All schools have a Governing Body that is responsibile for determining, monitoring and keeping under review the policies, plans and procedures within which the school operates.
The Head Teacher is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school and the operation of the curriculum and reports to the Governing Body. The Governing Body is not directly involved in day-to-day management, but shapes the school via three main roles:
- to provide a strategic view of where the school is heading
- to act as a critical friend
- to hold the school to account for the educational standards it achieves and the quality of education it provides.

The Governing body is made up of Governors drawn from staff, parents and the local community. Our Governors are:

Mrs Gael Bootman (Chair Personnel)
Mr Alan Carter
Mrs Sue Dixon (Vice-Chair, Chair Monitoring)
Mrs Anne Oliver
Mrs Alison Scarll
Rev Nick Sharp (Chair Finance)
Mrs Jenny Short
Mrs Janice Smith (Head Teacher)
Mrs Sheila Stephens (Chair Premises)
Mr Stuart Whiteland (Teacher representative)
Dr Bill Worthington (Chair)

Governors serve a term of three years but may be re-appointed without election by the Governing Body.

The whole Governing body meets four time a year, twice in the Autumn term and once each in the Spring and Summer terms. We use these meetings to take reports from the Head Teacher and our own committees and make sure we are doing everything required of us by law, by Hertfordshire County Council, and by OFSTED.

Much of the Governors' work is done by our committees which meet once per term but work from day to day. We have committees for Finance, Personnel, Premises and Monitoring (monitoring as in how well the school is performing).

An important legal task for the Governors is to make sure the school has a proper set of policies in place. Policies are a guide for both staff and parents as to how the school must be run. You can download our most important policies from this page.