Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

From April 2020, Leyland Methodist Junior School Governors and Leyland Methodist Infant School Governors opted to enter into a formal federation. The aim of this federation was for the two schools to work in partnership together after nearly two years of successful collaborative working. To this end, from April 2020, the two governing boards merged to become a single governing board operating under the Federation name of Leyland Methodist Schools. All governors from both schools were invited to be members of the new governing board and where they were insufficient places under the new constitution, the governing board agreed to co-opt the remaining members for a new term of office. As such our new single governing board comprises members of both schools' previously separate governing boards.

From September 2020, the following committees are in place:

Premises, Health & Safety;

Ethos & Curriculum;

Staffing & Finance;

Standards and Effectiveness;

Pay Committee;

Appraisal Committee.

There are other committees in place that meet as and when required e.g. Complaints Appeals Committee, Pupil Discipline Committee etc.

Details of how our Governing board is constituted can be found further down this page under Statutory Governor Information.

Contact details for our Chair of Governors (Matthew Tomlinson) are cllrmatt@aol.co.uk.

Our schools buy into a service level agreement with Lancashire Authority to provide clerking services to the governing board. Our clerk to the schools is Ms G Donohoe.

Who is on the Governing Board?

Statutory Governor Information

Leyland Methodist Schools Governing Board – A Federation of Leyland Methodist Infant and Leyland Methodist Junior Schools (Effective 1^st April 2020)
Governor:	End of Current Term	Position	Appointing Body	Committee Membership	Member of Other Governing Boards	Register of Interests	Link Subject/Aspect Governor
Mr D F Smith	18/07/2022	Local Authority	Lancashire County Council	Premises, Health & Safety
Mrs F Fish	18/03/2022	Parent	Parental Vote	Pay Committee Premises, Health & Safety Staffing & Finance			Pupil Premium
Mrs C Martin	18/10/2022	Parent	Parental Vote	Premises, Health & Safety			Maths
Mrs H Watmough	14/03/2022	Staff	LMS Staff	Ethos & Curriculum
Mrs K A Melling	Ex-officio	(Executive) Headteacher	Ex-officio	All committees
Mrs J Moss	29/01/2024	Foundation	Methodist Circuit	Ethos & Curriculum			SEND
Miss A Cupit	26/11/2023			Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance			English
Mrs K Livesey	25/02/2022			Staffing & Finance
Mrs R Brown	01/02/2021			Premises, Health & Safety Staffing & Finance			Music
Reverend G Welsh	Ex-Officio	Foundation (Ex-officio)	Ex-Officio	Ethos & Curriculum (Chair)			RE
Mr S Barnes (Co-Vice Chair)	26/11/2023	Co-opted	The Governing Board of Leyland Methodist Schools	Appraisal, Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance			Science
Mr J Ward	24/10/2021			Pay Committee Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance (Chair)
Mr P Walling (Co-Vice Chair)	31/08/2023			Appraisal, Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance
Miss J Huntley	03/04/2024			Premises, Health & Safety, Staffing & Finance			Geography
Mr R Prescott	03/04/2020			Standards & Effectiveness, Pay Committee Staffing & Finance			History
Mrs A Woodcock	05/03/2023			Appraisal, Ethos & Curriculum, Pay Committee Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance	Clayton-Le-Woods CE Primary	SIAMS Inspector	PSHE Staff Well-being
Mrs A Hudson	31/03/2024			Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance, Premises, Health & Safety		Assistant Headteacher at a High School	Child Protection Governor
Councillor M Tomlinson (Chair)	31/03/2024			Appraisal, Premises, Health & Safety, Standards & Effectiveness, Staffing & Finance,		LCC Councillor	EHT Well-being
Miss B Hogan	31/03/2024			Ethos & Curriculum		Teacher at Leyland Methodist Schools

Leyland Methodist SchoolsA Federation of Leyland Methodist Infant and Junior Schools

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Who is on the Governing Board?

Statutory Governor Information

Governor Attendance at Meetings

Governor Register of Business Interests

Other Information