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Who We Are

Every school has a governing body made up of a team of volunteers both from within the school community and the outside community. They each bring a variety of skills, qualifications and experiences to collectively make objective, fair and well thought out decisions.

At Yorke Mead, the governing body currently comprises 14 members.

  • 5 Parent Governors elected by parents and carers of children at the school
  • 1 Staff Governor elected by members of staff at the school.
  • 1 Local Authority Governor appointed by the Local Authority
  • 7 co-opted Governors.

The Headteacher is automatically included.

 

Name Term of Office Category Committees Responsibility Relevant Business/
Pecuniary Interests		 Meetings
2020-21
Charlotte Gomes

(Co-Chair)

 20/05/19 – 19/05/23 Co-opted Children’s

Pay

Personnel
  • Safer Recruitment trained
  • Safeguarding governor
 Works in the Leisure Department at Three Rivers District Council. Is a director at VIVOIT.
  • FGB – 4/5
  • Children’s – 3/3
  • Pay – 1/1
  • Personnel – 1/1
Neil Rowley 20/05/19 – 19/05/23 Co-opted Resources (Chair)

Pay (Chair)
  • Buildings for the Future
  • Buildings and Health and Safety governor
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Resources – 2/3
  • Pay – 1/1
  • Personnel – 1/1
Derek Marshall

(Co-Chair)

 20/05/19 – 19/05/23 Co-opted Resources

Personnel

Pay
  • Governor training co-ordinator
  • Link governor for HfL
  • Safer Recruitment trained
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Resources- 3/3
  • Pay 1/1
  • Personnel – 1/1
Zsofia Sears 21/11/20 – 20/11/24 Co-opted Children’s
  • Core Curriculum
  • SEND
 Employed at the Royal Masonic School
  • FGB – 4/5
  • Children’s – 3/3
Zoe Newman 11/11/16 – 31/08/21

01/09/21 – 31/08/25

 Parent

 

Co-opted

 Children’s

Personnel
  • Pupil Premium
  • Children Looked After
  • Safer Recruitment trained
  • Foundation Subjects
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Children’s – 3/3
  • Personnel – 1/1
Lucille Pollard From 01/09/11 Head Teacher Resources

Children’s

Personnel
  • Safer Recruitment trained
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Children’s – 3/3
  • Resources 2/3
  • Pay 1/1
  • Personnel 1/1
Peter Hyland 12/02/17 – 31/08/25 Parent Resources
  • Safeguarding Governor
  • DPO
  • Foundation Subjects
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Resources – 3/3
Divya Malde 19/06/17 – 18/06/25 Local Authority Resources

Personnel
  • Buildings and health and safety
  • Foundation Subjects
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Resources – 3/3
Amana Ahmad 01/05/18 – 30/04/22 Parent Resources

Personnel
  • Core Curriculum
  • Equality
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Resources – 2/3
Alan Marsden 09/07/18 – 08/07/22 Co-opted Children’s

 
  • Core Curriculum
  • Health and Well-being
  • FGB – 4/5
  • Children’s – 3/3
Alistair Hall 26/11/18 – 25/11/22 Parent Children’s (Chair)
  • Pupil Premium
  • Children looked after
  • SEND
  • FGB – 4/5
  • Children’s – 2/3
Hannah Carter 23/11/20 – 22/11/24 Staff Governor Children’s
  • FGB – 4/4
  • Children’s – 3/3
Oyinkansola

Ojo-Aromokudu

 23/09/20 – 22/09/24 Co-opted
  • Equality
  • FGB – 5/5
  • Children’s – 3/3
Christine Zolnerciks

 

 01/09/21 – 31/08/25 Parent
Claire Singleton 01/09/21 – 31/08/25 Parent
 

Stepped down within the last 12 months
Jo South 23/09/19 – 22/09/23 Staff Governor SDP
  • FGB – 1/1
Sanjay Gohel 28/02/17 – 27/02/21 Parent Children’s

Personnel
  • Core Curriculum
  • FGB – 4/5
  • Children’s – 2/3
  • No governor is related in any way to a member of Yorke Mead School Staff