BACUP AND RAWTENSTALL

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

Glen Road

Waterfoot

Rossendale

Lancs.  BB4 7BJ

Tel: 01706 234500

Fax: 01706 234505

E-mail: enquiries@brgs.org.uk

www.brgs.org.uk

                                                                  

 

 

GOVERNORS’ REPORT TO PARENTS

September 2003 to August 2004

 

 

 

Chairman of Governors:

Mr. D. Heap                                                  108 Haslingden Old Road                                                                                      

Rawtenstall

Rossendale

Lancs.   BB4 8SA

Headmaster:                                     Mr. M. R. Morris

Clerk to the Governors:

Mrs. P. Kirk c/o BRGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2004

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Parent

 

Governors' Annual Report to Parents for the year September 2003 to August 2004

 

The Education Act of 1986 requires Governors to present an Annual Report to Parents. Parents may request a meeting with governors to discuss the report and if fifteen or more parents do so, then a meeting must be convened and governors would be happy to discuss any issues at that meeting.

 

If you would like to request a meeting, please complete the slip below and return it to Mrs. Kirk at school by 3rd December. Your school governors would appreciate notice of any item you intend to raise. This will provide time for adequate research to be carried out and ensure a full response is made. The date of any meeting would be notified to parents in due course.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

 

D. Heap

Chairman of Governors

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MEETING, please complete and detach this slip and return it to Mrs. Kirk at school by Friday 3rd December. Please add below any point(s) you wish to raise.

 

Governors' Annual Report to Parents, 2003/04

 

I would like to request a meeting with governors in order to raise the following points:

 

 

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Name .......................................................................... Signed ......................................................

 

Pupil’s name and form ………………………………………………………..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GOVERNORS' ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS, SEPTEMBER 2003 TO AUGUST 2004

           

 

 

            CONTENTS

 

                                                                                                                                   

            Section

 

            1          Introduction                                                                                          

            2          Resolutions from previous meeting                                                          

            3          Date of parents’ meeting                                                            

            4          The governing body

            5          Parent governor elections                                                                                   

            6          School security                                                 

            7          School Development Plan                                              

            8          Pupils with disabilities                                                               

            9          Special Education needs

            10         OFSTED Inspection                                                                              

11                 Destinations of Students                                                            

12                 Professional Development                      

            13         Rates of absence                                              

            14         Financial statement                                                                                                       

            15         National curriculum tests (SATs) : results 2004 and targets for 2005                                               16            A/AS results                             

            17         GCSE results                                       

            18         A' level subject performance table                                                           

            19         AS level subject performance table                                                                     

            20         GCSE subject performance table                                                

21                 A’ level and GCSE results graphs                       

22                 Curriculum in 2004-05

            23         Curriculum complaints procedure                                    

                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                               

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                                                                   

 

1.         INTRODUCTION

 

            The Education Act of 1986, updated by DfEE Circular 11/96, requires the Governors of the school to prepare an annual report and present it to. This report covers the year from the start of the Autumn Term, 2003 to the end of the Summer Term, 2004. A meeting to discuss the Report will be held if 15 or more parents request one.

 

2.         RESOLUTIONS FROM PREVIOUS PARENTS' MEETING

 

            There were no resolutions from the 2003 meeting.

 

3.         DATE OF PARENTS’ MEETING

 

            A date will be set for a Parents’ Meeting to discuss the Report if 15 or more parents request such a meeting. The date will be notified to all parents.

 

 

 

 

4.            THE GOVERNING BODY 2004/2005

 

The Governing Body consists of 23 Governors, made up from seven elected Parent Governors, two elected Teacher Governors, one elected Staff Governor, the Headmaster, two LEA Governors, five Partnership Governors and five Co-opted Governors. The dates shown in brackets indicate the end of each governor’s term of office.

 

PARENT GOVERNORS

Mrs. C. Bishop, 4 Acre Close, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0JY Tel: 825198 (28.9.2008)

 

Mr. S. Bradshaw, 23 Billington Avenue, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8UW  Tel: 211808 (28.9.2008)

 

Mr. N. Lester, 19 Lower Cribden Avenue, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6EW Tel: 227409 (31.8.2007)

 

Mrs. A. Lythgoe, 46 Alden Road, Helmshore, Rossendale, BB4 4AQ Tel: 212497 (28.9.2008)

 

Mrs. G. Seaton, 157 Cherry Crescent, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ Tel: 831308 (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. P. Terry, The Croft, Cowpe Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7DQ Tel: 214106 (31.8.2007)

 

Mrs. S. Woods, 52 Royds Street, Accrington, BB5 2HU Tel: 01254 381548 (31.8.2007)

 

TEACHER GOVERNORS

Mrs. J. Helm, c/o BRGS. (9.2006)

 

Mr. K. M. Grehan, c/o BRGS (3.11.2008)

 

STAFF GOVERNOR

Miss E. Gauntlett, c/o BRGS (31.8.2007)

 

PARTNERSHIP GOVERNORS

Mrs. M. Abbott, 72 Booth Road, Waterfoot , Rossendale, BB4 9BQ (Parent) (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. D. Heap, 108 Haslingden Old Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8SA Tel: 229248 (Finance Director and former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

 

Mrs. S. Henry, 3 Rhuddlan Close, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 6TF Tel: 226945 (Solicitor) (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. D. S. King, 22 Pendleton Avenue, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8UX Tel: 218703 (31.8.2007)

 

Mrs. P. H. Skilling, 7 Melia Close, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6RQ Tel: 217622 (Retired Teacher and former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

 

CO-OPTED GOVERNORS

Mr. D. Cain, 6 Edge Lane, Higher Cloughfold, Rossendale, BB4 7SS  Tel: 225054 (N.H.S. Chief Executive Officer) (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. N. Cormack, O.B.E., Chairman, Greenwood & Coope Ltd., Brookhouse Mill, Greenmount, Bury, Lancs, BL8 4HR Tel: 01204 882241 (Former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. K. Harwood, Springhill Cottage, Higher Cloughfold, Rossendale, BB4 7SR  Tel: 217045 (Company Director and former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. G. Moylan, 4 Shepherds Green, Water, Rossendale, BB4 9PB  Tel: 224127 (Project Manager) (31.8.2007)

 

One vacancy (as at 01.09.04)

 

HEADMASTER

Mr. M. R. Morris, c/o BRGS.

 

LEA GOVERNORS

Mr. C. Wadsworth, 9 Holt Street, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9AN  Tel: 224422 (Environment, Safety and Health Advisor) (31.8.2007)

 

Mr. D. W. Easton, 1 Ager Street, Bacup, Lancs, OL13 0QY (27.1.2006)

 

 

 

5.            PARENT GOVERNORS ELECTIONS

 

An election of parent governors was held at the beginning of September 2004 when three vacancies arose due to terms of office coming to an end. Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Lythgoe were re-elected for a further term of office and Mr. S. Bradshaw became a new parent-governor. The next election of parent governors is scheduled for September 2007. All parents of pupils on roll at that time will receive details via ‘pupil post’.

 

6.         SCHOOL SECURITY

           

            It is our policy that visitors to the school are checked in and wear a “visitor” badge. This is important, not only for the safety of children, staff and visitors but also to ensure that we can account for who might be on the premises in case of an emergency, e.g. fire alarm, etc. We are currently reviewing our system with a view to possibly upgrading it.

 

             A CCTV system monitors the four main entrances and videos of activities are kept. Again, we are assessing whether or not to upgrade the monitoring and recording equipment as well as having additional cameras around the site because of its expansion over the last few years.

 

            Out of normal school hours, the four main entrances are magnetically locked and entry to the building allowed only by request via an intercom system.

 

            There is a long-term rolling programme in the School Development Plan and in partnership with Lancashire County Council to extend the security fencing around the school, particularly to the top of Glen Road, near to Wolfenden Green, the all-weather pitch and the top sports field. Planning permission has recently been granted to fence off an area between the top of Wolfenden Green and the corner of the all-weather pitch to deter potential intruders and prospective trespassers from accessing the school grounds from that area.

 

            The intruder alarm system was upgraded in October 2003 to meet with the new Police requirements on prevention of falsely activated calls. .

 

7.         SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REPORT 2003/04