Andrew Barker

Co-Opted

Chair of Governors  

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.

Appraisal Governor.

Link Governor Responsibility: Appraisal, GDPR & Behaviour/Safeguarding                                                                        .                          

Pete Wilkes

Head Teacher

Thomas Herbert

Co-opted Governor

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.

Link Governor Responsibility: Quality Assurance.

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.

Dean Goodbarton

Parent

Governor

Cheryl Heath

Co-opted Governor

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.

Link Governor Responsibility: SEND & Pupil Wellbeing

Anna Hodkin

Associate Governor

Deputy Head

Teacher

I am the Deputy Head Teacher and have responsibility for Teaching & learning and Assessment. I am an Associate Governor.
 

Rob Guyler

Co-opted

Vice Chair of Governors

Link Governor Responsibility: Child Protection & Safeguarding.

Rebecca Wise

Parent Governor

I am a registered occupational psychologist working in the field of disability and employment. My role involves applying psychology to enhance the employment opportunities of people with disabilities and health conditions, helping them to get a job and keep it. I also design and deliver training on disabilities, coaching and communication techniques. My specialisms are autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia and mental health.

My son is currently a pupil at The Lanes, and i have a teenage daughter who also attended the school.

Link Governor: RSHE.

Michaela Brown

Associate Governor

Deputy Head

Teacher

I am the Deputy Head Teacher and SENCo in school. I work hard with the staff to ensure that children with SEND in school receive a high quality education and appropriate support.

I am an associate governor.

Helen Faccio

Parent Governor

I have two young sons, one of whom attends The Lanes, while the other is still a toddler. I attended Meadow Lane, College House and Chilwell schools before studying English at the University of Birmingham. I completed a postgraduate qualification in newspaper journalism and worked as a journalist in local press in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for 10 years. I then worked for a Member of Parliament, where I was responsible for their communications, media relations, speechwriting and research on subjects relevant to constituency work and Parliamentary debates. I am now a public relations consultant for a London-based PR agency. I am also the chair of Stapleford Netball Club and play netball competitively for one of the club’s adult teams.

Link Governor: English. 

Danielle Sirl

Parent Governor

My professional background is in scientific research, specifically human genetics. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh and my PhD at the University of Leeds and then have worked as a research scientist in the field of human genetics. My work brought me to the University of Nottingham in 2008 and I was working there until I became a full time mum in 2015. 

I have two daughters who attend The Lanes and I value being part of the school community and the local community. When I moved to Nottingham I joined Beeston Hockey Club and was a captain for 3 years of the development team with an important role as a mentor/guide for the junior players there. I am an active participant at the local Beeston Parkrun, and have over 100 runs to my name.  In 2012 I had the honour of being chosen by the University of Nottingham to represent the university in the Olympic Torch relay whilst on its journey through Nottingham.

Link Governor: Pupil Voice