Update on the faith designation for Cathedral Primary School

As you will be aware we ran a consultation from 14th November 2019 until 10th January 2020 to see whether Cathedral Primary School should adopt a faith designation and become a Church of England school. A report capturing the outcomes of that consultation is included here for information. In March, the governors of CPS and Trustees of CST decided to continue to the next stage of the process and submitted a business case to the Department for Education for them to consider. We can now confirm that the Department for Education has given their approval for CPS to gain a faith designation and we will commence the more detailed work to formalise the designation. It is our expectation that at some point during the next academic year the change will be finalised and we will be working closely with BCCS, CST and Cathedral colleagues on ways we can further strengthen our relationships going forward. We know that some of you were concerned that the change will impact on the vision and ethos of the school and we want to reassure you that we have no intention to alter these core aspects of our school and community. Similarly our admission arrangements will remain the same and we will continue to value and celebrate our inclusivity and diversity. 

The Local Governing Body meets five or six times a year, usually once every half term.

Click here for Governor Meeting Dates 2020-2021

At the end of 2015/16 Governors agreed that now Cathedral Primary School is part of a Multi-Academy Trust there was no need for separate committees. Instead, items previously covered at the TLS Committee such as assessment data would be part of the Local Governing Body meetings and individual named Governors would meet with Mrs Yarnold as necessary.

The Articles of Association for Cathedral Schools Trust can be found here

The funding agreement for Cathedral Primary School can be found here

Will Shield is the Chair of Governors, if you wish to write to him you can do so at :

Cathedral Primary School, College Square, Bristol, BS1 5TS

or email via the Clerk at clerk@cathedralprimaryschool.org

Cathedral Primary School Local Governing Body 2020 - 2021

Financial Statements

• Accounts - Period Ended 31st August 2017
• Accounts - Period Ended 31st August 2016
• Accounts - Period Ended 31st August 2015
• Accounts - Period Ended 31st August 2014
• Accounts - Period Ended 31st August 2013

 For accounts please see Cathedral Schools Trust website: http://www.cathedralschoolstrust.org/governance/accounts/

Cathedral Primary School Declaration of Business Interests 2020 / 2021

Governors must declare any interest they have, or plans they, their spouse, partner or close family members might have, that are related to or might be construed as being related to the school, academy or trust and its budget.

These include (but are not limited to):

• relevant business interests
• governance roles in other educational institutions
• any material interests arising from relationships between board members or relationships between board members and school staff

Local Governing Body Meetings - Attendance: September 2019 – August 2020

To see previous Local Governing Body Meetings please click here...