AFON DWYRYD SCHOOLS FEDERATION IS GOVERNING BODY
Chair
Cllr. Meryl Roberts
Vice Chair
Clerk
Parent Governors
Rachel Campbell
Ysgol Cefn Coch
Gareth Cadwalader
Caryl Anwyl
Local Authority Governors
Cllr. Gwynfor Owen
Ysgol Talsarnau
Cllr. Meryl Roberts
Dewi Lewis
Community Governors
Leonie Hughes
Ysgol Cefn Coch
Dylan Elis
Eirian Harris
Additional Community Governor
Eluned Williams
Ysgol Talsarnau
Teaching Staff Representatives
Esyllt Rhys
Ysgol Cefn Coch
Alaw Roberts
Gwawr Jones
Rhian Lumb
Ysgol Talsarnau
Headteacher
Gwion Wyn Owens
Parent Governors
The Parent Governors are your representatives on the Governing Body. If you have a matter that you wish to discuss concerning school life, please contact them or the Chairperson directly.
The Governors have special responsibilities. They work together for the benefit of the school and the benefit of the children’s education.
They regularly meet each term –
- to respond to the headteacher’s report.
- to discuss and formulate policies / decisions (e.g. school budget; Improvement Plan)
Panels have also been formed to deal with specific matters.
An annual report will be published by the Governors for parents during the Autumn Term.
Your right to request a meeting with the school’s governing body
The Schools Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 enable parents to request up to 3 meetings in any school year with a governing body, on matters which are of concern to them.
If parents wish to use their rights under the Act to hold a meeting, 4 conditions will need to be satisfied:
- Parents will need to raise a petition in support of holding a meeting.
The parents of at least 10% of the school’s registered pupils will need to sign the petition. If it is a paper petition, then a written signature must be given as well as the name and class of each child who is a registered pupil at the school. If the petition is in electronic format, the ‘signature’ required is the typed name of the parent plus the name and class of each child who is a registered pupil at the school and the email address of each parent who ‘signs’ the electronic petition. Exact roll numbers at any time during the year may be obtained from the school office.
- The meeting must be called to discuss matters which affect the school.
The meeting cannot be called to discuss such matters as the progress of individual pupils, or to make a complaint against a member of the school’s staff or governing body.
The petition should contain brief details of the matter(s) to be discussed, and the reasons for calling the meeting. This information should be clearly displayed at the top of the petition, with parents’ signatures appearing below.
- A maximum 3 meetings can be held during the school year
The law allows parents to use their rights to request up to 3 meetings with a school governing body during the school year.
- There must be at least 25 school days left in the school year
The law makes it a condition that at least 25 school days are left in the school year when the petition is received so that the meeting can be held.
A “school day” means a day when the school is open to pupils: it does not include weekends, public holidays, school holidays or INSET days.
The address for service of a petition requesting a meeting with this school’s governing body is:
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Chair of Governors
Ysgol Cefn Coch, Stryd yr Ysgol, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd. LL48 6AE
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