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 two sub-committees:

The Finance and Resources Committee. Terms of Reference.

The Pupil Progress and Attainment Committee Terms of Reference

FST Primary Schools Federation Governors 2023/24:

Name	Type of Governor	Appointed by	Term of office	Area/s of responsibility
Sarah Moore	Headteacher	Ex-officio		Finance & Resources Committee SIAMS / Church School Distinctiveness Group
Corinne Cross (Chair)	Local Authority	LA/Governing Board	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Finance & Resources committee Safeguarding SDP link – Curriculum Development SIAMS / Church School Distinctiveness Group
Nic Clarke (Vice-chair)	Co-opted	Governing Board	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Governor Mentor / Induction SDP link - Writing Pupil Progress & Attainment Committee (Chair)
Katie Stringer	Staff	Elected by staff	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Finance & Resources Committee Pupil Progress & Attainment Committee
Mark Mirfin	Parent	Elected by parents	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Pupil Progress & Attainment Committee SDP link – Teaching & Learning
Helen Ashdown	Foundation (Ex-officio)	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Pupil Progress & Attainment Committee SEND & Equalities SIAMS / Church School distinctiveness Group
James Fenwick	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Finance & Resources Committee (Chair)
Vanessa Jones	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Staff Wellbeing Attendance SDP link – Personal Development
Sarah Hutton	Foundation	Foundation / Trust	4-year term 28.3.2023 – 27.3.2027	Pupil Progress & Attainment Committee SDP link – Reading / Love of reading
Tim Munro	Parent	Elected by parents	4-year term 23.10.2023 - 22.10.2027
Annabel Leakey	Foundation	Foundation/Trust	4 year term 28.11.2023 - 27.11.2027

The Clerk to the Governing Board is Ms Louise Flanagan (NYES Clerking) contact: louise.flanagan@northyorks.gov.uk

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

Register of Business / Personal Interests 2023/24:

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.
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.

Members of FST Primary Schools Federation Governing Board who have stepped down in the past 12 months:

Kofi Mensah	Foundation Governor	March 2023 to September 2023
Amadeus Stevenson	Parent Governor	March 2023 to August 2023
Helen Shields	Foundation Governor	March 2023 to October 2023
Tom Clarke	Foundation Governor	March 2023 to November 2023

Governor Attendance 2022/23:

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