Welcome to the Governors' section of the website

Dear Parents

I would like to take this opportunity, as Chair of Governors, to welcome you to the school. I personally have been associated with the school for several years with my children and now my grandchildren attending the school.

At Knights Templar Community Church School and Nursery, the governing body are all unpaid volunteers. We are elected every four years and our members represent different areas of the school community. Please see our Governors Newsletter which gives detailed information on the breakdown of the Governing Board.

The thoughts and opinions of parents are very welcome, so please speak to the Parent Governors if you have any concerns or ideas to help us improve what we do.

The main role of the Governing Body is to support and monitor the running of the school at a strategic level which we manage with regular meetings during term time.  We work closely with the Headteacher in making long-term decisions on the direction and performance of the school. We look at every aspect of school life such as attainment, budgets, curriculum, staffing, buildings, uniform, attendance and behaviour. We set the school policies and decide how and where money will be spent. The most important job by far, however, is ensuring that the children that come to Knights Templar receive the best education, exceed the targets set for them and do so in an environment where they feel safe, valued and inspired to be the best they can be with a zest for living, a thirst for learning and a spirit of kindness.

The Headteacher is responsible for the leadership and management of the school on a day-to-day basis; the Governing Body will support and advise where appropriate and hold the Head to account for the decisions he makes. We must ensure that the school operates within the rules set out by Government and the Local Authority, lives up to our school aims whilst constantly striving to achieve the very best standards possible.  

If you have any thoughts or views on the governance of our school, please let us know. Your opinions are very important to us. You can contact us through the Clerk to the Governing Body on 01984 634385 or email the Clerk Karen Wright on (kwright2@educ.somerset.gov.uk) or myself on LlBulpin@educ.somerset.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

Linda Bulpin

Chair of Governors

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Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

Linda Bulpin

Chair of Governors - Foundation

Appointing Body: The B & W Diocesan Board

Area of responsibility: Chair, SEND and Early Years (Nursery)

Term: 2018-2022

Jane Sperring

Vice Chair and Chair of Finance - Foundation

Appointing Body: Watchet Methodist Church 

Area of responsibility: Vice Chair and Chair of Finance, and Numeracy

Term: 2017- ongoing

Ann-Marie Saunders

Foundation Governor

Appointing Body: The B & W Diocesan Board

Area of responsibility:  Literacy and Safeguarding

Term: 2021-2025

David Frowde

Headteacher

Area of responsibility:  Headteacher

Term: 01/09/2017

Laura Weaver

Staff Governor

Appointing Body: Staff at Knights Templar Community Church School

Term: 2022-2026

Lucy Seldon

Co-Opted Governor

Appointing Body: The Governing Body

Area of responsibility:  Nursery Manager

Term: 2022-2026

Daniel Hughes

Foundation Governor

Appointing Body: St Decumans PCC

Area of responsibility:  Information Technology 

Term: 2020-2024

Chris Nicholson

Foundation Governor

Appointing Body: West Somerset Circuit

Area of responsibility:  Humanities

Term: 2019-2023

Jennifer Thomas

Foundation Governor

Appointing Body: Watchet Methodist Church Council

Area of responsibility:  Early Years (Reception)

Term: 2020-2024

Hannah Dellow

Parent Governor

Appointing Body: Parents of the School

Area of responsibility:  Safeguarding

Term: 2020-2024

Tiffany Doughty Davis

LEA Governor

Appointing Body: LA 

Area of Responsibility: Science/SRE

Term: 2021-2025

Briony Waterman

Parent Governor

Appointing Body: Parents of the School 

Term: 2021-2025

Liz Murphy

Associate Governor

Appointing Body: Full Governing Body for specific work

Area of responsibility:  PE

Term: September 2021-August 2022

2 Foundation Governor Vacancy (Ex-Officio Vicar of St Decumans and West Somerset Circuit)

Kate Bradofrd - Resigned April 2022

Penny Williams - Resigned September 2021

Paul Rastrick - Resigned July 2021

Paul Barrell - Resigned December 2020

Kathryn Flenley - Resigned December 2020

Ann Snelling - Resigned June 2020

Elizabeth Murphy - Chair of Governors - Resigned December 2019

Elizabeth Fearnley - Resigned 19 November 2019