Welcome to our Governors’ section. 

Since converting in 2018, Oak Tree Primary School and Nursery are incredibly fortunate to have a fantastic and supportive team who makes up our Interim Executive Board (IEB).  All involved have a natural energy, enthusiasm and desire to help provide our children with the best possible education. We are committed to both supporting and challenging all areas of school leadership and governance.

Please see below for details of how our IEB is structured. The implementation of a new Governing Body for the school is a priority action for the academic year 2023/24.

Minutes from our Governing Body Meetings are displayed and available in the school reception.

Governors are responsible for monitoring and evaluating the school’s performance and providing strategic direction for the school.

To do this they visit school regularly, attend meetings and review policies and other school documents. They also support the Headteacher by acting as a critical friend and have a role in recruiting new staff, complaint handling and the Headteacher’s Performance Management, ensuring accountability.

Alongside the Headteacher, they also carry out a number of other important duties which include:

Determining how the school budget is spent

Forming policy on school curriculum and collective worship

Hearing appeals and grievances

Setting standards for pupil behaviour

Making sure the school buildings are welcoming and safe

Setting and monitoring the school aims and policies

Safer recruitment and retention

The Governing Body – Roles and Activities

The Interim Executive Board of Oak Tree consists of members from a wide range of backgrounds with a diverse range of skills and expertise and are nominated to represent various stakeholder bodies including parents, staff and the community.  The IEB members are very active, undertaking most of their work through IEB meetings and school visits. All our IEB members are highly motivated and committed to the ethos, standards and success of the school. Governors recognise their legal, ethical and community responsibilities to the whole school, including the children, staff and parents.

Standards of Governance

Governors are fully aware of the obligations and responsibilities that their roles bring, and are constantly looking to improve the quality, standards, efficiency and effectiveness with which they fulfil these responsibilities. The constantly changing nature, law and requirements of school governance are recognised to place an obligation on school governors to be adequately trained and kept up to date. IEB members at Oak Tree are committed to training, both in areas of a general nature and related to their specific areas of expertise and interest.

Governing Body Committees

Currently, IEB members meet twice every term. During one meeting, the strands of what would make up individual committees' remit interlink and are covered, whether this is policy development, school self-review or strategic development. The Business Manager, for instance, prepares and shares a finance report at every meeting.

Governor Roles

As part of our ongoing development, we are actively encouraging and recruiting new members to our governance team, for more information please contact the school business manager through the school office or email office@oaktreelane.notts.sch.uk 

If you are interested in exploring becoming part of a school governance team please contact National School Governance for more information. Details of which can be found here: https://www.nga.org.uk/Home.aspx

For a link to Aspire governance structure please click here.