Primary Governing Board
The Primary Governing Board (PGB) for Cooks Spinney & Freshwaters Primary Academies was previously known as the Local Governing Board/s.
The Primary Governing Board (PGB) for Cooks Spinney & Freshwaters Primary Academies aim to continue to improve communication and links between Board members, staff, parents and children and it hopes that part of this aim will be met through regular news updates providing information on Board membership and activities.
The PGB is actively involved in all aspects of school life. It has a responsibility to ensure that all members of the school communities are safe and have equality of opportunity and it works with school staff to support schools’ improvement and monitor the impact.
Additionally, its key areas of governance responsibilities are:
- 1Achievement of Pupils
- 2Behaviour & Safety
- 3Leadership & Management
- 4Quality of Teaching
PGB members are all volunteers and give up their skills, experience, and time for free, in order to help and support the schools. A large proportion are parents and can regularly be seen on school runs. Please feel free to stop any one of them in the playgrounds (or anywhere else for that matter!) with any question you might have about the respective schools. You may also write to the PGB via BMAT Governance – governance@bmatrust.org.uk.
The list below gives a quick run-down of who's who on the new Primary Governing Board.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Christopher Laws | Community Governor (Chair) |
| Neil Stirrat | Director of Primary Standards (BMAT) |
| Amber Wade | Head of School (CSA) |
| Jackie Diggle | Headteacher (FWA) |
| Kerry Hester | Community Governor |
| Lauren Stilton | Community Governor |
| Michael Saunders | CommunityGovernor |
| Jason Thorpe | Parent Governor |
| Faye Stokes | Parent Governor |
| Tracey Haggerty | Staff Governor |
| Darrel Cansell | Community Governor |
| Jess Farrell | Acting Head of School (CSA) |