The Lanes Primary School
The Lanes Primary School
Governors
The Lanes Governing Body
Welcome to The Lanes Primary. We have recently formed the new, permanent, Governing body for the Lanes Primary and this represents the end of the journey of the amalgamation of Meadow Lane Infants and College House Junior Schools. It is now our role to help establish and move forward the new primary school and ensure it provides the education the children deserve in an ever-changing world.
The new governing body are a diverse and enthusiastic team of people from the school and local community including teachers, parents, governors elected for a specific skill (co-opted) and local authority governors (elected by the body that is responsible for maintaining the school).
Together with the pupils and staff, we set the aims and objectives for the school, develop policies and targets to achieve those objectives and monitor and evaluate progress of the school towards these objectives.
The governing body structure consists of the following;
The “Full Governing Body” (FGB)
The “Finance, Premises and Personnel committee” (FP&P)
The “Pupils, Standards and Strategy committee” (PS&S)
The Full Governing Body meet termly. These meetings carry out formal business, receive reports from committees, ratify decisions made in them and discuss the management of the school.
The Finance, Premises and Personnel committee meets at least once per term, and is responsible for staffing and personnel issues including overseeing the appointment of new staff. It monitors the delivery of the school budget and allocation of funds. It is responsible for ensuring the premises are in a good state of repair and the grounds well maintained. It also has responsibility for regularly carrying out safety checks to make sure that the school is complying with Health and Safety legislation.
The Pupils, Standards and Strategy committee meets at least once per term, and is responsible for monitoring the delivery of the National Curriculum and learning within the school. It reviews school policies and makes sure that the requirements of children with disabilities/special needs are met. It is also responsible for overseeing standards, and the overall strategy associated with curriculum development within the school.
Some governors have specific roles such as headteacher appraisal, child protection governor, health and safety etc. These are listed in the Governor details document below.
Occasionally special committees need to be created to deal with certain issues e.g. a pupil discipline committee or Employee Grievance committee. These would be made of appropriate representatives from within the School Governing body as and when required.
The list of governors is given below, along with a document providing specific details we are required to declare. As the school and governing body is new, it is not possible to provide attendance to meetings for the last academic year.
Should you have any issues or questions please contact the governors on governors@thelanes.notts.sch.uk or via the school offices.
Andy Barker
Chair of Governors
Our School Governors
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Andrew Barker Co-Opted Chair of Governors
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I started as a Parent Governor, many years ago, as my two children started and worked their way through Meadow Lane and College House Schools. My career was in telecommunications (Ericsson), but I have now retired. I am a co-opted governor, which like all governing body positions runs for 4 years before coming up for re-election.
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Sheila Birchall
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I have been a Governor at Meadow Lane and then at the Lanes for nearly thirty years, since my own children attended. I am very proud of the school and happy to be able to contribute to its achievements. I am on both the Committees and also undertake the Head Teacher Appraisal with the Chair. We both ensure that this is a rigorous, independently reviewed process and expect good evidence of the schools performance to support our judgements. I am the link governor for the Teaching Assistants and also the Health & Safety Governor for the Meadow Lane site. I share with Sarah Brown the link governor role for reading & spelling which is a priority area in the School Improvement Plan. |
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Rachel Briody Parent Governor |
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I am a Parent Governor and have 2 children at the Lanes - Hollie year 5 and Callum year 3 - and have been a governor for a number of years. I’m often on the school run so do come over and have a chat – I’m always interested to hear from other parents so I can feedback into the governors meeting each term. |
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Joanne Revill Head Teacher |
My name is Mrs Revill and I am the Head teacher of The Lanes Primary School. I am from Derby, married with two grown up daughters and a season ticket holder at Derby County. I love walking, travelling and I try to keep fit and active. I have been in teaching since I left university a very long time ago and I can honestly say that there has never been a doubt that this was the right career choice. Every day is different and I love the diverse nature of my role. I was the Head teacher of Meadow Lane Infant school from September 2008. I was then the Head teacher of Meadow Lane and College House and then saw the schools through the amalgamation in 2017 when we become The Lanes Primary School. I am so proud of all that we have achieved at school and I am hugely fortunate to work with such great children, families, staff and governors. The school is moving forwards all the time and we strive to be a part of the local community and support all our families. |
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Thomas Herbert Co-opted Governor |
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I am a barrister based in Nottingham, specialising in civil litigation including medical negligence, health & safety, inquests, employment and education law. I attended College House Junior School (as it then was) as a child, moving on to Chilwell School. I then read Chemistry at the University of York before returning to Nottingham to study law. As a student, I regularly volunteered at College House. This included helping on residential visits, teaching advanced mathematics to year 6 pupils and producing a number of videos for parents about the transition between Meadow Lane and College House. I have thus seen the school develop and improve over a number of years and now, as a governor, I take a more active role in ensuring that this continues. In what exists of my spare time, my interests include current affairs, food, spending time with family and friends and hiking. |
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Leah Wignell Co-opted Governor |
Since 2012 I have been a teacher at The Lanes and a governor here since 2017. I began teaching in Oxford prior to moving to Nottingham many years ago and my varied roles have involved working as an advisory teacher as well as teaching children across the nursery to Key Stage 2 age range. I have 2 children, both of whom are pupils are at The Lanes. My interests involve travel, walking, cycling, running, music and real ale. |
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Jamie Twycross Co-opted Governor |
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I am a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, where I have worked in various roles since 2004. Prior to this, I have worked as a research engineer in industry, and as a English language teacher and teacher trainer for eight years, four of which were spent living and working in Central America. Academically, I have a background in Computer Science, Adaptive Systems and Mathematical Physics. I currently also sit on the Board of Trustees of a local preschool. I have two young daughters, the eldest of whom attends The Lanes. |
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Anjana Cawdell Co-opted Governor |
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I am a Co-opted Governor. I have two daughters, both of whom attended this school. Till my youngest was born I worked as a software engineer for 10 years, then had a change of career and became a professional artist. I enjoy walking and gardening. |
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Natalie Masters Parent Governor |
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I have been a Parent Governor for the past two years. I have two daughters, one in year 2 and one who is due to start in reception in September. I can normally be found in the playground on Thursdays and Fridays. |
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Cheryl Heath Co-opted Governor |
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I have been a school governor since 2001. Prior to joining The Lanes as a co-opted governor I was a parent governor at a local senior school that my two sons attended. There I was involved with the amalgamation and subsequent change to a multi school academy. In 2016 I was looking for a new challenge and learnt of the amalgamation of Meadow Lane and College House, two schools that I myself attended as a pupil and was fortunate enough to be accepted as a local authority governor. I have undertaken many governor roles over the years, but for the majority of these I have been a link governor for Special Educational Needs (SEN).There is no one size fits all education for SEN children, they are all unique and I am passionate that our SEN pupils are enabled to achieve their best outcomes both academically and socially as they move through our school. I have found it a privilege to be a governor at this most welcoming school where challenge and new ideas are embraced. |
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Anna Hodkin Associate Governor Deputy Head Teacher |
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Rob Guyler Co-opted Vice Chair of Governors |
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Heather Tarrant Parent Governor |
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Michaela Brown Associate Governor Deputy Head Teacher
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Sarah Brown Parent Governor |
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Lesley Harris Staff Governor |