Welcome to our family school where everyone matters, 'was lost but is found" Luke 15:11-32
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
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.
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
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
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
Mr Grant Lockhart-White​
Vice Chair of Finance
Local Authority Governor
Mr Lockhart-White comes to the governing board with a wealth of finance experience and knowledge of the health and safety sector. He was a parent at our school for a year and is keen to help support the new leadership team improve the school and make our wonderful school even better.
Term of office > 25.9.24 - 24.9.28
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
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
Mrs Marie Duhig
Foundation PCC Governor
New to our Governing body after her daughter joined our school in Nursery. She has a wide experience in health and safety and compliance and has already helped to support the school in making policy changes to better reflect our wonderful environment. She is keen on greener governance.
Term of office > 27.9.24 - 26.9.28
Mrs Sophie Archibald
Foundation PCC Governor
Having been involved in our school as a parent of two girls, Mrs Archibald joins the governing board with strong religious values and a wealth of knowledge in project management and organisational strategy. She is a prominent member of our community and is keen to help our school move forward.
Term of office > 12.10.24 - 12.10.28
Mrs Claire Dack
Elected Parent Governor
As a parent of three children who have all attended our school, Mrs Dack has a wide ranging knowledge of our setting, policies, opportunities and our ethos. She is an assistant headteacher and has huge educational knowledge to help support our staff and students, our curriculum and our topic based ambitious learning.
Term of office > 11.9.24 - 10.9.28
Advisory and Support Team
Mrs Amy Taylor
Assistant Headteacher
Advisor to Governors
No voting rights
Term of office > 04.01.24 - 05.01.28
Mrs Vicky Neal
Clerk to Governors
Office Admin team
No voting rights
Term of office >04.09.24 - 05.09.28
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.
GOVERNOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maryanne Young: Safeguarding
Claire Dack: Phonics
Andrew Nicoll: Impact of the Curriculum
Charlotte Kivlin: CPD/Training & PE
John Oughtibridge: Maths
Rev Mark Capron: Wellbeing
Marie Duhig: Website & Greener Governance
Sophie Archibald: RE (in preparation for the SIAMS)
Grant Lockhart-White: SEND/PP/LAC Health and Safety
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All governors attend both finance and curriculum committees and are vital to all decisions made during the meetings.
