Governors

All our governors have a four year term of office. Each governor can be re-elected or re-appointed at the end of their term by their appointing body, except parent governors who must be elected by the parents of the school.

All governors have declared no relevant business and pecuniary interests including:

• Governance roles in other educational institutions.
• Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives).

Name	Governor Type	Responsibilities	Appointing Body	Term Starts	Term Ends
Miss Sophie Appleby	Co-opted		Governing Body	02/5/18	30/4/22
Jess Butler	Headteacher
Rachel Caseby	Other			18/4/18	20/7/18
Miss Jo Fitzpatrick	Parent			02/5/18	30/4/22
Mr Trevor House (Vice-Chair)	LA	Safeguarding and English	LA		31/3/20
Mrs Julie Hunter	Co-opted		Governing Body	01/9/17	31/8/21
Lyn Moore	Staff			01/2/17	31/1/21
Mrs Linda Mounter	Parent		Parent
Mrs Hayley Munro	Parent	Finance, Health and Safety	Parents (by election)	31/8/14	31/8/18
Mrs Lisa Robinson (Chair)	Parent	SEN, Assessment and Pupil Premium	Parents (by election)	01/6/16	31/5/20
Mrs Caroline Thompson	Parent			02/5/18	30/4/22
Mrs Emma Winter	Co-opted		Governing Body	07/3/18	6/3/22

 

I’m a full-time PE teacher at St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon. I started in September 2017 after graduating from the University of Exeter following my degree in Sport and Exercise Science, then a PGCE. I work with girls aged 9 – 18 years old teaching GCSE and A Level as well as the full range of sports within curriculum PE. We have a huge range of extra-curricular activities on offer for the girls, and I particularly play a role in the netball programme. From September 2018, I will be one of four Heads of House at the school and a year 8 form tutor.

I am very excited to be a co-opted governor, with responsibilities for teaching and learning. I want to use my experiences as a teacher at SHSK, and the policies and procedures we have, to make an impact on the learning opportunities the pupils have at Stephen Freeman. I will be undertaking a Masters in Education programme with Exeter beginning in September which will allow me to have access to up to date, research based knowledge within the education field which I think can allow me look at the way in which children learn at the school and how that can be fine-tuned. Finally, I would like to help with the extra-curricular activities provided for children at the school. I could talk for an age about the benefits of exercise, but I believe it is essential to get children enjoying being active from as early on as possible.

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I am a local childminder, and I am currently studying for a leadership diploma in children and young people’s services.
My current experience is in early years and I am looking forward to developing my understanding of other aspects of primary education through my role as parent governor
I can offer insight on working in partnership with parents, express my understanding of the policies in place, support in safeguarding and welfare aspects, as well as other transferable skills as I progress in this role.

I am currently retired having ended employment in July 2011 after a total of 43 years with Thames Valley Police. I served 30 yrs and 9 months as a police officer rising to the dizzy heights of Detective Sergeant.

I specialised in Criminal Investigation spending 7 years on the Drug Squad, half of that time as Detective Constable and later as Detective Sergeant. In between I was seconded for two years to the South East Regional Crime Squad. In January 1983 I was seconded to the Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory as a Police Liaison Officer for three years.
I subsequently held a number of different posts as a Police Supervisor including time at Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot and Wallingford. In 1996 I became the first File Quality Manager for what is now South and Vale. As part of this role I established an admin hub for Licensing and Warrants at Didcot. After retirement in December 1997 I worked briefly as a Private Investigator for a Didcot based company before working for a short while at Rutherford Laboratory in the Finance section.

I returned to TVP at Oxford in the Identification Department during which time I helped in the introduction to TVP of an electronic ID process perfected by West Yorkshire Police. I returned to the business of quality assuring files en route to CPS as well as being Decision Maker in Youth Justice Cases. In 2007 I became Criminal Justice Manager for Oxfordshire taking responsibility for quality assuring all processes from Charge to final Court disposal in respect of Criminal Cases. This included managing performance of Warrant execution, Youth Justice processes and the supervision of 3,000 Licensed premises across the county. I was also instrumental in introducing pilot schemes in the Criminal Justice arena due to Oxfordshire being selected as a Beacon project on behalf of TVP. I chaired the Criminal Justice Mental Health panel, the Special Domestic Violence Court Operational Group, the Pre Trials Performance Management Group and the Cross County Licensing Group. Since retirement I became the Chair of the Didcot Neighbourhood Action Group; I am the South and Vale representative on the Thames Valley Neighbourhood Watch Association and I chair the Wantage Probus Club.

I believe in children being encouraged by family and schools together to achieve their full potential in order that they can become balanced Independent members of society who contribute to safe welcoming and thriving communities.

Julie Hunter has been a teacher for nearly 20 years and has recently started working in Oxfordshire. Before being a teacher Julie worked for a multi-national corporation but noticed that young employers were missing key employability skills so moved into education. Julie is looking forward to getting to know the Stephen Freeman community as a governor.

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I’m Hayley Munro, a parent Governor acting as Link Governor for Early Years. With two children currently attending the school, in year one and the Nursery, I am committed to ensuring that Stephen Freeman continues to provide a safe and effective learning environment for our children. I am currently a Bid and Project Manager working for a major rehabilitation services company throughout the UK on behalf of the NHS. This and my previous role as an operations manager for a life safety systems company provide me with a financial, operations and general management skills which I believe can assist in the challenges our growing school will face in the coming years. As a working mother of two, I understand the balancing act many of the parents and carers within the school face and as such recognise how important it is that we utilise modern communication mediums to ensure that, together, school staff and families can provide a consistent, familiar and effective environment for our children to learn and grow.

In my spare time I enjoy reading, watching films and generally spending time with my family.

My name is Lisa Robinson and I am vice- chair of the governing body and a parent governor. This year I have become the link governor for assessment, SEN and pupil premium. I plan to meet my link teachers regularly across the school year. I live locally to the school and have two children; my daughter is in Year 7 at DGS and my son is in Year 4.

I work at another local primary school as PA to the headteacher, this has given me a huge range of knowledge into the leadership and management of a school. These new skills are helping me in my governor role. I am an active member of the PTA and have recently stepped down as co- chair.

When I am not at work or school I enjoy spending time with my family, including our dog Merlot, spending time with my friends or enjoying a good book.

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