings.