Welcome to our Governor Section

The three main functions of the Governing Body are to:

Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
Hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff.
Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent.

We recognise the following as the fourth core function of governance:

Ensuring the voices of stakeholders are heard

Our Structure

On March 28th 2023 FST Primary Schools Federation was formed when Foston CE, Stillington and Terrington CE Primary schools federated. This means that one governing body is now responsible for the three schools of the FST Primary Schools Federation.

Our Instrument of Government can be found here

FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board is comprised of 14 governors as follows:

Two parent governors
Eight Foundation governors
One Local Authority governor
One staff governor
Headteacher
One co-opted governor

Sub-committees:

FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board has one sub-committee:

The Resources (Finance, Health & Safety and Premises) Committee. Terms of Reference.

FST Primary Schools Federation Governors 2022/23:

Name	Type of Governor	Appointed by	Term of office	Area/s of responsibility
Sarah Moore	Headteacher	Ex-officio		Resources Committee
Corinne Cross (Chair)	Local Authority	LA/Governing Board	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Safeguarding SDP link - Curriculum Development SIAMS / Church School distinctiveness Resources Committee
Nic Clarke *(Vice-chair)*	Co-opted	Governing Board	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Governor Mentor / Induction SDP link - Early Years / Phonics Resources Committee
Katie Stringer	Staff	Elected by staff	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Resources Committee Stakeholder engagement
Mark Mirfin	Parent	Elected by parents	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	SEND
Amadeus Stevenson	Parent	Elected by Parents	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Health & Safety Resources Committee
Helen Ashdown	Foundation (Ex-officio)	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	SEND SIAMS / Church School distinctiveness
TBC	Foundation (Ex-officio)	Foundation / Trust
James Fenwick	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Finance (Foston & Terrington) Resources Committee (Co-chair)
Vanessa Jones	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Staff and Governor Wellbeing SDP link - Early Years / Phonics
Helen Shields	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	SIAMS / Church School distinctiveness SDP link - Curriculum Development
Tom Clarke	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Health & Safety Resources Committee
Sarah Hutton	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	SDP link - Writing SDP link - Love of reading
Kofi Mensah	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Finance (Stillington) Resources Committee (Co-chair) SDP link - Love of reading

The Clerk to the Governing Board is Mr Paul Gregory (NYES Clerking) contact: paul.gregory@northyorks.gov.uk

The Chair of Governors, Mrs Corinne Cross, can be contacted: via the school office or: cofg@stillington.n-yorks.sch.uk

Register of Business / Personal Interests 2022/23:

Sarah Moore’s husband is caretaker at Foston School and ICT technician for FST Primary Schools Federation.
Nic Clarke is employed by NYCC at Slingsby School.
Kofi Mensah’s wife is the School Administrator at Stillington School.
Corinne Cross is a member of NYCC Schools Forum and sits on the Interim Executive Board (IEB) for Wolds and Vale Federation.
Vanessa Jones is the Vice-chair of Foston & Thornton le Clay Village Hall Committee.
Helen Shields is on the committee of Foston & Thornton le Clay Village Hall

Members of Stillington Community Primary School Governing Board who have stepped down in the past 12 months:

Sian Lacy	Parent Governor	November 2020 to 28 March 2023
Christine Cookman	Co-opted Governor	September 2019 to 28 March 2023
James Strangeway	Parent Governor	January 2019 to June 2022

Governor Attendance (Full Governing Board meetings and Resources Committee meetings):

Governor attendance at Stillington Community Primary School Governing Board meetings - 2022/23 Click here

Governor attendance at FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board meetings - 2022/23 Click here

Governor attendance at Stillington Community Primary School Governing Board meetings - 2021/2022 Click here