Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
Our Governing Body
The key role of the Governors is to support the school as critical friends, providing a strategic overview and ensuring accountability. They are unpaid volunteers who represent the community the school serves. As a Voluntary Controlled C of E School 3 of the governors are Foundation governors.
If you wish to contact the governors all communication should be addressed to Ms Sharon Page, the clerk, via the school office.
The governing body is made up of 12 governors as shown below:
- 2 parent governors; appointed by parental election.
- 1 LA governor; appointed by the local authority.
- 1 staff governor; elected by a vote of the staff
- 1 Headteacher
- 3 foundation governors
- Up to 4 co-opted governors, appointed by the governing body to fill any gaps in their skills base.
Mr Harvie Palmer
My name is Harvie and I currently work in IT for the Local Authority. I have extensive experience of working in schools and am also a governor for another local primary school.
I have previously worked at St Nicholas so know the school & staff well.
I feel my IT knowledge and previous experience as a Finance Governor enables me to give advice & recommendations to the school governing body with regards to IT and communication systems, ensuring the school is as up to date as it can be where the budget allows.
Children are at the forefront of all we do in education and being able to assist in ensuring they have a learning environment equipped to prepare them for the future is one of the main reasons I decided to apply to be a governor at St Nicholas!
- Appointed: February 2019
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Co-Opted Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Chair of Governors and a member of the Resources Committee
- Attendance last year:
Mr Peter Paul
I was born in the village and attended this school, as did most of my family including my father, sister, wife and daughter. I have been a Diocesan appointed governor for a long time (over sixteen years) and at present I am Chair of the Resources Team (which keeps an eye on finances, premises etc).
- Appointed: January 2002
- Term of Office expires: April 2021
- Appointed as a Foundation Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Chair of the Resources Committee and member of Strategy Committee. Governor responsible for Health and Safety.
- Attendance last year:
Mrs Lisa Shaw
I was in the Police for 12 years specialising as a detective within child protection which is a role I loved and found very rewarding, alongside this I also worked as Family Liaison Officer supporting families who had experienced bereavement.
I am married with 3 children, they all attend the school.
I am in my 3rd year as vice chair of the PTFA, I love being involved in organising the events for the children and seeing their enjoyment while also raising much needed money for the school and am sure that these two roles will compliment each other and benefit the school.
I wanted to be a parent governor to be more involved with the school and how it works as well as having a keen personal interest in child welfare, development and education.
In my role as a parent governor no matter what decisions I am involved in I will always have the best interests of the children at heart.
- Appointed: April 2019
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Parent Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Learning & Development Committee
- Attendance last year:
Mr Michael Darkin
- Appointed: December 2020
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Ex-Officio Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of:
- Attendance last year:
Mrs Poppy Montgomery
Having lived in the Parish of St Nicholas–at–Wade and attended the Church for the last 43 years I am delighted to have joined the Governing body of the school.
I initially qualified as a primary school teacher and moved to Thanet following my marriage. I have spent the last 42 years running a farm/holiday letting business locally.
As a Grandmother of four I realise the importance of these formative years in instilling and developing the values and skills in young people that will serve them well throughout their lives.
- Appointed: June 2019
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Foundation Parochial Church Council (PCC) Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Learning & Development Committee
- Attendance last year:
Mr Glenn Pugh
- Appointed: July 2019
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Co-Opted Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Resources Committee
- Attendance last year:
Mr Peter Troke
- Appointed: November 2020
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Co-Opted Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Resources Committee
- Attendance last year:
Ms Loraine Bant
- Appointed: November 2020
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Appointed as a Co-Opted Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Learning & Development Committee
- Attendance last year:
Resigned within the previous 12 months:
Mr James McAuley
- Appointed: April 2019
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Resigned: July 2020
- Appointed as a Co-Opted Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Previous Chair of Governors. Member of the Learning and Development, Strategy and Resources Committee.
Mrs Karen Gooding
- Appointed: July 2017
- Term of Office: n/a
- Resigned: July 2020
- Appointed as a Foundation Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Learning and Development Committee.
Mrs Janet Graham
- Appointed: May 2019
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Resigned: October 2020
- Appointed as a Co-Opted Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Member of the Learning & Development Committee.
Mrs Lois Gunn
- Appointed: October 2018
- Term of Office: 4 years
- Resigned: November 2020
- Appointed as a Parent Governor
- No business or pecuniary interests; or material interests arising from intra-governor or staff relationships.
- Chair of Governors and Learning & Development Committee, and a member of the Strategy Committee.