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Mrs Maryanne Young​

Chair of Governors

Foundation PCC Governor

Mrs Youngs became our chair of Governors in 2023 and has completed a range of training to enable her to support our school leaders and our pupils. She is our safeguarding governor and is responsible for SEND in our school. She is an active governor with two young children in our setting.

Term of office > 18.11.22 - 17.11.26

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Reverend Mark Capron

Foundation Bishops Governor

Reverend Mark works closely with our school and with Dersingham Primary School, where he also serves as a Governor. He has been key in guiding the schools distinctive Christian vision and ethos. He has a passion for supporting our family and is responsible for wellbeing and personal development.

Term of office > 12.7.20 - 13.7.24

Our Governing Board


Our Governing board comprises of 10 volunteer members of our local community including our local incumbent, parent governors, staff as well as other members of the community. The Governors meet for curriculum and finance meetings every half term and as well as a full governing board meeting once per half term. We currently have vacancies, if you would like to become a Governor of our wonderful school, please get in touch with the office or our admin team.

As a Voluntary Aided school the Governing board oversee the running of our school and are very hands on with recruitment, activities, curriculum, finances and in our SIP 
targets. We are very lucky to have an engaged and enthusiastic governing board, who are genuinely invested in the best education for every single child in our school. None of our governors reported any pecuniary interests in our annual register in September 2023.
Although some governors have links to other local schools and/or links within our school community through marriage. 

 

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Mr Andrew Nicoll

Vice Chair of Governors

Chair of Curriculum committee

Foundation Diocesan Governor

Mr Nicoll is a very experienced governor with extensive knowledge of our school community. He has had links to our school for over 20 years  through his children and wife, our bursar. He is a huge supporter of our school and is responsible for leadership and management, welfare and development as well as health and safety.

Term of office > 4.7.22 - 5.7.26

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Mrs Charlotte Kivlin

Parent Governor

Mrs Kivlin is our new parent Governor, joining us in 2023, who has a passion for outdoor learning, loves crafts and is a staunch supporter of our staff and pupils. She is responsible for monitoring personal development and welfare within our school. She loves gardening and being outdoors with her two young daughters and her dog.

Term of office > 17.1.23 - 16.1.27

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Mr John Oughtbridge​

Foundation Diocesan Governor

Mr Oughtibridge was teacher and a headteacher, working his long and fruitful career in education, before retiring. He has a huge wealth of knowledge in education. He is responsible for outcomes and data, leadership and management and quality of learning. He has seen his two granddaughters journey through our school and watched our school achieve with them.

Term of office > 12.1.22 - 11.1.26

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Mrs Sarah Bristow​

Chair of Finance

Foundation PCC Governor

Mrs Bristow has supported our school for over 20 years, seeing all of her children through our school and go onto many successes. She has a huge finance knowledge and helps to support the school greatly. She also has extensive clerking experience to support our governance team. She is responsible for leadership and management alongside her finance leadership. 

Term of office > 29.9.22 - 30.9.26

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Mrs Julia Norman

Headteacher

Joining our school in April 2024, Mrs Norman is a very experienced Governor, after serving on governing boards for nearly 20 years. She is a huge supporter of our staff and has wonderful new ideas to enable Ingoldisthorpe to thrive and progress even further. She has enormous knowledge of education, leadership and has the full support of the staff family. 

Term of office > 15.4.24 - 16.4.28

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Mr Anthony Gachowicz  Staff Governor

Mr Gachowicz is new to governorship and is enjoying learning the leadership and role of governors. He has worked at Ingoldisthorpe for over 5 years and enjoys the challenge of being a governor. He is responsible for the quality of learning and has extensive knowledge about the running of the school and the education within our setting.

Term of office > 1.3.24 - 2.3.28

We are very excited to have welcomed 4 new governors. Their details will be updated as soon as we have their documentation agreed and they have completed their induction. 

Advisory and Support Team

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Mrs Amy Taylor

Assistant Headteacher

Advisor to Governors

No voting rights

Term of office > 04.01.24 - 05.01.28 

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Mrs Vicky Neal

Clerk to Governors

Office Admin team

No voting rights

Term of office >04.09.24 - 05.09.28 

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Mrs Fiona Nicoll

Finance Officer/Bursar Admin team

No voting rights

Term of office > available all of the time to Governors 

Governor Annual Statement 2024 -25

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A very warm welcome to all the children, parents, carers, staff, and the wider school community for the start of this academic year. We hope you are well rested after the summer holiday and ready to fully participate in the school and church activities and events. 

 

We would particularly like to welcome our new pupils, the reception class and little owls. We hope you are settling into your school routine and that your time with us is fulfilling and enjoyable. 

 

Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Mrs Patnell, our new Reception teacher, who brings her expertise as a Forest School Leader. Mrs Patnell has also started the new forest school club and we feel this will provide a fantastic opportunity for children to engage with nature and develop new skills in our beautiful outdoor settings. We encourage all budding adventurers to take part! 

 

New Initiatives and Provision

This year, a key academic priority is the new phonics programme, “Little Wandle”. Staff have been working hard over the summer to prepare the content, ready to start teaching in September. They will be working closely with pupils and families to ensure children thrive academically and in turn, we hope this will foster a love of reading. 

 

There is an excellent choice of after-school clubs for children to develop their extra-curricular interests. In addition, the school now offers extended provision from 7:30am for breakfast club until 6pm in the after-school club. We hope this enhanced support will help busy families while providing children with a rich array of activities. 

 

Governors’ Role

As governors, we serve the school community and support its ongoing development.  Our focus remains on ensuring the highest standards of education and well-being for all pupils. We work closely with the Headteacher and staff to maintain a safe, inclusive, and vibrant learning environment. 

 

There have been changes to the Governing Body Board this year. Please do look on the website to see who we are and what our roles entail. As always, the minutes of the governing body are public documents and are available upon request from the Clerk or the School Office. Should you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact Mrs Neal, the Clerk to the governing body, or if you would like to raise something confidentially, via the governing body emails.

 

We wish you a happy and successful academic year and look forward to seeing you at upcoming school and church events.

 

Best wishes, 

The Governing Body 

Material interests and relationships

Reverend Mark is linked as a governor at Dersingham VA Primary School.

Andrew Nicoll is married to our finance officer and bursar, Fiona Nicoll, who advises the governors during finance meetings. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE

- Sarah Bristow (Chair)

- Julia Norman

- Maryanne Young 

- Rev Mark Capron

- John Oughtibridge

- Fiona Nicoll (Bursar)

- Amy Taylor (advisor)

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

- Andrew Nicoll (Chair)

- Julia Norman

- Maryanne Young 

- Anthony Gachowicz

- John Oughtibridge

- Charlotte Kivlin

- Amy Taylor (advisor)

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