The DSAT Trust Board
In the Diocese of Sheffield’s Academy Trust (DSAT), ultimate accountability and governance lies with our Trust Board.
Click here for the DSAT Trust Board of Directors.
Click here for our trust ‘Directors Trustees Business Interests.’
Our Local TASS Governors
As well as the DSAT Trust Board, we also have a Local Governing Body – an amazing set of people who give up their time & effort to make sure that TASS is the very best that it can be for all of its children.
Our Local Governing Body is made up of a membership of 9 members. These are broken down as follows:
- One Chair of Governors (appointed by the Trust) – Anne Camm
- Two Headteachers (one Executive Headteacher – Mo Andrews & one Head of School – Trudi Brown who is an Associate Governor)
- Two Foundation Governors – Heather Schofield & Izzy Dunn (also a parent)
- Parent Governors – Chris Walch (Vice Chair), Louise Broddle, Helen Pocock, Maria Gledden
- One Staff Governor – Becky Underwood
- ex-officio Ben Tanner the Priest in charge of All Saint’s Totley
Contacting the Governors:
You can contact the Chair of Governors, Anne Camm, via her email: ACamm@dsat.education
or via the usual school contact:
Totley All Saints CE VA Primary School
Hillfoot Road
Totley
Sheffield S17 4AP
Telephone: 0114 236 1934
What do our Local Governors do?
The Governing Body is here to help the school provide the best possible education for our pupils by:
- Thinking and working strategically to help to raise standards
- Monitoring and evaluating progress towards the school’s priorities and targets
- Supporting the Executive Headteacher, Head of School and staff as well as challenging their expectations
- Accounting to all stakeholders for the school’s overall performance and for the decisions they have made.
There are three main areas in the role of the school governors:
- To take a largely strategic role in the running of the school
- To act as a critical friend to the school
- To ensure accountability of the governing body to the parents and of the Executive Headteacher/Head of School to the governing body.
Pecuniary Interests:
To find out the Pecuniary Interests of our Local Governors, please click: TASS Register of Pecuniary interests 2021-22.
Governor Meetings, Responsibilities & Terms of Office:
To find out the Governor Meetings & Terms of Office for our Local Governors, please click: Governors 2021-22
You may also want to visit the DfE ‘Get Information About Schools’ (GIAS) website for more information.
Governors Attendance at Meetings:
To find out which meetings our Local Governors have attended, please click on the following:
TASS Governor Attendance 2020-22
TASS Governor Attendance 2019-20
Who are our Local Governors?
Please click the link to download our Governors Leaflet to find out more.
Anne Camm
Chair of Governors
I have been in education for as long as I can remember! I have taught in co-ed and single sex schools both in the maintained and private sector. For the last 10 years of my career, I was a Headteacher so I am only too aware of the issues schools today. I retired in 2017 and trained as a Lead Inspector (having been a team inspector for a long time previously). I very much enjoy the inspecting and keeping up to date with everything, although not every school is pleased to see inspectors! I live in Sheffield and have two grown up daughters to keep me under control!
Heather Schofield
Foundation Governor
I am a foundation governor nominated by the PCC at All Saints Church. I have a child who attended the school and also attend the church. I work in an educational setting as a Learning Mentor in a youth inclusion centre in Sheffield. I am supportive of the ethos of the school, providing the children with the best possible environment for them to develop and grow.
Chris Walch
Parent Governor & Vice Chair of Governors
I became Parent governor in Nov 2018 to use my skills and experiences to ensure the school’s priorities and targets are set to achieve the best possible education for our children. I’m currently a Technical Director for a global IT services provider with over 10 years’ experience in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). My son Finley is in Y3 with his brother Alex hopefully joining the TASS family in 2021. I am an enthusiastic parent who will give maximum effort to the privileged role of parent governor. I’m here to speak out for what is most important – our children.
Izzy Dunn
Foundation Governor
Mo Andrews
Executive Headteacher & Governor
Trudi Brown
Head of School & Governor
I am the Head of School at Totley All Saints. I started here as Deputy Head teacher & Year 6 teacher in 2014 & am an associate member of the Governing body. I came into teaching as a second career as, after supporting my own children & their school, I began to feel that education was where I really wanted to be. I have been a lifelong learner taking an Open University degree when my children were small and, 10 years ago, taking up playing a brass instrument – highly recommend! Because my father was a career serviceman, I moved school frequently so I know how important it is for a child to feel welcome, included & cared for at school. Outside of school I play in a Brass Band & enjoy walking, embroidery & visiting my two grown up sons & their lovely partners.
Class Governors
Class Governors meet with their allocated classes on a regular basis in order to see how the children are getting on as well as monitor teaching & learning. This is then fed back to the whole Governing Body at the next meeting. As well as providing insight into practice & allowing governors to see the outworking of their participation in school, these are also beneficial because they allow our children to build relationships with governors, understand a little about adult responsibility & service to others as well as aspire to serve their communities in the future.
Governors Meetings Held in the School Day
As well as coming in to school to see their classes, the whole Governing Body meets at least once during the year within the actual school day. This is a great time to meet with different groups of children & to allow pupils an opportunity to show off about all of the amazing things that they have been up to – as well as for governors to see the outworking of their hard work & commitment to the school.
These are photographs of when our school governors spent time with their assigned classes & met with members of the School Council, the Merit Captains & Eco-Saints.