Like all schools which belong to a multi-academy trust, Spaxton CE Primary school has 3 levels of governance - members, the trust board and the local governance committee.
Members are responsible for ensuring QET meets its charitable objectives and that the trust board is effective.
Directors on the trust board are responsible for the performance, strategic direction and finance of all the schools in the trust. To help them, they delegate certain responsibilities to governors who sit on Local Governance Committees.
Governors work with individual schools to provide support and challenge at a local level. They are responsible, with the Head, for setting the school vision and ethos. They hold the Head to account for the curriculum provision, pupil outcomes and achievements. At Spaxton, they are also responsible for upholding its Church school status.
You can find out more about QET Trustees and Members here
The Board of Governors are:
- Frank Cairns
- Rev. Eleanor King
- Rachel Rood
- Andrew Watson (Chair)
- Helen Roper (Clerk)
- Claire Beaumont-Wraith
- Steve Clare
Mr A Watson
Chair of Governors
Mr Watson has been involved with Spaxton School as a parent since 2015, as a Parent Governor since April 2018, and he was elected as Co-Chair in January 2019. He has one child currently in Peregrine Class and he is passionate about being able to make a positive contribution to the school and every child’s education & development, playing a very much 'hands-on' active role in helping & supporting the school to go from strength to strength.
Areas of responsibility include SEND, Safeguarding and Ethos.
In his spare time, he is an optician, running successful optometric practices in Taunton & Wellington, and he enjoys camping with his family, sailing with his friends and a very occasional round of golf! Not a great fan of Bake Off, he would rather watch any sport, catch up with Master Chef or even Coronation Street!
Rev E King
Foundation Governor
Revd. King has been looking after the church in Spaxton, along with other churches locally since August 2018. She sees having a church school in the parish as a privilege, and is grateful for the warm welcome she receives when she pops into school for Collective Worship and other events.
Before becoming a priest, Revd. King was a Junior Church leader and a school Governor, where she gained experience of working with children, and being in school. Her focus is primarily on Collective Worship and school services in the church, and she is also on the Ethos committee. Eleanor enjoys living in rural Somerset, and going out walking when she can or developing the Rectory garden vegetable plot, though she is equally happy sitting with a cup of tea watching a detective drama!
Mr F Cairns
Parent Governor
Mr Cairns is an avid advocate for children and their rights in order improve their lives. In his spare time he enjoys sports, in particular Football and Mansfield Town FC, Cricket and golf. He enjoys going on wellie walks on the hills with his family and their dog Holly.
The LGC is responsible for:
- Working with the school to ensure it delivers a good quality of education.
- Setting the aims of the school together with the Head Teacher
- Ensuring the school complies with Trust wide policies
- Setting school level policies together with the Head Teacher
- Monitoring and evaluating the work of the school.
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff.
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.
- Holding the Head of School to account for the performance of the school.
Click here to find out more about governance of the Quantock Education Trust
* Working with the school to ensure it delivers a good quality of education.
* Setting the aims and policies of the school together with the Headteacher.
* Agreeing the school budget together with the Headteacher.
* Appointing the Headteacher.
* Monitoring and evaluating the work of the school.
* Holding the Headteacher to account for the performance of the school.
Mrs Claire Beaumont-Wraith
MAT Appointed Governor
Mrs Beaumont-Wraith has worked in the education sector for almost 15 years providing marketing and communications support to schools and nurseries. She began working for the Quantock Education Trust in September 2022. She has three young children who also attend a village school, so understands how valued and vital these are to their communities, and what special places they are!
In her spare time, Mrs Beaumont-Wraith really enjoys exploring beautiful Somerset, attempting to grow some vegetables in the garden and going on lots of family adventures.
Mr Steve Clare
MAT Appointed Governor
Mr Clare previously worked for a small special educational needs school in Brighton and is passionate about the role education can play in improving our life circumstances. He is keen to help support the children of Spaxton School to flourish and grow.
Mr Clare has two young children, the eldest of which is currently at Spaxton.
He loves reading, history, exploring Somerset with his family and is a long suffering Spurs fan.