Icknield Walk First School

Governors stand for four years and they form important links between the school, parents and the local community.

Our governors have three main roles :

Critical friend – Providing encouragement and honest feedback.
Accountability – Ensuring that the school is effectively run, and continually improving.
Strategic – Helping the headteacher decide how the school should be run.

These roles are delivered mainly through two committees that report to the full governing body (FGB):

The Finance and Resources Committee (F&R), chaired by Andrew Newman.
The School Improvement Committee (SIC), chaired by Daisy Griffiths.

Governors, excluding the Head Teacher serve a term of 4 years unless re-elected.

Our governors are:

Type of Governor	Name	Special Area of Focus	Date of Appointment Date stepped down	Current committee	Attendance (Sept22-July23)	Register of Interests
LA	Mrs Kate Hackwell (Chair)	Child Protection, Looked after Children, D&T, Pupil Premium	08/05/2019	FGB SIC F&R	FGB(3/3) SIC(3/3) F&R(3/3)	Works for Cambridge Education which provides services and products for school
Co-Opted	Mrs Rachel Page (Vice Chair)	Inclusion, SEND, History, G&T	26/02/2022	FGB F&R	FGB (3/3) F&R (3/3)
	Vacancy
	Mr Terry Hartga	Health & Safety, Anti-Bullying, Behaviour, PSHE	08/05/2019	FGB F&R	FGB (3/3) F&R (2/3)	Partner is a Dyslexia Tutor and director of PATOSS (professional Association of Pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties)
	MrsCamilla Dumett (Year 2 Teacher)		14/05/2020 01/09/2023 Maternity Leave	FGB SIC	FGB(2/3) SIC(2/3)
	Mrs Claire Jacklin (Year 3 Teacher)		22/05/2023	FGB SIC	FGB(1/1) SIC (1/1)
	Miss Daisy Griffiths	English MFL	23/05/2022	FGB SIC (Chair)	FGB (3/3) SIC (3/3)
	Mr Nick Fisk	Music	25/05/2022	FGB F&R ( deputy Chair)	FGB(3/3) F&R (2/3)
Parent	Mr Tim Johnson	Maths, PE	25/01/2021	FGB SIC (deputy SIC Chair)	FGB(2/3) SIC(3/3)
	Mr John Goodwin	RE, Geography	23/05/2022	FGB SIC	FGB (2/3) SIC (2/3)
	Miss Katy Jordan	Science	25/01/2021	SIC FGB	FGB (2/3) SIC (3/3)
	Mr Kevin Marchant	Computing Foundation Stage	25/02/2022	FGB SIC F&R	FGB (2/3) F&R (3/3) SIC(2/3)
	Mrs Shelly Dickinson	Art English MFL	25/05/2022	FGB SIC	SIC(1/1)
Headteacher	Mrs Jane Sherwood		01/09/2009	FGB F&R SIC	FGB (3/3) F&R (3/3) SIC (3/3)
Teacher	Mr James Taylor (Deputy Headteacher)		01/09/2016	FGB F&R	FGB (3/3) F&R (2/3)

Stepped Down	Dr Andrew Newman	Computing	8/05/2019 15/05/2023	FGB F&R (Chair)	FGB (3/3) F&R (3/3)

You can contact the governors through the school office.

Governors

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