Governance
The Governing Board exists to provide strong strategic leadership to a school, ensuring accountability for its educational and financial performance. The Governing Board is made up of members of our community, parents, staff and local businesses. Some functions of the governing board include:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
Our Trustees ensure that Oak Learning Partnership (OLP) Trust is operating in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association and the Scheme of Delegation.
The Board of Trustees is the accountable body for the performance of all schools within the OLP Trust.
Trustees:
- Ensure that the Trust has a firm strategic direction, well-defined aims and objectives, and a strong ethos
- Ensure that the CEO accounts to them for the educational performance of the schools and their pupils, and for staff performance.
- Scrutinise the financial performance of the Trust, ensuring financial probity and value for money.
For full details of our Trustees please visit the Oak Learning Partnership Governance page.
How governance works at Hazel Wood
Our governance model is the same as the other schools across the Oak Learning Partnership and our governors therefore sit on our Quality of Education Board. Members of this board are appointed by the CEO and the Executive Team, and all appointments are ratified by Trustees. The Quality of Education Boards support our Headteachers and report to Trustees.
The QEBs have a specific focus on the quality of education at each school. They support the Headteacher and leadership team to devise and monitor the priorities for school improvement as laid down in the School Development Plan.
Across the school year the QEB meet five times and focus on the following areas:
· Quality of the curriculum, teaching and pupil outcomes
· Quality of pupil behaviour and personal development
· Attendance
· Quality of leadership and management
· Safeguarding
· Pupil premium strategy
· Stakeholder engagement
Contacting our governing board
The chair of our Quality of Education Board (Sheila Gaskell) can be contacted via email to the or via post using the following information:
- Via post: Sheila Gaskell, Chair of Governors, Hazel Wood High School, Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT.
- Via email: this can be done via the Clerk to the Quality Education Board - clerk@oaklp.co.uk.
2022 - 2023 Governor Meeting Dates
Governors will meet on the following dates:
| Date | Time |
| 26th September 2023 | 4.30pm - 6.00pm |
| 21st November 2023 | 4.30pm - 6.00pm |
| 23rd January 2024 | 4.30pm - 6.00pm |
| 14th May 2024 | 4.30pm - 6.00pm |
| 9th July 2024 | 4.30pm - 6.00pm |
| Name | Governance Appointment Date | Governance Term of Office Ends | Appointed by | Named Business and/or personal interests with School/Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Gaskell (Chair) | 11.02.2020 | 19.07.2024 | Academy Members | Oak LP Trustee, Chair of Governors of Unsworth Primary School until 31/08/2022 |
| Gary Pullan | 01.09.2021 | 19.07.2024 | Academy Members | N/A |
| Noreen Saima (Staff Governor) | 11.02.2020 (Re-elected 12.07.2022) | 12.07.2026 | Staff Body | Sibling employed by Elms Bank |
| Wendy Jackson | 11.10.2023 | 11.10.2027 | Academy Members | N/A |
| Name | Governance Appointment Date | Governance Term of Office Ended | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Dent | 12.07.2022 | 23.01.2024 | Academy Members |
| Mohammed Akram | 11.02.2020 | 11.02.2024 | Academy Members |
Governor Attendance at Meetings
2023-2024
| Name | 26.09.23 | 21.11.23 | 23.01.24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Gaskell | Attended | Attended | Attended |
| Gary Pullan | Attended | Attended | Attended |
| Mohammed Akram | Attended | ||
| Catherine Dent | Attended | Attended | |
| Wendy Jackson | N/A | Attended | Attended |
| Noreen Saima | Attended | Attended | |
| Paul Greenhalgh | Attended | Attended | Attended |
2022-2023
| Name | 27.09.22 | 22.11.22 | 24.01.23 | 16.05.23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Gaskell | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended |
| Gary Pullan | Attended | Attended | Attended | |
| Mohammed Akram | Attended | Attended | Attended | |
| Catherine Dent | Attended | Attended | Attended | |
| Noreen Saima | Attended | Attended | ||
| Paul Greenhalgh | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended |
| Halima Khatoon | Attended |