Governors play an important role in our school and there are several committees that meet regularly to support the management of different aspects of the school.  Governors also visit school to look at subjects (see Governor Visits at the bottom of this page).
 
If you wish to contact a member of the Governing Body or require further information on being a governor, please contact Clerk to Governors:

Clerk to the Governors

Bidston Avenue Primary School

Tollemache Road

Birkenhead

Wirral, CH41 0DQ

Email: schooloffice@bidstonavenue.wirral.sch.uk
 
The Governing Body consists of:
 
1 x Headteacher Governor (ex-officio and classed as a staff governor):
Mr S.G. Brady, B.Ed. (Hons), NPQH, FCCT.
 
1 x Local Authority Governor (placed on the governing body by LA):
Cllr. G. Davies : Chair of Governors
 
4 Parent Governors:
Mr S. Buckley

Mrs J. Millward

Mrs H. Measures

Mr K. Roberts : Literacy Governor
 
7 Co-opted Governors (chosen by governing body for their expertise):
Mrs P. Caldicott

Cllr S. Foulkes : Chair of Health, Safety & Buildings Committee

Mr P Landsborough : Literacy Governor

Mrs J. Monty : Vice Chair, Safeguarding, Pupil Premium and SEN Governor
Miss D. Smith : Chair of Finance & Personnel
Ms J. Yee : Mathematics Governor

Mr N. Long

1 x Staff Governors (voted on by school staff):
Miss L. Mearns

All governors have full voting rights in full governing body and committee meetings.

Governing Body Committees

Finance & Personnel Committee

Miss D. Smith : Chair

Ms J. Yee : Vice Chair

Mr S.G. Brady

Cllr. G. Davies

Mr P. Landsborough

Mrs H. Measures

Mr K. Roberts

Health, Safety & Buildings Committee

Cllr S. Foulkes : Chair

Mrs J Monty : Vice Chair

Mr S.G. Brady

Mr S. Buckley

Mrs P. Caldicott

Standards & Curriculum Committee

Mrs J. Monty : Chair

Mr P. Landsborough : Vice Chair

Mr S.G. Brady

Mrs J. Millward

Mr N. Long

Miss L. Mearns

Register of Interests

Mr S.G. Brady

• Married to a staff member
• School Improvement Associate (SIA) for Wirral Primary Schools
• Sponsor Governor : Birkenhead Park School
• Trustee/Director: Tranmere Rovers in the Community
• Trustee : Shaftesbury Youth Club
• Trustee & Vice Chair: Bidston Avenue Home School Partnership Charity
• Board member of Wirral School Improvement Locality Board - Birkenhead Area
• Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching
• Parent of a child at Bidston Avenue Primary School

Mr S. Buckley

• No interests

Mrs P. Caldicott

• Member of staff
• Married to a provider of gardening/landscaping service to schools (Prestige Garden Care).

Cllr. G. Davies

• Governor : St Anselm's College
• Councillor : Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
• Councillor : Liverpool City Region 
• Councillor : Education J.C.C. Committee
• Trustee : Tam O'Shanter Farm
• Father in law to a member of staff

Cllr. S. Foulkes

• Member of staff at Unilever Research
• Elected member : Mersey Travel
• Councillor : Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
• Trustee : Tam O'Shanter Farm

Mr P. Landsborough

• Chair of Governors : Manor Primary School
• Member: Wirral Governors Forum
• Grandparent of a child at Bidston Avenue Primary School
• Sponsor Governor: The Birkenhead Park School

Miss L. Mearns

• Member of staff

Mrs H. Measures

• Employed by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Parent of a child at Bidston Avenue Primary School

Mrs J. Monty MBA

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Shaftesbury Youth Club
• Trustee/Director: Tranmere Rovers in the Community

Mr K. Roberts

• Employed at Halifax Plc
• Parent of children at Bidston Avenue Primary School

Miss D. Smith

• Employed by Local Government Pension Scheme

Ms J. Yee

• Trustee: Wirral Grammar School for Girls' Parents Association.

Mrs J. Millward

• Parent of children at Bidston Avenue Primary School

Mr N. Long

• None declared

Terms of Office for Governing Body.