Governors | St Nicholas CofE Primary School

Welcome to the School Governors of St Nicholas.

What do we do?

Governing bodies act as a corporate body, taking a strategic role in supporting the leadership and development of the school.

How does the Governing Body do this?

The Governing Body meets at least twice every term to discuss the school’s development priorities with focus on ‘Curriculum and Standards’ and ‘Finance and Resources’. The Governing Body adopted the circle model meaning all governors participate in discussing all aspects of school life, except where pay and the Head Teacher performance management is involved.

The strategic development of the school is proposed in an annual document, building on strengths and assigning resources to develop areas of greater challenge within the school. Individual governors are linked to areas of school responsibility/curriculum and work with the school Leadership Team to monitor and review the progress of these aims.

Governors are also responsible for overseeing the annual budget submission to support the Headteacher in management of public funds.

All minuted meetings of the Governing Body are available on request from the school office.

St Nicholas C of E Primary School – Register of Governors (2025/26)

St Nicholas CofE Primary School – Register of Governors
Business or Pecuniary interests declared and Attendance

Name	Category of Governor	Attendance level at meetings for 2024-25:	Business or Pecuniary interests declared	Details of any other Governing Body membership declared
Rosemary Dalby First appointed: 16/09/2025 Term of office ends: 15/09/2029	Foundation	N/A	TBC	TBC
Revd Eira Hale Chair of Governors First appointed 06/03/2024 Ex officio	Foundation	5 out of 7	None	None
Laura Pillow First appointed: 11/05/2024 Term of office ends: 10/05/2028	Staff	3 out of 7	TBC	TBC
Scott Powell Vice Chair of Governors First appointed: 21/5/2025 Term of office ends: 20/2/2029	Parent	N/A	TBC	TBC
Aimee Poote First appointed: 24/11/2023 Term of office ends: 23/11/2027	Parent	7 out of 7	None	None
Amy Mitro First appointed: 01/01/2025 Term of office ends: N/A Ex-officio	Ex-officio Head Teacher	4 out of 4	None	None
Dr Michael Sleath First appointed: 21/5/2025 Term of office ends: 20/2/2029	Parent	N/A	None	None
Kate Whiston First appointed: 4/7/2023 Term of office ends: 3/7/2027	Co-opted	7 out of 7	None	None

Governors who have left the Governing Board in the last 12 months:
Yann Avogniko - 10/03/2024 – 08/102025
Mark Gilligan - 02/03/2022 – 11/09/2025
Sarah Rayson – HT - 01/01/2019 – 31/12/2024
The Clerk to Governors is Clare Baskott, who can be contacted at Baskott.c2@welearn365.com