Belfry CEVA Primary School, Overstrand

The Belfry Governors

            I would like to welcome you to The Belfry Governor’s page. My name is Alison Woodward and I am the Chair of Governors for The Belfry. I joined The Belfry Governing Board in September 2020, taking on the Chair’s role in September 2021. I am Vice Chair of Governors at Flourish Federation, which is All Saints CEVA Primary School & Nursery in Stibbard and North Elmham CEVA Primary School. I also sit on the Heartwood Governing Board in Swaffham. I have been a governor since 2016 and joined the Norfolk Governance Network (NGN) board, I am now Vice Chair at NGN. Governance is a real privilege and important responsibility for me and one that I work hard to carry out to the best of my abilities. I have three children, one at University, one at College doing A-levels and my youngest just starting High School.

                 Our Board at this time is very small but is also experienced and dedicated, we are actively recruiting governors from the local community. If you would like to know more about becoming a governor and more of what we do you can look at the School governors - Norfolk County Council page. Our Board meets once per half-term, currently all remote, we do not have any committees, so all of our governance duties are carried out at these meetings. Additionally, we visit the school to carry out monitoring duties, these have not been as easy as before Covid, so in some cases we have remote meetings with school staff. We work closely with Mr Cotton and Miss Watts on many aspects of school life, in order to support all children and staff at The Belfry.