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Governing Body Structure 2025-2026

Name

Category

Appointed On

End of Term of Office

  Committees attended  Additional role on Governing Body

Relevant Business or finance Interests

Governor at any other institution? Relationship with other governor/school Staff

Jemma Baldry

Parent 06/12/24 05/12/28   Education, Welfare, Personnel Personal Development and Wellbeing None No None
Jo Dagnall Co-opted 22/11/24 21/11/28   All Achievement None No None

Heather Gabb

(Head teacher)

Staff

01/01/2023

ongoing

 

All

 

None

No

None

Margaret Hicking

Foundation

28/09/16

27/09/29

 

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Church Links/Curriculum and Learning

None

No

None

Timothy Hopkins Parent 06/12/24 05/12/28   Finance and general purpose Leadership None No None

Sarah Lee

(Joint Chair)

Co-opted

01/09/23

31/08/27

 

All

Safeguarding/Leadership/

Personal Development and Wellbeing

None

No

None

Tasha Morton Foundation 28/10/25 ongoing     Church Links/Safeguarding None   None
Kyife Oldham Co-opted 17/07/25 16/07/29   Finance and general purpose EYFS/Health and Safety None No None
Leahanne Richards LA Governor 22/11/24 21/11/28    

Training Co-ordinator/

Inclusion

None   None
Emily Roberts Parent 06/12/24 05/12/28     Achievement/GDPR None No None
Sharon Sahota Co-opted 24/03/26 23/03/30       None No None

Julia Seddon

Foundation

14/07/24

13/07/28

 

Education, welfare and personnel

Church Links/

Inclusion

None

No

None

Elizabeth Somerville

Staff

19/07/23

18/07/27

 

Finance and general purpose

Pupil Premium/GDPR

None

No

None

Aisling Walters (Joint Chair) Co-opted 16/10/20 08/07/28   Education, welfare and personnel

Curriculum and 

Teaching

None No None

Previous

Governors

                 
                   
                   

Governing Body Structure 2024-2025

Name

Category

Appointed On

End of Term of Office

  Committees attended  Additional role on Governing Body

Relevant Business or finance Interests

Governor at any other institution? Relationship with other governor/school Staff

Jemma Baldry

Parent 06/12/24 05/12/28         No None
Jo Dagnall Co-opted 22/11/24 21/11/28         No None

Heather Gabb

(Head teacher)

Staff

01/01/2023

ongoing

 

All

 

None

No

None

Margaret Hicking

Foundation

28/09/16

27/09/29

 

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Church Links/Pay Committee/Complaints/

STEM/SIAMS

None

No

None

Timothy Hopkins Parent 06/12/24 05/12/28         No None

Sarah Lee

(Joint Chair)

Co-opted

01/09/23

31/08/27

 

Finance and general purpose/Education, Welfare, Personnel

Headteacher's appraisal/Safeguarding/RSHE

MFL/PE

None

No

None

Steve Lincoln

Foundation

01/02/24

31/01/28

 

Finance and general purpose

Church Links

   

None

Kyife Oldham Co-opted 17/07/25 16/07/29         No None
Leahanne Richards LA Governor 22/11/24 21/11/28           None
Emily Roberts Parent 06/12/24 05/12/28         No None

Julia Seddon

Foundation

14/07/24

13/07/28

 

Education, welfare and personnel

Church Links/Headteachers appraisal/RE

None

No

None

Elizabeth Somerville

Staff

19/07/23

18/07/27

 

Finance and general purpose

Pupil Premium/GDPR

None

No

None

Previous

Governors

                 

Duncan Oakley

Parent 

10/03/22

22/11/24

 

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Parent liaison/Art/Music/DT

None

No

None

Jennifer Lloyd

Parent

19/05/23

24/11/24

 

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Parent liaison/SEND

   

None

Dave Maddison Co-opted 22/11/24 20/06/25         Yes None

Graham Thompson

Co-opted

19/03/24

07/07/25

 

Finance and general purpose

     

None

                   
                   

Governing Body Structure 2023-2024

Name

Category

Appointed On

End of Term of Office

Committees attended  Additional role on Governing Body

Relevant Business or finance Interests

Governor at any other institution? Relationship with other governor/school Staff

Heather Gabb

(Head teacher)

Staff

01/01/2023

ongoing

All

 

None

No

None

Margaret Hicking

Foundation

28/09/16

27/09/25

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Church Links/Pay Committee/Complaints/

STEM/SIAMS

None

No

None

Sarah Lee

(Joint Chair)

Co-opted

01/09/23

31/08/27

Finance and general purpose/Education, Welfare, Personnel

Headteacher's appraisal/Safeguarding/RSHE

MFL/PE

None

No

None

Steve Lincoln

Foundation

01/02/24

31/01/28

Finance and general purpose

Church Links

   

None

Jennifer Lloyd

Parent

19/05/23

18/05/27

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Parent liaison/SEND

   

None

Duncan Oakley

Parent 

10/03/22

09/03/26

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Parent liaison/Art/Music/DT

None

No

None

Julia Seddon

Foundation

14/07/20

13/07/24

Education, welfare and personnel

Church Links/Headteachers appraisal/RE

None

No

None

Elizabeth Somerville

Staff

19/07/23

18/07/27

Finance and general purpose

Pupil Premium/

Humanities/GDPR

None

No

Sister in law works at school

Graham Thompson

Co-opted

   

Finance and general purpose

     

None

                 

Aisling Walters

(Joint Chair)

Parent

16/10/20

15/10/24

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Humanities/English

None

No

None

Previous Governors

               

Aboyomi Anifowose (Joint Vice-Chair)

Co-opted

26/03/18

Resigned 31/12/23

Education, Welfare, Personnel

PupilPremium/

Equality/Disadvantage

None

No

None

Belinda Clark

Co-opted

01/09/15

Resigned 22/01/24

Education, Welfare, Personnel/Finance and general purpose

Training

Co-ordinator

None

No

None

Anushka Vashunevan

Co-opted

22/03/23

Resigned 06/09/24

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Training Co-ordinator

/Wellbeing

 

No

None

Lucy Peck (Joint Vice-Chair)

Co-opted

01/09/23

Resigned 19/09/24

Finance and general purpose

Pay Committee/Health and Safety

None

No

None

Governing Body Structure 2022-2023

Name

Category

Appointed On

End of Term of Office

Committees attended  Additional role on Governing Body

Relevant Business or finance Interests

Governor at any other institution? Relationship with other governor/school Staff
Aboyomi Anifowose (Joint Vice-Chaire) Co-opted 26/03/18 09/03/26 Education, Welfare, Personnel Pupil Premium/Equality/Disadvantage None No None

Belinda Clark

Co-opted

01/09/15

31/08/23

Education, Welfare, Personnel/Finance and general purpose

Training

Co-ordinator

None

No None

Heather Gabb

(Head teacher)

Staff

01/01/2023

ongoing

All  

None

No None

Margaret Hicking

Foundation

28/09/16

27/09/25

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Church Links/Pay committee/Science

None

No None

Sarah Lee

(Joint Chair)

Co-opted

01/09/15

31/08/23

Finance and general purpose/Education, Welfare, Personnel

Head teacher's appraisal/SRE/SMSC/Wellbeing

Safeguarding/Modern Foreign Languages

None

No None
Jennifer Lloyd Parent 19/05/23 18/05/23         None
Duncan Oakley Parent  10/03/22 09/03/26 Education, Welfare, Personnel Parent liaison None No None

Lucy Peck (Joint Vice-Chair)

Co-opted

01/09/15

31/08/23

Education, Welfare, Personnel (Chair) 

Health and safety/GDPR/Pay committee/

HT Appraisal

None

No None

Julia Seddon

Foundation

14/07/20

13/07/24

Education, welfare and personnel Church Links/RE

None

No None
Elizabeth Somerville Staff         None No Sister in law works at school
Anushka Vashunevan Co-opted 22/03/23 21/03/27       No None

Aisling Walters

(Joint Chair)

Parent

16/10/20

15/10/24

Education, Welfare, Personnel English

None

No None
Previous Governors                

Matthew Doig

Co-opted

26/03/18

Resigned July 23

Finance and general purpose

(Chair)

Computing/Maths/Pay Committee

None

No None

Megan McGill

Staff

21/04/21 Resigned April 23 Education, welfare, personnel  

None

No None

Emily Galloway

(Chair)

Co-opted 08.11.17

Resigned

Feb 23 

Education, Welfare, Personnel and Finance

Safeguarding

Link Gov to SEND/Equality

HT Appraisal

          None No None

Governing Body Structure 2021-22

Name

Category

Appointed On

End of Term of Office

Committees attended  Additional role on Governing Body

Business/finance Interests

Governance role in other schools 

Heather Gabb

(Head teacher)

Staff

 

ongoing

All  

None

 

Megan McGill

Staff

21/04/21 20/04/25 Education, welfare, personnel  

None

 

Sarah Lee

Co-opted

01/09/15

31/08/23

Finance and general purpose/EWP

Head teachers appraisal/SRE/SMSC

Link Gov to wellbeing

MFL

None

 

Matthew Doig

Parent

26/03/18

25/03/22

Finance and general purpose

Information governance/Pay committee

Link Gov to computing

None

 

Belinda Clark

Co-opted

01/09/15

31/08/23

Finance and general purpose Training Co-ordinator

None

 

Lucy Peck

Co-opted

01/09/15

31/08/23

EWP (Chair) Finance and general purpose

Health and safety/Pay committee

Link Gov to GDPR

HT Appraisal 

None

 

Margaret Hicking

Foundation

28/09/16

27/09/20

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Pay committee

Link Gov to Science

None

 

Abayomi Anifowose

Parent

26/03/18

25/03/22

Education, Welfare, Personnel

Link Gov to Pupil premium and Equality

None

 

Emily Galloway

(Chair)

Co-opted

08/11/21

07/11/25

Education, Welfare, Personnel and Finance

Safe guarding

Link Gov to SEND/Equality

HT Appraisal

None

 

Julia Seddon

Foundation

26/11/20

25/11/24

Education, welfare and personnel Link Gov to RE

None

 

Aisling Walters

Parent

26/11/20

25/11/24

Education, Welfare, Personnel Link Gov to English

None

 

Revd. Mic Johnson

(Vice Chair)

Foundation 22/04/17 21/04/21

Finance and general purpose

(Chair)

  None  
Previous Governors              

Aamar Hussain

LA

13/03/20

13/03/24

Finance Link Gov to Maths None