St Joseph's Academy Council

(01.02.2022) 

Academic Year 22/23

Mrs Deborah Welch (Chair)

Mrs Elizabeth Jackson (Vice Chair)

Mrs Mary Young  (Acting Headteacher)

Mrs Mary-Jane Murray

Mr David Barnes

Mrs Louise Watson

Ms Jenny Pinder

Mrs Leanne Smith

Miss Laura Pitchers (Staff - Currently on maternity leave)

Miss Jo Nihill (Staff)

Clerk to the Board

Ms Trudy Searle

Chair (Mrs Deborah Welch) can be contacted on admin@st-josephs-tadcaster.n-yorks.sch.uk or 

Mrs D Welch

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Station Road

Tadcaster

LS24 9JG

 The Academy Council  at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School exists in accordance with our legal obligations, we endeavour to operate at a strategic level, leaving the School’s senior leadership responsible and accountable for the operational day-to-day running of the School. It is by achieving these aims that we can be sure that our School has effective governance.

Our core strategic functions , therefore, are in:

1. Ensuring clarity of Catholic vision, ethos and strategic direction;
2. Holding the appropriate senior leadership to account for the educational performance and Catholic character of the School and its pupils; and for the internal organisation, management and control of the School including performance management of staff; and
3. Overseeing the financial performance of the School and making sure its money is well spent.

We understand that the Catholic Church expects Catholic schools to promote and uphold high standards, including academic standards as an integral part of its educational vision for the holistic formation of children and young people.

St Joseph's Academy Council

1^st February 2022

Articles of Association

Members' Signed Resolution