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Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Governor Status

Name

Position

Skill set

Declarations of Interest

Term of office

(end date)

Local Authority Appointed Governor

 

 

Dr Alison Cogger

BA (Hons), PGCE,  MA (Ed),

Ed D

 

 

(Governor 1997 - Chair of Governors 2004 - continuing)

 

Link Governor:

  • Early Years

Academic

 

SFHEA: Senior Fellow

Higher Education Academy

 

Principal Lecturer and Associate Head of the School of Teacher Education, 

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education. CCCU

 

FSET: Fellow Society for Education & Training

 

CCT: Member Chartered College of Teaching

 

None

27/03/2025

Co-Opted Governor

 

Dr Kirsty Horsey

LLB PhD PGCHE

Vice Chair of Governors. Chair of Pupil and Personnel Committee.

 

Link Governor:

  • Safeguarding
  • Safer Recruitment
  • SEN & Inclusion
  • Speech & Language
  • Pupil Premium

 

 

Legal – Reader in Law / researcher (law) University of Kent – teaching and learning development

 

None

31/01/2026

Partnership Governor

 

 

Mark Evans

Chair of Curriculum Committee

 

Link Governor:

  • English
  • Reading
  • Phonics
  • Modern Foreign Languages
  • English as an Additional Language
Academic

Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education (primary phase), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education. CCCU
None 27/09/2026

Parent Governor

 

 

Michael Rose

Link Governor:

  • Maths & Computing
Engineering and Project Management None

16/05/2026

Co-Opted Governor

 

Nyrree Scott

Link Governor:

  • Finance & Premises

 

 

None 18/11/2028

Staff Governor

 

Karl Sutcliffe

 

Assistant Head –

 Pupil Premium

 

 

None

30/09/2028

Parent Governor

 

Milly Clark-Wilson

Link Governor:

  • Teaching & Learning

 

None

18/11/2028

Parent Governor Neil Munro

 

    18/11/2028

Headteacher

Nicola Dawson

 

Headteacher

 

None  

Co-Opted Governor

 

Reverend Stephen Carter

PGCE Secondary RE, MEd, MA Theology, Ministry and Mission

Link Governor:

  • RE
  • PSHE
  • SMSC
  • RHSE

Associate Vicar, St Mary Bredin Church

 

Archbishop's School Sixth Form Chaplain

None

16/05/2026

Associate member of the board: Philippa Pickford 

Clerk to the Board of Governors: Lena Seed

 

Historic Governors (left within last 12 months)

  • Erica Kokle (Staff Governor)
  • David Gould (Parent Governor)
  • Philippa Pickford (Co-opted Governor - appointed as Associate Member)

Governors' attendance 2023-24