THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS February 2020 - June 2023

CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL - 9 VOTING MEMBERS

1. EA Representative – Mr Marc Magill
2. EA Representative – Mrs Barbara Walker
3. Transferor Representative – Mrs Roisin Blanc (Methodist Church)
4. Transferor Representative – Rev Peter Lyle (Presbyterian Church)
5. Transferor Representative – Mrs Nicola Gullen (Church of Ireland)
6. Hon Transferor Representative – Mrs Anne Lightbody
7. Parent Representative – Mrs Lynda Braniff
8. Parent Representative – Mr Scott Gill
9. Teacher Representative – Mrs Helen Norton, Acting Vice-Principal

   Secretary to Board of Governors –  Mr Tim Beckett, Principal

The present governing body was reconstituted in February 2020 and members will serve until 2023. Parent governors and a teacher governor have been elected to serve for this term of office.

Governors’ committees comprise, Non Teaching Appointments, Curriculum, Finance, (including Salaries), Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures, Premises, Salaries Appeal and Special Education. Through these committees governors make decisions about:- the financial management of the school, pupil discipline, the curriculum, staff appointments, community links and grievance and disciplinary matters.

All governors meet to consider major policies and decisions about school organisation as well as the appointment of all teaching staff. 

The governors, as a body, work with the principal, senior leadership team and class teachers to ensure that all pupils receive a broad and balanced curriculum as stated in the aims and objectives of the school. A summary of these may be found in the school prospectus. 

The governors would like to be kept in touch with any opinions, concerns, expectations or suggestions you may have about school life.

All communications to the governing body should be addressed to Mr D Massey, Principal and Secretary to the Board of Governors.

A message from our Chairman, Rev Peter Lyle.

Yours sincerely,

Rev Peter Lyle B.Ed., B.D.

Chairman, Board of Governors

Farewell and thankyou to Mr Leslie Cree MBE

On behalf of the Board of Governors, our Chairman Rev Peter Lyle and Vice Chair Mrs Anne Lightbody,  thanked Mr Leslie Cree for his 30 years’ commitment and service on the Board of Governors as an EA representative since 1989.

A presentation was made of an engraved crystal decanter thanking him for his dedication to the school, on behalf of the governors, staff and pupils of Towerview. 

Farewell and thankyou to Mrs Ann McMurray

On behalf of the whole Towerview Community, the Board of Governors  thanked Mrs Ann McMurray for over 40 years’ commitment to Towerview as a parent, grandparent, teacher and then governor.

A presentation was made of an engraved crystal vase thanking Ann for her dedication to the school, on behalf of the many families, governors and colleagues she has worked with during this time.