Great Abington Primary School
Meet the Governors
Welcome to the Governors' section of the website.
The Governing Body consists of local people who have an active interest in the school as parents, staff, or as members of the local community. Parent Governors are elected by parents and other governors are either appointed by the local authority or co-opted on the recommendation of the governors. It is a voluntary role and we are always keen to encourage new governors.
The Governors’ role at the school is to help make the strategic decisions to move the school forward. In addition, the Governors scrutinize the work of the school, particularly the standards of achievement, to ensure the school is effectively educating the pupils and preparing them for their futures. We do this both through our regular full governors’ meetings or as committees and by regular visits into school to look at different aspects of the curriculum. In order to carry out our role effectively, we have separate committees to oversee the leadership and management of the school. These include Resources, and Learning Teaching & Standards.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured and what we have worked with the school on over the last year.
The Governing Body at Great Abington Primary School * denotes a parent Governor who you will usually see on site at drop off and pickup | ||
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Rachel Clay Chair of Governors (FGB, Safeguarding, Learning, Teaching and Standards, Strategy) | Mark Carter Chair of Governors (FGB, Resources, Strategy and Learning Teaching & Standards and Pupil Premium) | Neil Larkin * Vice Chair of Governors (FGB and Learning Teaching & Standards) |
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Will Earl Chair: Learning Teaching & Standards (FGB and Learning Teaching & Standards) | Sally Phipps * Chair of Resources (FGB, Resources and Learning Teaching & Standards) | Tony Orgee Full Governor (FGB, Learning Teaching & Standards and SEND) |
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Jess Robinson Full Governor (Staff) (FGB and Learning Teaching & Standards) | Matt Davies * Full Governor FGB and Learning Teaching & Standards) | Alan Cooke Full Governor (Health & Safety) (FGB and Resources) |
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Caroline Newgreen Full Governor (FGB and Learning Teaching & Standards and SEND) | Kate Brown * Full Governor (FGB and Resources) | Guy Underwood Full Governor (Headteacher) (FGB, Safeguarding, Strategy, Resources and Learning Teaching & Standards) |
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Rob Aiano * Full Governor (FGB) | Adrian Granger Brown * Full Governor (FGB) | |
Our Clerk of Governors and Associate Members of the Governing Body | ||
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Emma Presland Clerk of Governors - communication (FGB Meetings) clerk.governors@greatabington.school
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Elena Gontarz Associate Member - Finance (Resource Meetings) | ||