Register of attendees

Any specific business interests for individual governors are also detailed at the end of their profile below.

All governors confirmed at The Full Governors Meeting Autumn 2024 that they had reviewed and signed the Declaration of Interest form on Governor Hub. This is reviewed termly at the start of each meeting.

Headteachers

Catherine Turner and Janine Barratt

Term of office:- 16/01/2024 – 15/01/2028

Catherine Turner is the Headteacher of Beeston Rylands Junior School. Full Voting Rights .

Janine Barratt is the Headteacher of Trent Vale Infant and Nursery School.- Full Voting Rights .

Co Chairs Of Governors

Lisa Griffiths – see below for further info

Sam Williams – see below for further info

Staff Governors

Kathryn Harby

Term of office: 30/11/23 – 29/11/27. Full Voting Rights .

Michelle Gough

Term of office :- 11/7/24 – 10/10/28. Full Voting Rights .

Parent Governor

Charlotte Watts

Term of 0ffice 18/07/ 23 – 17/07/27

Pupil Premium Governor

Parent of a child at school

Currently works for the Department of Education.

Full Voting Rights .

Local Authority Governor

Councillor Kate Foale

Term of Office:- 26/09/2025 – 25/09/2029

Pupil Premium Governor

Kate was the Nottinghamshire County Councillor for Beeston Central and Rylands from 2013 to May 2025 and Leader of the Labour Group from 2021 to 2025. She is a Warwick University Graduate (1976) and was designated a National Leader of Governance in 2012. She is married with a grown up daughter. Kate is passionate about working proactively with the local community and is a Trustee at the Canalside Heritage Centre and Middle Street Resource Centre and a volunteer at the Meadows foodbank. In her spare time she is an obsessive gardener and keen dog walker with her much loved rescue dog Dylan. Full Voting Rights .

Co-opted Governors

Lisa Griffiths Co-Chair of Governors

Term of Office: – 10/03/2025 – 09/03/2029

Writing Development Governor . Full Voting Rights .

Chris Jones

Term of Office 16/01/2024- 15/01/2028

Early Years/ Phonics and Curriculum Governor

Chris is the dad of Emily and William who now attend Chilwell School. He is a careers adviser who works at Nottingham Trent University and has previously worked with children and young people in schools and colleges in Derbyshire. Chris enjoys music and singing with the Nottingham Trent University Choir as well as walking and cycling in the local area with his family. Chris is married to Sophie Jones who teaches at both Trent Vale Infant and Nursery School and Beeston Rylands Junior School. Full Voting Rights .

Lisa Shepherd (Vice Chair of the Governing Body)

Term of office:- 10/03/2022-09/03/2026

Lead Safeguarding and Attendance Governor

Lisa has worked for the NHS/CityCare for over 12 years as a Community Nursery Nurse with a Health Visiting Team. She is mum to Ethan who is now doing an apprenticeship and Flynn who is at Chiwell School.
She also attended both schools as a child having grown up in the area. This gives her a good knowledge of the local area and community. She also has a good knowledge of special educational needs, the ability to work as part of a team and is willing to learn having attended courses for Governors as applicable. Her interests include running and she does the weekly Parkrun at the weir field and her two boys also join in too. She also enjoys holidays, photography and crafts.

Lisa’s sister Michelle Gough teaches at Trent Vale Infant and Nursery School.

Full Voting Rights . .

Deidre Bagley

Term of office :- 16/01/2024-15/01/2028

SEND Governor

Deidre is a retired teacher who currently organises a local group for 0-5 year olds called ‘Rainbows’. She has strong links with the local community having lived in the area since she was 6 years old. She has a wealth of experience of working with children, young people and schools, and still acts as an invigilator at Chilwell School. She is involved with both the Rylands Community Church and Rylands Methodist Church. She also enjoys trying to trace her family history.

Full Voting Rights .

Tracey Walker

Term of Office – 2/10/23 – 1/10/27

Ruth Hall

Term of Office – 11/10/24 – 10/10/28

Tracey and Ruth are both parents at Trent Vale Infant School. Full Voting Rights .

Alistair McPherson

Term of office :- 16/01/2024 – 15/01/2028

Safeguarding and Attendance , GDPR and Inventory Governor

Alistair is a lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at the University of Leicester, where he splits his time between teaching and management responsibilities. He previously worked in Italy, Portugal and Hungary, where he taught English as a foreign language both to adults and children from primary age upwards. In his free time he is a keen motorcyclist. Full Voting Rights .

Emma Truman

Term of office:- 1/12/22 – 30/11/2026

Training Co-ordinator: Health and Safety Governor. Full Voting Rights .

Sam Williams Co-Chair of Governing Body

Term of office:- 2/10/2023 – 01/10/2027

Co- Chair

Sam is the father of two daughters attending the schools in the Federation – Tabitha and Jemima are both at Beeston Rylands. Sam has lived in Beeston since 2001, having travelled here via London, north Essex and Sheffield. He works as a Project and Programme Manager in the business services industry. In his spare time, Sam enjoys walking in the Peak District. When the weather is less hospitable, he gets involved in amateur dramatics. Whilst he occasionally treads the boards he is more likely to be seen tinkering around back stage designing sets, hitting things with a hammer and trying to make the sound effects work. Full Voting Rights .

Co-opted Governor

Sue Osborne – TRF Deputy Head

Term of office:- 25/01/2024 – 24/01/2028

All Committees as required

Sue is the Federation Deputy Head. Full Voting Rights .

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