Our School Governors
The Governing Body is responsible for the strategic direction of the school.
Governors’ Details
|
Name |
Category |
Appointed by |
Term of Office – no. of years |
Term of Office – end date |
Committee membership |
Responsibilities |
Voting Rights (if Associate Member) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Karen McManus
|
Co-opted |
GB |
4 |
30/11/2026 |
Resources Curriculum |
Chair of Governors Safeguarding Governor |
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Andy Walter
|
Co-opted |
GB |
4 |
22/09/2024 |
Resources – Chair Pay |
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Andy Gilbert
|
Co-opted |
|
4 |
Stepped down on 31/07/2022 |
2021-2022 was: Curriculum – Chair Pay |
2021-22 was: Vice-Chair of Governors Pupil Premium Champion
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Darren Almey |
Co-opted | 4 | 24/05/2026 |
Resources - Vice Chair Pay - Chair |
Training Liaison Governor
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Tamsin Wightman
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Local Authority
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4 |
04/12/24 |
Resources Performance Management |
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| Catherine Beiguilman | Parent | 4 | 17/12/2026 |
Curriculum-Vice Chair Pay |
SEN Governor & Inclusivity Governor |
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| Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Parent | 4 | Stepped down on 28/06/2022 |
2021-2022 was: Curriculum |
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| Paula McIntyre | Parent | 4 | 17/12/2026 |
Curriculum - Chair |
Vice-Chair of Governors Shadowing Safeguarding Governor
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| Rebecca Stringer | Parent | 4 | 23/05/2026 |
Resources Pay |
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| Jo Sharples | Parent | 4 | 01/09/2026 | Resources | |||
| Sam Polden | Staff Governor | Staff | 4 | 18/09/2025 | Curriculum | ||
| Deborah Swales | Clerk to the Governing Body | ||||||
| Amy Bateman | Associate Member |
Stepped down on 16/09/2022 |
Curriculum Resources |
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| Lucy Ashby | Associate Member | GB | Curriculum |
No voting rights |
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| Steve French | Associate Member | GB | Curriculum | No voting rights | |||
|
Pam Meek |
Headteacher |
GB |
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Voting rights |
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Jo Bickerstaff
|
School Business Manager |
GB |
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Resources |
|
No voting rights |
If governors are needed to form an additional committee, for example, complaints, grievance, etc. then governors who may sit on this committee include Tamsin Wightman, Paula McIntyre, Andy Walter, Darren Almey, Catherine Beiguilman.
Meeting attendance
Full Governing Body
| 18/09/2021 | 09/11/2021 | 08/12/2021 | 13/01/2022 | 31/01/2022 | 29/03/2022 |
| Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus |
| Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert | Andy Walter | Andy Walter |
| Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Darren Almey | Catherine Beiguilman |
| Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman |
| Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Darren Almey | Andy Walter | Sam Polden |
| Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Amy Bateman (Clerk) |
| Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Sam Polden | Catherine Beiguilman | Pam Meek |
| Paula McIntyre | Sam Polden | Paula McIntyre | Amy Bateman (Clerk) | Paula McIntyre | |
| Amy Bateman (Clerk) | Amy Bateman (Clerk) |
Amy Bateman (Clerk) |
Pam Meek | Sam Polden | |
| Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Amy Bateman (Clerk) | ||
| 23/05/2022 | 14/07/2022 | 26/09/2022 | 14/11/2022 | 09/01/2023 | 28/01/2023 |
|
Karen McManus (Clerk) |
Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus |
| Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre |
| Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter |
| Rebecca Stringer | Rebecca Stringer | Rebecca Stringer | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey |
| Tamsin Wightman | Sam Polden | Jo Sharples | Rebecca Stringer | Jo Sharples | Jo Sharples |
| Pam Meek | Catherine Beiguilman | Sam Polden | Jo Sharples | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman |
| Andy Gilbert | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Catherine Beiguilman | Lucy Ashby | |
| Pam Meek | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Sam Polden | Steve French | |
| Amy Bateman (Clerk) | Paula McIntyre | Sam Polden | Steve French | Pam Meek | |
| Pam Meek | Steve French | Lucy Ashby | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | ||
| Steve French | Lucy Ashby | Pam Meek | |||
| Lucy Ashby (Clerk) | Pam Meek | ||||
| Mark Saunders HCC (for point 2 only) | |||||
| 15/05/2023 | |||||
| Karen McManus (Chair) | |||||
| Paula McIntyre | |||||
| Rebecca Stringer | |||||
| Andy Walter | |||||
| Darren Almey | |||||
| Tamsin Wightman | |||||
| Jo Sharples | |||||
| Catherine Beiguilman | |||||
| Sam Polden | |||||
| Steve French (in attendance) | |||||
| Pam Meek | |||||
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) |
Curriculum
| 15/11/2021 | 24/01/2022 | 14/03/2022 | 14/03/2022 | 01/07/2022 |
| Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert | Andy Gilbert |
| Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman |
| Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Majbritt Lyck-Bowen | Karen McManus |
| Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Karen McManus | Amy Bateman (Clerk) |
| Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Sam Polden | Pam Meek |
|
Amy Bateman (Clerk) |
Sam Polden | Amy Bateman (Clerk) | Catherine Beiguilman | |
|
Pam Meek |
Amy Bateman (Clerk) |
Pam Meek | Amy Bateman (Clerk) | |
| Pam Meek | Megan West (in attendance) | Pam Meek | ||
| Amy Jones (in attendance) | Amy Jones (in attendance) | |||
| Katie Price (in attendance) | Katie Price (in attendance) | |||
| 10/10/2022 | 18/04/2023 | |||
| Paula McIntyre | Paula McIntyre | |||
| Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | |||
| Karen McManus | Deborah Swales (Clerk) | |||
| Sam Polden | Pam Meek | |||
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Jo Sharples |
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| Pam Meek (Clerk) |
School Resources
| 11/10/2021 | 24/11/2021 | 03/02/2022 | 18/05/2022 | 06/07/2022 | 12/10/2022 | 28/11/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | |
| Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | |
| Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | |
| Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | Catherine Beiguilman | |
| Amy Bateman | Pam Meek | Tamsin Wightman | Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) |
Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) |
Jo Bickertaff (Clerk) |
Jo Sharples | |
| Pam Meek | Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) | Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Rebecca Stringer | Karen McManus | |
| Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) | Amy Bateman | Karen McManus | Jo Sharples | Pam Meek | |||
| Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) | |||||
| 03/02/2022 | 30/01/2023 | 20/03/2023 | 11/05/2023 | ||||
| Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | Andy Walter | ||||
| Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | Darren Almey | ||||
| Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Tamsin Wightman | Jo Sharples | ||||
| Catherine Beiguilman | Rebecca Stringer | Jo Sharples | Deborah Swales (clerk) | ||||
| Karen McManus | Karen McManus | Rebecca Stringer | Pam Meek | ||||
| Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) | Jo Bickerstaff (Clerk) | Jo Bickerstaff | |||||
| Pam Meek | Pam Meek | Pam Meek | |||||
| Deborah Swales (Clerk) |
Register of Governors’ Interests
|
Name |
Name of Business Including:
|
Nature of Business |
Nature of Interest |
Date of Appointment or Acquisition |
Date of Cessation of Interest |
Date of Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Karen McManus |
Nil
|
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26/09/2022 |
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Darren Almey |
Nil |
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26/09/2022 |
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Andy Walter |
Wife works for HCS3 |
Catering |
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26/09/2022 |
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Andy Gilbert |
Nil |
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18/09/2021 |
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Tamsin Wightman |
Nil |
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26/09/2022 |
| Sam Polden | Employed at school | 26/09/2022 | ||||
| Catherine Beguilman | Nil | 26/09/2022 | ||||
| Marjbritt Lyck-Bowen | Nil | 18/09/2021 | ||||
| Paula McIntyre | Nil | 26/09/2022 | ||||
| Jo Sharples | Nil | 26/09/2022 | ||||
| Rebecca Stringer | Nil | 26/09/2022 | ||||
|
Amy Bateman |
Employed at school | 18/09/2021 | ||||
| Lucy Ashby | Employed at school | 26/09/2022 | ||||
| Jo Bickerstaff | Employed at school | 26/09/2022 | ||||
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Pam Meek |
Employed at school |
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26/09/2022 |
Parent representatives on the Governing board are a doubly important part of our school and home partnership. Not only are they directly aware of the results of school policy on our children and are easily accessible to our parents, but they can bring a variety of skills needed in the present day governing of schools.
If you feel that you would like to help our school by becoming a Governor do please get in touch with our Headteacher, or Chair of Governors, who can tell you what is involved. There is an induction and mentoring programme for all new Governors.
A leaflet summarising the role of the Parent Governor can be downloaded here too.
