Meeting of Finance, Personnel & Premises Sub Committee

The work of the sub committee is a real mixture of day-to-day concerns (such as reviewing the school accident log) and longer-term strategic issues (such as looking at how we can invest in the school buildings and premises to create the best possible environment for learning.)

Our meeting this week had a particularly wide ranging agenda: from fire drills to financial forecasts;  building projects to budget assumptions;  staff training to safeguarding; and smartboards to schedules of financial delegation!

We all enjoyed the discussions and made good progress on many issues.

Alison Wilkinson
Chair of Governors

Finance, Personnel & Premises Sub Committee

The Finance, Personnel & Premises Sub Committee met on Friday. This sub committee meets twice every term and covers issues ranging from the strategic (such as approving the school budget, agreeing staffing arrangements, and monitoring major capital projects) through to important operational issues (such as checking that the fire drill has been carried out correctly).

This meeting was heavily focused on our planned investment in Technology. We need to invest in the infrastructure to make sure that we have robust systems that are easy to maintain and upgrade. However, we are working really hard to try and make sure that as much of our financial investment as possible directly benefits the children. Clare Rudd is doing a great job talking to other local schools about best practice in this area and meeting with IT companies. She also spoke to the Staff and Pupils to make sure that we are meeting their needs. We look forward to telling you more about this project soon.

This is also the end of the Financial Year for the school and we are busy setting budgets for the next year. The Sub Committee regularly looks at the income and expenditure position of the school;  it is in a healthy financial position and we are looking forward to the year ahead.

Post by Alison Wilkinson