Who are the school governors and what do we do?
The school’s governors are a group of volunteers including parents, staff and members of the local community. We meet once or twice a term and work closely with the Headteacher to support the school.
The Governing board ensures clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, and robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance of our School.
Within the governing body we have three committees which meet each term and concentrate their discussions around a particular area of responsibility. These committees are Curriculum, Personnel and Finance & Premises/Health & Safety.
Stoke Holy Cross Primary School Constitution
If Spaces are shown in the table below, this indicates places within the constitution which can optionally be filled. Where Vacancies are shown this indicates places within the constitution which should be filled.
Meet our Governors
Lyn has lived in the village for over 20 years. Both of her now adult children attended the school. She has been involved in the community in various ways over the time she has lived in the village, being a parish councillor before becoming a school governor. She is currently Chair of Governors. In addition to being a governor she works part-time at UEA and is an ordained minister in the Church of England. She enjoys making music and reading.
Peter is retired after 47 years working in commercial property management mainly for Aviva (Norwich Union) and latterly for clients throughout the UK. He is married with 2 grown up children and has lived in Stoke Holy Cross most of his life. He has a Diploma in English Local History (UEA) and has a continuing involvement in local history research particularly the built environment. He also has an interest in heritage aviation. He has been a Governor since 2013 focusing on finance, premises management and safeguarding. He also volunteers in the school on a regular basis listening to children read.
Jeannette was appointed Headteacher at Stoke Holy Cross Primary School in 2017, having been the school’s Deputy Headteacher prior to that.
When Jeannette is not at school, she can be found hiking the hills, with Moss the school dog.
Primarily, Stephen is a foster carer for three looked after children, (aged 6, 8 and 15 years) and lives with his wife just a short distance from the school in Upper Stoke.
One of the children in their care attends Stoke Holy Cross Primary School. Consequently, he has a vested interest in their academic future but also the interests of other children that attend the school.
Further, he has, over prior years, actively supported Scouting through several Executive appointments such as Eastern Norwich scouting District Chairman, along with holding a number of roles with local Scout groups such as Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman.
Furthermore, he is passionate about all children’s wellbeing and safeguarding.
Andy joined the Governing Board in January 2020 as a Parent Governor. He has a son at the school, presently in Year 2. Andy is a local barrister who specialises in property and land disputes as well as employment law. He taught History and Politics at a secondary school in London before becoming a lawyer and will now be our link governor for humanities. He is also the governor with responsibility for attendance as well as pupil premium and PE/sports premium. Andy chose to become a governor because he wanted the opportunity to contribute to his child’s school community using his background and skills. He says that there is lots to learn and lots to do, but it is extremely worthwhile and very enjoyable to be working with a dedicated team of people who share his enthusiasm for the future progress of the school.
Antonio became a parent governor recently when his daughter joined the school.
His background was in food technology and more recently in the wine sector. His work entails quality assurance, health and safety and environmental management.
I hold a remit in school finance which involves budgeting and monitoring expenditure.
Roger works as Director of the Professional Development at the St John the Baptist Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. This includes directing the Julian Teaching School Hub, which serves Norfolk schools as a centre of excellence for teacher and leadership training and development. He has lived in Stoke Holy Cross since 2013 and has two children at the school.
Sian is the Reception class Teacher at Stoke Holy Cross Primary School. She is a qualified Teacher of the Deaf and is the curriculum lead for Art and Computing.
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Stoke Holy Cross Primary School Governing Board for September 2021 – July 2022
| Term Start | Term End | ||
| Parent governors | |||
| Roger Higgins | 20 Oct 2018 | 20 Oct 2022 | |
| Andy Nicklin | 1 Jan 2020 | 1 Jan 2024 | |
| Antonio Baiao | 2021 | ||
| Stephen Youngs | 2021 | ||
| Co-opted governors | |||
| Peter Barber | 18 Sep 2018 | 9 Sep 2022 | |
| Stuart Claxton | 3 Jul 2018 | 3 Jul 2022 | |
| Cassandra Davies | 1 Oct 2018 | 1 Oct 2022 | |
| Headteacher | |||
| Jeannette Chaney | 11 Mar 2017 | 11 Mar 2021 | |
| Local Authority Governors | |||
| Lyn Marsh | 10 Jan 2017 | 10 Jan 2021 | |
