Welcome to the Governance Section of the Moreton School website!
In this section you can find out more about our role in school, the work we do, who we are and how you can contact us.
The main role of the Governing Body is to provide strategic leadership and work with the headteacher and staff to ensure our school provides good quality education and continues to strive for excellence through supporting, promoting and monitoring learning and learning outcomes.
The Strategic Role
In this role, governors:
• Play a lead part in planning and setting School Improvement Priorities and directing school resources.
• Set policies to ensure the school achieves its aims and objectives together with monitoring and evaluating progress towards them.
• Focus on raising standards of achievement, establishing high expectations and promoting effective teaching and learning so that every pupil achieves his/her full potential.
• Ensure that there are systems in place to monitor progress. Use evidence to review progress against targets to see whether policies and practices are effective.
• Benchmark school achievements.
The Critical Friend Role
In this role, governors:
• Act as a source of challenge to the headteacher as well as providing support and guidance.
• Recognise and celebrate achievements and under performance.
• Encourage strategies and bring about improvement.
The Accountability Role
In this role, governors:
• Discuss, question and refine proposals while respecting the professional roles of the headteacher and other staff and their responsibilities for management of the school.
• Are prepared to account for the school’s performance and to explain its decisions and actions to anyone who has a legitimate interest.
Company Documents
Governors List
S Russell - Chair
I’m Steph and I’m excited to be a part of the Moreton journey as a Chair at the school. Having lived in the local area for a while, I have an understanding of the challenges the school face, and how important it is for the children to receive the very best education and opportunities.
I work in education/governance, so I have a good understanding of how schools and in particular, their governing boards operate – putting the needs of the students at the heart of everything they do. I look forward to being able to make positive contributions to the school and wider community.”
Scott Williams - Headteacher
Helen Bourton
Helen Bourton has been a highly successful educator for 32 years in Sandwell, Dudley and in Wolverhampton. She has a passion for supporting young people to develop their social, physical and mental wellbeing, through a broad and balanced curriculum and a full range of opportunities within and outside school life. Helen is an advocate of developing skill/personal qualities and empowering young people to enable them to take a strong place in society.
Helen believes that as a director she has an important part to play in raising school standards and her experience of governance will support her in this role.
She believes that the role of the governing body is absolutely key to the effectiveness of a school and the life chances for every young person.
Elaine Green
I am a long standing Governor of Moreton school, starting as a parent governor, now an Associate governor. I am passionate about the school and the students that attend it as I believe that they deserve the very best chance to improve life chances.
I have a long history of working with Special Educational Needs – being acting Deputy SENDCo for several years, with a special interest in autism and the challenges and benefits it can bring.
I am a fully qualified and practicing Counsellor, choosing to work as a school counsellor as a preferred field of expertise, but also qualified to level 7 to test students for Access Arrangements, so all students that attend Moreton have a level playing field for their exams.