Pickering Community Infant and Nursery School has a Governing Body of twelve Governors; three Parent Governors, one Local Authority Governor, one Staff Governor, the Headteacher and six Co-opted Governors.
Our Chair of Governors is Mr John Goodyear and our Vice Chair is Ms Rosie Woollcott. If you would like to contact our Governing Body, this can be done through the school office.
The role of the Governing Body is to work in a supportive capacity with the whole school community:
- Strategic Direction – to ensure that Pickering Infant and Nursery School has a clear vision and ethos, an effective plan to achieve our vision and steps in place to ensure that we do.
- Accountability – to hold the Headteacher and her team to account for the performance of Pickering Infant and Nursery School in all respects and in particular to ensure that our children are given every opportunity to achieve success.
- Best Value – making sure that the school finances are managed in a way that achieves best value for money impact for our children.
There are ten planned meetings per year, from September 2016. Our Governing Body runs without sub committees and all of our Governors attend Resources, Improvement and General Meetings. Our Chair of Governors stands as Chair for each of these meetings.
Minutes of our Governing Body meetings are available on request from our school office.
Please click here to read a copy of our Annual Statement for June 2024.
| Governor name | Governor Category | Appointed by | Date Appointed | Term of Office End Date | Term of office (yrs) | Attendance 2023-24 | Register of Interests | Positions of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Knight | Associate Governor (Not eligible to vote) | Full Governing Body | 17/03/2015 - 16/10/2018 16/10/2018 - 17/03/19 17/03/19 | 17/03/27 | 4 | Retired from a local building company | Lead Health and Safety Governor | |
| Ms Leonie Richardson | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 18/11/2024 | 18/11/2028 | 4 | |||
| Ms Laura Holland | Parent Governor | Parents | 18/11/2024 | 18/11/2027 | 3 | |||
| Mrs Nicky Smith | Staff Governor | Staff | 19/03/2019 | 25/04/2027 | 4 | 9/10 | Chair of SLA School of Dance Friends committee Husband work at Snainton Golf Centre | |
| Ms Joy Andrews | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 18/11/2024 | 18/11/2028 | ||||
| Mr Mathew Eddon | Parent Governor | Parents | 22/11/2023 | 22/11/2026 | 3 | 7/7 | F.H, J.A & M.A Eddon Farming, Contracting & Groundwork | |
| Mrs Sarah Gillam | Headteacher | Ex-officio | 10/10 | |||||
| Mr John Goodyear | Local Authority Governor | Full Governing Body | 26/01/2021 | 26/01/2025 | 4 | 7/10 | Chairperson | |
| Vacancy | Co-opted Governor | |||||||
| Mrs Michaela DeBarr | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 01/09/2023 | 01/09/2027 | 4 | 7/10 | Head Teacher of Junior School | |
| Vacancy | Co-opted Governor | |||||||
| Miss Alice Coates | Parent Governor | Parents | 20/03/2024 | 20/03/2027 | 3 | 3/3 | Stem Learning - employee, provides support to schools | Vice Chair |
| Vacancy | Co-opted Governor | |||||||
| Mrs Vicky Cook | Clerk (Not eligible to vote) | Full Governing Body | 18/03/2014 | N/A | N/A | 10/10 | Husband works for local joinery works |
| Governor name | Governor Category | Appointed by | Term of Office End Date | Date stepped down | Term of Office (Yrs) | Attendance for their final year in office | Register of Interests | Positions of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neil Herring | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 15/06/2016-15/06/2019 15/05/2019- 15/06/2023 | 12/07/2022 | 4 | 8/10 | ||
| Mrs Haley Stone | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 20/09/2016-20/09/2020 29/09/2020 | 02/02/2023 | 4 | 2/10 | Lead Safeguarding Governor | |
| Mrs Amanda Challiss | Parent Governor | Parents | 14/10/2019 | 14/10/2022 | 3 | 10/10 | Lead SEN Governor | |
| Mr David Hoyle | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 14/10/2019 | 09/05/2023 | 4 | 5/10 | ||
| Mrs Suzanne Ashworth | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 19/09/2017-19/09/2020 20/09/2020 | 11/07/2023 | 4 | 6/10 | Vice Chair of Governors | |
| Ms Rosie Woollcott | Parent Governor | Parents | 16/11/2021 | 17/07/24 | 3 | 3/10 | ||
| Mrs Helen Howe | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 19/03/2018-19/03/2021 19/03/2021- 19/03/2024 19/03/2024 | 17/07/24 | 4 | 9/10 | ||
| Ms Anne-Marie Rhucroft | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 16/05/2023 | 25/06/2024 | 4 | 4/9 | ||
| Miss Jessica Corton | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 01/09/2023 | 24/09/2024 | 4 | 10/10 | ||
| Mr Greg White | Co-opted Governor | Full Governing Body | 26/09/2017-26/09/2021 28/09/2021 | 28/09/25 | 4 | 2/10 |
Our Chair of Governors and Clerk of Governors can be contacted through the school office.