Acres Hill Community Primary School
Governors
Governor information and interests
| Name | Category | Date of Appointment | Term of office | Who appointed you? | Employment/Business | Relationship with school | Governance roles in other schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Daniels | Co-opted | 31/08/2023 | 4 years | Co-opted | Retired | Governor | None |
| Elizabeth Tunnard | Co-opted | 26/06/2023 | 4 years | Co-opted | Retired | Governor | None |
| Michael Clarke | Co-opted | 10/01/2023 | 4 years | Co-opted | Retired | Governor | Yes |
| Michael Omudu | Co-opted | 19/3/26 | 4 years | Co-opted | Employed- HR | Governor | None |
| Zara Khan | Co-opted | 4 years | Co-opted | Tutor | Governor | None | |
| Lauren Sapcote | Parent | 4 years | Parents | Parent | None | ||
| Khawaja Hamid | Parent | 4 years | Parents | Parent | None | ||
| Julia Holbrook | Staff | 17/7/2025 | 4 years | Staff | Teacher | Staff member | None |
| Anne-Marie Bailey | Executive Head | n/a | ongoing | n/a |
Executive Head at Woodhouse West Director of SSELP |
Executive Head | n/a |
| Keeley Christon | Head of School | n/a | ongoing | n/a | Head of School at Acres Hill | Head of School | n/a |
Governor attendance 2025-2026
| Full Governors | Resources | Standards | |||||||||||||
| Forename | Surname | 20th Nov | 22nd Jan | 19th Mar | 30th May | 25th June | 7th Nov | 19th Mar | 25th June | 9th Oct | 22nd Jan | 30th May | |||
| Sue | Daniels | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Elizabeth | Tunnard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Michael | Clark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Tarnjit | Sidhu | x | ✓ | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ✓ | x | |||
| Julia | Holbrook | ✓ | x | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | ||||
| Anne-Marie | Bailey | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Keeley | Christon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Caroline | Tait | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Michael | Omudu | ✓ | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | ||||||||
The Role of School Governors
Acres Hill's school governors provide strategic leadership and accountability in school. Governors appoint the headteacher, and it is the governors who hold the main responsibility for finance in schools. Governors work closely with the headteacher to make the tough decisions about balancing resources and ensuring that all children at the school have the best opportunities to contribute to their individual learning.
Each governor is a member of a governing body, which is established in law as a corporate body. Individual governors may not act independently of the rest of the governing body, so all decisions are the joint responsibility of the governing body.
The role of the governing body is a strategic one; its key functions are to:
- set the aims and objectives for the school
- set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives
- set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives
- monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives
- be a source of challenge and support to the head teacher and other senior leaders in school (a critical friend)
The headteacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school and the implementation of the strategic framework established by the governing body.
Governance Structure at Acres Hill
Full Governors – Meet once a term and oversee, amongst others, strategic direction, standards/progress, quality of teaching, finance, staffing, inclusion and pupil premium.
Finance/Resources Committee – Meet once a term and have responsibility for staffing, finance, buildings and use of the pupil premium funding.
Standards/Teaching & Learning– Meet once a term and have responsibility for teaching, curriculum, standards/progress, attendance, inclusion and effectiveness of pupil premium.
Committee Structures
| Resources (Finance) | Standards and Curriculum (Teaching & Learning) |
| Michael Clarke (c) | Elizabeth Tunnard (c) |
| Sue Daniels | Sue Daniels |
| Elizabeth Tunnard | Michael Clarke |
| Julia Holbrook | |
Become a school governor
Do you care about children’s education or are you concerned about how a school is run and financed?
If you have some time to spare, are able to attend meetings (usually after school) and can call into school during lesson times on various occasions, then why not become a School Governor at Acres Hill Community Primary School and have some input in this important and rewarding role? As part of the role, you will attend Governor Training sessions and read school policies etc.
Whatever your background, if you are interested, please contact the Chair of Governors, Sue Daniels on the above contact form or via email at enquiries@acreshill.sheffield.sch.uk to arrange an informal discussion.
Contact our Chair of Governors
For information about Governance within Sheffield South East Trust (SSET), please click on the link below.