Our Governors

I am a local solicitor with Pinkney Grunwells Lawyers LLP. I joined the governing body in May 2012.  I hope to bring my knowledge and experience of business and the law to the role

I have worked at Scalby School since 2002. I started as an Advanced Teaching Assistant supporting a student who was a dual placement with Woodlands School. I became Year 8 Learning Manager in 2009 and am still working with those students as they go through the school.  I am a link governor for Equalities. I have 2 daughters who both attended Scalby School.

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‘I am a primary school teacher and mum to 3 lovely children aged 21, 12 and 8.

Originally from Scarborough and an ‘old’ pupil of Scalby School, I have lived and worked abroad in Kuwait, Dubai and Qatar. I have taught in a wide variety of settings and have experience of teaching in large international schools, primary schools and the independent sector.

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I was a member of the Governing Body when the school went into Special Measures. I was invited to join the Interim Executive Board in April 2009 and was pleased to be able to continue to contribute to the school as part of the new Governing Body established in September 2011. I have worked full time in Local Government for 28 years, predominantly in a management role overseeing both personnel, performance, policies and budgets. I was Chair of the Finance & General Purposes Committee and a member of the School Improvement Committee until meeting structure was reviewed in 2015.

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I was Headteacher of Raincliffe School from 1989 to 2004 and Governor at Scalby School since April 2009. I was a consultant for the Specialist Schools Trust 2005-11 and am a member of the NYCC Admission Appeals Panel. I was also on the NYCC Exclusion Appeals panel 2005-10. I currently serve on Scarborough Borough Council’s Standard Committee as Chairman and am a Trustee of Advocacy Alliance. I belong to the Rotary Club of Scarborough and was its president 2010-11. I serve on the North York Moors Historical Railways Trust and attend St Mary’s Church, Cloughton where I was editor of the Parish Magazine 2005-10. I am currently Chair of the Church Community Hall Management Committee at Cloughton.

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• Former member of the IEB at Filey School.

I have been a governor at Northstead School for over 20 years and at Scalby since March 2006. I was invited by the LA to join the IEB after the school went into special measures and was re-elected as a parent governor when the school returned to full governance in September 2011. I served on both the Finance & General Purposes Committee and the School Improvement Committee until meeting structure was reviewed in 2015. . I have 3 children who have all attended Scalby. I have been a receptionist/admin assistant at Castle Health Centre in town since 2009 and prior to that held a similar position at Danes Dyke Surgery in Scalby.

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Governor at Northstead Primary School, Scarborough.