The governing body of St John’s Church of England School, Stanmore has the following core functions:  

• Establishing the strategic direction by setting the vision, values, and objectives for the school; agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets; and meeting statutory duties.
• Ensuring accountability by appointing the headteacher; monitoring progress towards targets; performance managing the headteacher; engaging with stakeholders; contributing to school self-evaluation.
• Ensuring financial probity by setting the budget, monitoring spending against the budget, ensuring value for money is obtained; and ensuring risks to the organisation are managed.
• Fulfilling responsibilities as the employer of the staff 
• Acting as the Admissions Authority for the school, including setting the Admissions policy 
• Contributing 10% of the costs of any capital works to the school  
• Determining whether the Diocesan or locally agreed RE syllabus is followed  
• Foundation Governors have particular responsibility for supporting and developing the Christian character of the school as a Church of England School.