WELCOME STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNORS

I am delighted to be chairman of the excellent Governing Body for Stratford- upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls, whose expertise and enthusiasm, working together as a team, provides support and direction to the Headteacher and her staff. Our aim is to provide excellence in academic standards, but there’s more to education that that. It’s all about developing the person, the personality, the attitude and ability: the qualities that make us what we are.

Together we promote effective ways of teaching and learning when setting the school policies. We make decisions concerning staffing, curriculum, property and finance, whilst being responsible for setting the school’s aims and objectives.

For our pupils "the sky is the limit", as we aim to provide opportunities for all the girls to achieve academic excellence through their education and the provision of ever increasing extracurricular activities. Both of these enable our pupils to challenge their abilities in order for them to achieve their best personal potential.

Our emphasis is on every pupil as an individual, whether she joins us at the age of eleven years or at sixth form entry. Your daughter will become part of a lively, happy, small community, where each individual is known. We listen to young people’s opinions and acknowledge with great pride all of their achievements in any area of their life. We hope when they come to school they will believe in themselves, consider nothing is unattainable and that their aspirations for the future can be fulfilled.

Jeff Downes

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ABOUT THE GOVERNORS

“Governors are well informed about the school and very effective both in terms of scrutiny and support. They connect very effectively with the school, including through very regular contact between the chair and headteacher, and individual governors linked to curriculum areas.”
Ofsted (March 2006)

The governing body comprises sixteen governors, including the Headteacher. Governors (with the exception of the Headteacher)serve for four years from the date of their appointment / election. Current governors, listed in their different categories, and with the date of expiry of office indicated, are as follows:

Governors’ Strategic Statement

The governors of the school intend:
1. to maintain the school as a selective girls’ grammar school
2. to provide a caring and disciplined environment in which each pupil can achieve her full academic and personal potential and be fully prepared for life beyond school
3. to provide a supportive working environment for all staff, to value and respect them and their work, and to enable them to provide education of the highest quality
4. to promote a sense of community and mutual respect between governors, staff, pupils and parents so that the school continues to develop as a centre of excellence and all-round education.

Revised June 2008

For a list of Key Development Priorities, 2008-2011, please click here.

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