Garswood Primary
and Nursery SchoolGoverning Body Structure and Information
Governing Body
There are 17 positions, all are filled.
Type |
Full name | First appointed | Term from | Term until | Appointed by |
Head teacher |
Pamela Joy Potter |
Not set |
n/a |
n/a |
Headteacher Gov |
Staff |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
Not set |
18.09.25 |
17.09.29 |
Staff |
Local Authority |
Susan Murphy MBE |
Not set |
24.11.24 |
23.11.2028 |
LA |
Co-opted |
Andrew Yearsley |
Not set |
01.09.23 |
31.08.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
Not set |
01.09.23 |
31.08.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Ian Green |
Not set |
01.09.23 |
31.08.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Brenda Ashcroft |
Not set |
01.09.23 |
31.08.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Joseph Pearson |
Not set |
01.09.23 |
31.8.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Jane Hand |
Not set |
24.11.24 |
23.11.28 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Marilyn Riding |
Not set |
01.09.23 |
31.08.27 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Andrew Simpson |
24.11.20 |
24.11.24 |
23.11.28 |
Governing Body |
Parent |
Sharon Green |
Not set |
Term of Office ended |
Term of Office ended |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Catherine Achilles |
24.11.16 |
24.11.24 |
23.11.28 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Liza Webb |
Not set |
24.11.20 |
resigned 17.11.22 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Yvette Beardsworth |
14.11.19 |
14.11.23 |
13.11.27 |
Governing Body |
Parent |
Kara Duffy |
16.12.21 |
16.12.25 |
15.12.29 |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Cheryl Hamilton |
17.11.22 |
17.11.22 |
16.11.26 |
Governing Body |
Parent |
Andrew Hierons |
09.12.22 |
09.12.22 |
08.12.26 |
Parent Body |
Co-opted |
Mike Kenny |
25.03.24 |
54.03.24 |
24.03.28 |
Governing Body |
Co-opted |
Charlotte Turner |
12.03.26 |
12.03.26 |
11.03.30 |
Governing Body |
Governor Declaration
Full name |
Relevant Business and Pecuniary interests |
Governance role in other educational institutions |
Any material interests arising from relationships between governors and school staff |
Pamela Joy Potter |
Windy Arbor Farm |
Consultant for LA Schools (part time) |
None declared |
Lucy Chloe Myatt |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Susan Murphy MBE |
None declared |
None declared |
Chair of Governors at Merton Bank Primary School |
Andrew Yearsley |
None declared |
None declared |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite – ex. mother–in-law |
Margaret Gillian Braithwaite |
None declared |
None declared |
Andrew Yearsley – ex. son-in-law |
Ian Green |
National School Training Agency |
None declared |
None declared |
Brenda Ashcroft |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Joseph Pearson |
None declared |
Governor at Chapel End Primary |
None declared |
Jane Hand |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Marilyn Riding |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Andrew Simpson |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Sharon Green |
None declared |
None declared |
No longer a Governor at school |
Catherine Achilles |
Achilles Screen Print |
Governor at Ince Primary |
None declared |
Liza Webb |
None declared |
None declared |
No longer at Governor at school |
Yvette Beardsworth |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Kara Duffy |
None declared |
Governor Forum rep |
None declared |
Cheryl Hamilton |
None declared |
None declared |
None declared |
Andrew Hierons |
Natilie Hierons |
None declared |
None declared |
Mike Kenny |
None declared |
None declared |
Husband of a Teaching Assistant at school |
FGB Meeting attendance 2024-25
Full name |
Attendance at Q of E SIP Autumn FGB |
Attendance at end of Autumn FGB |
Attendance at Spring FGB |
Attendance at Summer FGB |
| Pamela Joy Potter | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| Lucy Chloe Myatt | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| Susan Murphy | x | x | Present | Present |
| Andrew Yearsley | x | Present | Present | Present |
| Margaret Gillian Braithwaite | Present | Present | Present | Present |
| Ian Green | Present | Present | x | x |
| Brenda Ashcroft | x | x | Present | x |
| Joseph Pearson | x | x | x | Present |
| Jane Hand | Present | x | Present | x |
| Marilyn Riding | x | Present | Present | Present |
| Andrew Simpson | Present | x | Present | x |
| Catherine Achilles | x | Present | Present | Present |
| Yvette Beardsworth | x | x | x | x |
| Kara Duffy | Present | x | Present | Present |
| Cherly Hamilton | Present | Present | x | Present |
| Andrew Hierons | Present | Present | x | Present |
| Mike Kenny | Present |
FGB Meeting attendance 2025-26
Full name |
Attendance at Q of E SIP Autumn FGB |
Attendance at Autumn FGB |
Attendance at Spring FGB |
Attendance at Summer FGB |
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Pamela Joy Potter | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Lucy Chloe Myatt | x | x | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Susan Murphy | Present | Present | x | x | Present | ||
| Andrew Yearsley | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Margaret Gillian Braithwaite | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Ian Green | Present | Present | x | Present | Present | ||
| Brenda Ashcroft | x | x | x | Present | x | ||
| Joseph Pearson | Present | Present | Present | x | Present | ||
| Jane Hand | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Marilyn Riding | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Andrew Simpson | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Catherine Achilles | x | x | Present | x | x | ||
| Yvette Beardsworth | Present | Present | x | Present | Present | ||
| Kara Duffy | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Cherly Hamilton | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Andrew Hierons | x | x | Present | Present | Present | ||
| Mike Kenny | x | x | Present | x | x | ||