Garswood Primary
and Nursery SchoolGoverning Body Structure and Information
Governing Body 2023-24
There are 17 positions, all are filled.
Type |
Full name | Start Term | End Term | Appointed by |
Head teacher |
Pamela Joy Potter |
n/a |
n/a |
Headteacher Gov |
Staff |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
8.12.21 |
7.12.25 |
Staff |
Local Authority |
Susan Murphy MBE |
24.11.20 |
23.11.2024 |
LA |
Co-opted |
Andrew Yearsley |
1.9.23 |
31.8.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
1.9.23 |
31.8.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Ian Green |
01.09.23 |
31.8.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Brenda Ashcroft |
14.11.23 |
13.11.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Joseph Pearson |
1.9.23 |
31.8.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Jane Hand |
24.11.20 |
23.11.24 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Marilyn Riding |
01.09.23 |
31.8.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Andrew Simpson |
24.11.20 |
23.11.24 |
Governing Body |
Parent |
Sharon Green |
Term of Office ended |
Term of Office ended |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Catherine Achilles |
24.11.20 |
23.11.24 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Liza Webb |
24.11.20 |
resigned 17.11.22 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Yvette Beardsworth |
14.11.23 |
13.11.27 |
Governing Body |
Parent |
Kara Duffy |
16.12.21 |
15.12.25 |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Cheryl Hamilton |
17.11.22 |
16.11.26 |
Governing Body |
Parent |
Andrew Hierons |
9.12.22 |
8.12.26 |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Mike Kenny |
24.3.24 |
23.3.28 |
Governing Body |
Governor Declaration 2023-24
Full name |
Relevant Business and Pecuniary interests |
Governance role in other educational institutions |
Any material interests arising from relationships between governors and school staff |
Pamela Joy Potter |
Windy Arbor Farm |
Consultant for LA Schools (part time) |
None declared |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Susan Murphy MBE |
None declared |
None declared |
Chair of Governors at Merton Bank Primary School |
Andrew Yearsley |
None declared |
None declared |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite – ex. mother–in-law |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
None declared |
None declared |
Andrew Yearsley – ex. son-in-law |
Ian Green |
National School Training Agency |
None declared |
None declared |
Brenda Ashcroft |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Joseph Pearson |
None declared |
Governor at Chapel End Primary |
None declared |
Jane Hand |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Marilyn Riding |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Andrew Simpson |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Sharon Green |
None declared |
None declared |
No longer a Governor at school |
Catherine Achilles |
Achilles Screen Print |
None declared |
None declared |
Liza Webb |
None declared |
None declared |
No longer at Governor at school |
Yvette Beardsworth |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Kara Duffy |
None declared |
Governor Forum rep |
None declared |
Cheryl Hamilton |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Andrew Hierons |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Mike Kenny |
None declared |
None declared |
Husband of a Teaching Assistant at school |
FGB Meeting attendance 2023-24
Full name |
Attendance at Q of E SIP Autumn FGB |
Attendance at end of Autumn FGB |
Attendance at Spring FGB |
Attendance at Summer FGB |
Pamela Joy Potter |
Present |
Present |
Present | |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
x |
x | Present | |
Susan Murphy |
Present |
Present | Present | |
Andrew Yearsley |
Present |
x | Present | |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
Present |
Present | Present | |
Ian Green |
Present |
Present | x | |
Brenda Ashcroft |
x |
x | Present | |
Joseph Pearson |
Present |
x | x | |
Jane Hand |
x |
Present | Present | |
Marilyn Riding |
Present |
Present | Present | |
Andrew Simpson |
x |
x | Present | |
Catherine Achilles |
Present |
Present | Present | |
Yvette Beardsworth |
Present |
Present | Present | |
Kara Duffy |
Present |
x | Present | |
Cherly Hamilton |
x | x | x | |
Andrew Hierons |
Present | x | Present |
FGB Meeting attendance 2022-23
Full name |
Attendance at Q of E SIP Autumn FGB |
Attendance at end of Autumn FGB |
Attendance at Spring FGB |
Attendance at Summer FGB |
Pamela Joy Potter |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
x |
x |
Present | x |
Susan Murphy |
x |
Present |
x | Present |
Andrew Yearsley |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Ian Green |
Present |
x |
Present (in-part) |
x |
Brenda Ashcroft |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Joseph Pearson |
Present |
Present |
Present | x |
Jane Hand |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Marilyn Riding |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Andrew Simpson |
Present |
x |
Present | Present |
Catherine Achilles |
x |
Present |
Present | Present |
Liza Webb |
x |
resigned |
resigned | resigned |
Yvette Beardsworth |
x |
Present |
x | x |
Kara Duffy |
Present |
Present |
Present | Present |
Cherly Hamilton |
not on the board at this time |
not on the board at this time |
Present | Present (in-part) |
Andrew Hierons |
not on the board at this time |
not on the board at this time |
Present | x |
FGB Meeting attendance 2021-22
| Full name | Attendance at Autumn initial FGB | Attendance at end of Autumn FGB | Attendance at Spring FGB | Attendance at Summer FGB |
Pamela Joy Potter |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Susan Murphy MBE |
Present |
x |
Present |
Present |
Andrew Yearsley |
Present |
x |
Present |
Present |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Ian Green |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Brenda Ashcroft |
x |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Joseph Pearson |
Present (in part) |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Jane Hand |
Present (in part) |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Marilyn Riding |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Andrew Simpson |
x |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Sharon Green |
Present |
x |
Present |
Present |
Catherine Achilles |
Present (in part) |
x |
Present |
Present |
Liza Webb |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Yvette Beardsworth |
x |
Present |
Present |
Present |
Kara Duffy (nee Banks) |
Not appointed |
Not appointed |
Not appointed |
Present |
Governing Body 2020-21
Type |
Full name |
Start Term |
End Term |
Appointed by |
Head teacher |
Pamela Joy Potter |
n/a |
n/a |
Headteacher Gov |
Staff |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
18.9.17 |
19.9.21 |
Staff |
Local Authority |
Susan Murphy MBE |
17.10.16 |
16.10.20 |
LA |
Co-opted |
Andrew Yearsley |
1.9.20 |
31.8.23 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
1.9.19 |
31.8.23 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Ian Green |
1.9.19 |
31.8.23 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Brenda Ashcroft |
1.9.19 |
31.8.23 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Joseph Pearson |
1.9.19 |
31.8.23 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Jane Hand |
24.11.20 |
23.11.2024 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Marilyn Riding |
1.9.19 |
31.8.23 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Andrew Simpson |
24.11.20 |
23.11.24 |
Parent Body |
Parent |
Sharon Green |
14.6.18 |
13.6.22 |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Catherine Achilles |
24.11.20 |
23.11.24 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Liza Webb |
24.11.20 |
23.11.24 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Yvette Beardsworth |
14.11.19 |
13.11.23 |
Governing Body |