Management Committee
The Management Committee of Northumberland PRU has the same role and powers as a Governing Body. You can read an annual statement from the Management Committee describing some of their work below.
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit is Northumberland County Council’s Pupil Referral Unit. At Northumberland PRU pupils matter, every minute of every day. We aim to make every day as good day for our pupils and we guarantee that everyone who requires help and support help will receive it. We offer quality first education full of exciting learning and experiences so that pupils can go on to lead healthy, happy and successful lives. We have the highest expectations of our pupils because we believe that anything is possible with the right help, guidance and support. We also aim to make things better for pupils experiencing difficulties in other schools in Northumberland.
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit Management Committee Members
The PRU is an Alternative Provision and is constituted quite differently to a maintained school. The Governing Board is called a Pupil Referral Unit Management Committee (not a Local Governing Committee) and the members are termed as Managers.
Constitution
Within the Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit we have agreed that the Management Committee of the school will have the following members:
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1 x Parent members
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2 x LA Members
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2 x Staff (must include the Headteacher)
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6 x Community Managers
Total: 11 Managers.
With the exception of the Headteacher and staff members, all members of the Management Committee are volunteers although they may claim expenses under certain circumstances.
We publish profiles of each of our Management Committee members below.
The terms of office of all members are as follows:
It is specified in Instrument of Government that-
- Community Managers have a 2-year term of office
- Parent members have a a 2-year term of office
- LA Managers can have a 4-year term of office
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If you wish to contact the Chair of the Management Committee, please email Northumberland PRU admin team on admin@pru.northumberland.sch.uk
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Mr Graham Reiter
Chair of Management Committee
Appointed - 1st September 2019
Term runs until - 31st August 2023
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Mr Steve Gibson
Member of Management Committee
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Mr Guy Renner-Thompson
Member of Management Committee
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Mr Richard Kirkby
Member of Management Committee
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Mrs Adele Brown
Member of Management Committee
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Mrs Rachel Collins
Staff representative Member of Management Committee
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Mr Richard Carr
Headteacher/Member of Management Committee
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Ms Mary Bell
Parent representative of Management Committee
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Parent representative of Management Committee
Vacancy
Management Committee Meetings
Membership and role
The Management committee is made up of 11 members. Observers can also be invited to attend meetings.
Meetings
The local governing committee usually meets three times each year: two in the Autumn term and one each in the Spring and Summer terms.
We publish our meeting dates for the current school year below.
We publish information about attendance at meetings for the previous school year below.
Meeting dates
Local governing committee (LGC) meetings for 2022-23 are:
Thursday 13th October 2022
Thursday 8th December 2022
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Thursday 6th July 2023
Attendance at local governing committee meetings
The attendance of local governors at meetings in 2022-23 can be found by clicking on the link below.