The Park Community School is part of the Harbour Schools Partnership. All schools within the Trust are responsible to the Trustees and Members of the Trust. 

​Local Governing Body

The Chair of our Local Governing Body is Kim Baker and can be contacted in writing through The Park Community School, Park Lane, Barnstaple, Devon, EX21 9AX

The Harbour Schools Partnership is a registered company at Companies House.  An annual financial record is compiled each year and sent out to parents and relevant community partners.  This statement is available through the school office and the Trusts website.

The Local Governing Body is responsible for ensuring that the school provides the best possible education for the children, and to see that it fulfils all the requirements laid down by law.  Our Local Governing Body is made up of both parents, staff and community members.

Parent representatives are elected by the parents of children at the school, and teacher and non-teaching staff representatives by their colleagues. Elections are held every four years, unless a vacancy arises. 

Each representative is expected to become actively involved in the board’s work by aligning to a House, visiting the school, attending meetings and engaging with working parties when needed and subject to availability.

All representatives are volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds and thus bring experience of the world beyond school. The representatives do not receive any payment but costs of training and essential travel are provided by the school.

Register of Business Interests Of Headteachers And Representatives Click here for link to document

School Representatives and the Clerk to the governing body can be contacted through the school: 01271 373131 or email park@thsp.org.uk. Letters can also be handed into the school office.

The Local Governing Body meet three times a year as a whole.  This board discusses the community, curriculum, home-school links and all aspects of pupils experience within the school. The Harbour Schools Partnership’s Board of Trustees oversees the work of Park’s Local Governing Body in accordance with a delegated scheme of Governance.