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Lander Road Primary School Governing Body 2023/24
Headteacher: Mr Jeff Taylor
Chair: Mr Paul Davies
Vice-Chair: Dr Andrea Mallaburn
Clerk to the Governors: Mr Steve Travis
Name | Category | Date First Appointed | Appointed by | Term of | Roles and Committees |
Mr Jeff Taylor | Headteacher | 01/09/2015 | Governing Body | N/A | Headteacher, GB and Inclusion & Safeguarding Committee and attends Pay & Performance committee |
Mr Paul Davies | Co-opted | 22/09/2016 | Governing Body | 4 Years | Chair of Governors, Pay & Performance (Chair), Lead Gov for Governor CPD & Support |
Mrs Caroline Gough | Staff | 14/9/2023 | Staff Election | 4 Years | GB |
Mrs Yvonne Dineley | Associate Member | 19/09/2019 | Governing Body | 4 Years | Attends all committees as a non voting observer plus Equality & Diversity Working Group (Facilitator) |
Mrs Maria Herrera | Co-opted | 29/09/22 | Governing Body | 4 Years | GB and Inclusion and Safeguarding Committee |
| Ms Sharon McCarthy | Parent | 05/12/2019 | Parents | 4 Years | GB and Inclusion and Safeguarding Committee |
Dr Andrea Mallaburn | Co-Opted | 07/12/2017 | Governing Body | 4 Years | GB and Vice Chair of Governors, Inclusion & Safeguarding Committee (Chair) and Lead Governor for SEND |
Mr Chris Prescott | Co-Opted | 05/02/2019 | Governing Body | 4 Years | GB and Inclusion & Safeguarding Committee and Lead Governor for Pupil Premium |
| Mrs Caron O'Keefe | Parent | 24/02/2022 | Parents | 4 Years | GB and Inclusion & Safeguarding Committee and Lead Governor for Safeguarding |
Mr Michael Sheerin | Associate Member | 19/09/2019 | Governing Body | 4 Years | Attends all committees as a non voting observer |
Mr Chris Smith | Parent | 24/02/2022 | Parents | 4 Years | GB and Inclusion and Safeguarding Committee and Lead Governor for Finance |
Former Governors
Name | Category | Date Appointed | Appointed by | Term of | Stood Down |
| Mrs Jess Dickinson | Staff | 19/09/2019 | Staff election | 4 Years | 13/9/2023 |
| Mr Stephen Foord | Co-opted | 20/09/2016 | Governing Body | 4 Years | 27/2/2023 |
| Mr Iain Maher | Parent | 27/09/2018 | Parent Election | 4 Years | 25/11/2022 |
| Ms Victoria Westacott | Local Authority | 07/12/2021 | Local Authority | 4 Years | 17/10/2022 |
| Ms Jean Sloan | Co-opted | 28/09/2017 | Governing Body | 4 Years | 15/7/2022 |
| Mr Carl Hyslop | Parent | 01/09/2021 | Parent Election | 4 Years | 24/1/2022 |
| Mr Steve Ashcroft | Parent | 16/12/2019 | Parent Election | 4 Years | 14/10/2021 |
| Mr Mark Roberts | Co-opted | 19/09/2019 | Governing Body | 4 Years | 01/09/2021 |
| Mrs Sara Fielding | Local Authority | 31/07/2019 | Local Authority | 4 Years | 17/09/2020 |
Committees
Inclusion & Safeguarding | Staff Development |
Chair Dr Andrea Mallaburn | Chair |
Mr Michael Sheerin* | Mr Michael Sheerin* |
Mrs Maria Herrera | Dr Andrea Mallaburn |
Mr Jeff Taylor | Mrs Yvonne Dineley* |
Mr Chris Prescott | Mr Jeff Taylor |
Mrs Yvonne Dineley* |
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| Mrs Caron O'Keefe | |
| Mr Chris Smith | |
| Ms Sharon McCarthy |
* In attendance
Register of Interests
Name of Governor | Declared Interest |
Mr Jeff Taylor | No business or financial interest declared |
Mr Paul Davies | External Adviser to Merseyside Boroughs ITT Partnership, Chester Diocesan Trust (Schools) & member of Pathfinder MAT East Midlands |
Mr Chris Prescott | No business or financial interest declared |
| Mrs Caroline Gough | No business or financial interest declared |
Mrs Yvonne Dineley | No business or financial interest declared |
Dr Andrea Mallaburn | No business or financial interest declared |
| Mrs Caron O'Keefe | No business or financial interest declared |
| Ms S McCarthy | No business or financial interest declared |
| Mr Michael Sheerin | No business or financial interest declared |
| Mr Chris Smith | No business or financial interest declared |
Please note: Any declaration of personal interests between governors and staff of Lander Road Primary School are made to the Chair of Governors and Headteacher.
Record of Attendance 2022/23
Scheduled Meetings | Meetings Attended | Apologies Accepted | Absent | |
Mr Paul Davies | 12 | 12 |
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Mrs Jessica Dickinson | 7 | 5 | 2 |
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Mrs Yvonne Dineley | 15 | 14 | 1 |
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Mr Stephen Foord | 7 | 7 |
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| Mrs M Herrera | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dr Andrea Mallaburn | 15 | 14 | 1 | |
| Ms Sharon McCarthy | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mrs Caron O'Keefe | 9 | 9 | ||
| Mr Chris Prescott | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
| Mr Michael Sheerin | 15 | 15 | ||
| Mr Chris Smith | 10 | 4 | 6 | |
Mr Jeff Taylor | 15 | 14 | 1 |
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| Ms Victoria Westacott | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Some meetings were held remotely which meant that some Governors were unable to attend