Heyes Lane Primary School

I am employed by Heyes Lane Primary School as Year Group Lead of Year 3, as well as lead of Science across school. I have been a member of the HLPS staff since 2019, and a qualified teacher since 2014.

I am passionate about delivering high quality teaching across the curriculum, with a particular interest in reading for pleasure. I have run a variety of extra-curricular clubs around science and reading in my time at Heyes Lane. I am looking forward to helping the school develop and improve further over the next four years.

Category of Governor: Staff
Current term of Office: 24/06/2021 – 23/06/2025
Committees: Curriculum
Link Governor: Stakeholder Engagement

I became Parent Governor at Heyes Lane Primary in September 2023.

I have two daughters that attend Heyes Lane and I’m very motivated to assist the school in maintaining and developing its high standards in terms of academic, social and emotional progress of pupils.

I run a specialist educational training centre that provides vocational training and core subject support for secondary aged learners. I bring experience in SEND, safeguarding and creating nurturing environments where young people can thrive.

I’m looking forward to helping assist the development of curriculum, safeguarding and the SEND provision at Heyes Lane.

Category of Governor: Parent
Current term of Office: 18/09/2023 – 17/09/2027
Committees: Curriculum
Link Governor: Safeguarding and SEND

I joined the board of governors at Heyes Lane as a Co-Opted Governor in November 2022. My current responsibilities include being a member of the Finance and Premises committee, with the hope of expanding my duties as my term goes forward.

I currently work as a Commercial Category Manager at the Department for Education, with my previous roles being in Procurement for the NHS. My roles to date have provided me with commercial knowledge and skills such as government policies, public sector procurements and funding, risk management, data analysis, communications, finance, and stakeholder management.

I am also passionate about improving mental health and wellbeing, reducing bullying, harassment, and discrimination, and increasing diversity representation. I am a trained Mental Health First Aider, volunteer in the bullying, harassment, and discrimination strand and am a member of the Women’s Network committee in my workplace. These roles allow me to have experience in running events, improving communications, raising awareness and more when it comes to wellbeing and equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Working for the Department for Education has given me a passion for improving education for students, and becoming a Governor at Heyes Lane has allowed me to utilise that passion to assist the school in developing and improving to help achieve its vision.

Category of Governor: Co-opted Governor
Current term of Office: 28/11/2022 – 27/11/2026
Committees: Finance & Premises
 

I joined the board of governors, initially as a parent governor, in 2011 and greatly enjoy the experience of being part of a proactive governing body which helps shape the school’s development in a rapidly changing and challenging environment.  I have am currently the Vice Chair of the board of governors having previously chaired the Curriculum Committee.

I am a civil servant and have experience of the challenges involved in working to provide key public services at a time of restricted budgets. My professional background has principally been concerned with the investigation of malpractice, fraud and misconduct by companies and their directors. This provides me with a broad understanding of different business types, including large and complex businesses, together with extensive experience of identifying fraud and mismanagement of resources – all of which are useful skills to assist in the governance of a large school such as Heyes Lane.

My daughter is a former pupil at Heyes Lane who now attends a local secondary school, having completed Year 6 in 2016.  It was a pleasure watching her flourish and develop under the guidance of the school’s teachers, leadership team and support staff.  Whilst I no longer have a child in attendance at Heyes Lane, I continue to live close to the school and am keen to ensure that it remains a vibrant and successful school at the heart of my local community. I am therefore committed to supporting the school’s leadership team and staff in developing and improving the school for the benefit of all its current and future pupils.

Category of Governor: Co-opted
Current term of Office: 01/09/2023 – 31/08/2027
Committees: Curriculum, Staffing, eadteacher's Performance Management, Pay Review
Link Governor: School Improvement