School Governance
Parent Governor Vacancy
Governors at The Priors School
The Academy Committee of The Priors School form part of the Governance Team of the Warriner Multi Academy Trust
Governors are volunteers who play a really important part in ensuring our children receive the very best outcomes at our school. The governor role is strategic rather than operational, so they don’t get involved in the day to day running of the school, instead supporting and challenging the School and the Trust’s senior leadership team to drive school improvement.
We don’t discuss individual children in our meetings, but we do challenge the Head to make certain that we have the systems and support in place to ensure that the needs of all our children are being met. We don’t decide what and how to teach but we do visit the school and consider curriculum plans and attainment data to ensure that we know our school well and know that it is delivering on its plans to always drive school improvement. We don’t consider individual concerns from parents but will always explain who to talk to in school to help you and will always make sure at a strategic level that the school seeks the views of its most important stakeholders, its children, their parents and its staff.
If you want to contact the governing body please email Clerk to Governors Lauren Hayes at l.hayes@warrinermat.org
We are always interested to hear from potential new governors committed to raising outcomes for all our children. If you would like to find out more about becoming a governor please contact the Clerk to the Governors Lauren Hayes by email l.hayes@warrinermat.org
Our Clerk to the Governors is part of a team of Governance Professionals, employed by the Warriner Multi Academy Trust, to provide advice, guidance and administrative support to ensure effective governance.
Rachel Hemelryk-James
Chair of the Governing Board - Parent Governor
Robert Holland
Vice Chair - Church Governor
Matt Bown
SEND & Safeguarding Governor
Shelagh Moore MBE
Community Governor
Emma Hooker
Community Governor
Jo Peto
Community Governor
Ricky Emms
Head Teacher (Ex-Officio)
Parent Governor - Vacancy
Staff Governor - Vacancy
Governor Meeting Attendance
Declaration of Interests
Name | Governor Category | Date commenced post | Term of Office | Area of Responsibility | Governor Interests |
Ricky Emms | Head Teacher Ex-Officio | N/A | N/A | Head Teacher | *Parent |
Rachel Hemelryk-James | Chair Parent Governor
| March 2023 | 4 Years | EYFS | *Parent *Director of Cornelia Lex Ltd |
Robert Holland | Vice-Chair Church Representative | Sept 2017 | 4 Years | Data Protection, Health & Safety Chair of Finance Committee | *Member of PCC St Leonards Church, Priors Marston |
Shelagh Moore | Chair Co-opted Member | Sept 2014 | 4 Years | Finance Committee, Member, Safer Recruitment | None |
Matthew Bown | Parent Governor | Jan 2019 | 4 Years | Safeguarding & SEND Governor | *Head Teacher at St Paul's CofE School, Leamington Spa *Parent |
| Emma Hooker | Community Governor | Jul 2022 | 4 Years | Finance & Audit Committee, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Data & Performance | *Clerk of the Parish Council |
| Jo Peto | Community Governor | Jul 2022 | 4 Years | Data & Performance | None |