Governors
The Governing Body of Wigton Nursery and Infant School ensures high standards of achievement and care for all of our children and members of the school community by:-
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setting the school's vision, ethos and strategic direction.
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holding the Head Teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils.
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overseeing the financial performance of the
school and ensuring its money is well spent.
The Governing Body sits as a full committee and as a number of smaller committees.
The Governors, with the Head Teacher and
Parent Governors: Parent Governors are elected by other parents of pupils registered at the school. They should be parents of pupils currently at the school but they may serve out their term of office if their child leaves.
Local Authority Governors: Authority Governors are appointed by the LA which maintains the school, in our case Cumbria.
Staff Governors: The Head Teacher of a school automatically becomes a Governor at the time of appointment. Other staff members are elected by and from the whole teaching and non-teaching staff. Staff Governors may not continue to be Governors if they cease to be employed by us.
Co-opted Governor: Governors may be appointed to the Governing Body because of a particular skill set or experience that would be of interest to the effective running of the whole Governing Body. These Governors may be co-opted to the board.
Please see below for a full list of our Governors, their role, terms of office and any pecuniary interests as recorded in the
Governor Name |
Date of appointment and by whom |
Re-election date due |
Designation |
Committees |
Business Interests |
Mrs Elaine Lynch |
24.11.21 Nominated by LA Appointed by GB |
23.11.25 |
Co-Chair of Governors Local Authority Governor Link Governor for Nursery |
Finance Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Personnel |
Councillor for Wigton Town Council Executive member for Lifelong Learning and Development - Cumberland council (Allerdale Borough Council) Station Joinery- husband's business. |
Mrs Joanne Lloyd |
01.09.22 Ex-officio by virtue of office |
ex-officio | Head Teacher | All | Husband is Co-Chair of Governors at The Nelson Thomlinson School |
Mrs Sara Dawson |
11.09.20 Elected by school staff |
10.09.24 | Staff Governor |
Finance Behaviour, Safeguarding and Wellbeing |
Family Support Worker at Cumbria Family Support |
Mr Jonathan Marshall |
07.05.19 Appointed by GB |
06.05.23 |
Co-opted Governor E-Safety Governor Responsible for School Website Link Governor for Year 2 |
Finance Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
None |
Mr Chris Scott |
09.07.19 Appointed by GB |
08.07.23 |
Co-Chair Chair Co-opted Governor Safeguarding Governor Child Protection Governor LAC Governor Health & Safety Governor Responsible for SCR Link Governor for Reception |
Finance Behaviour, Safeguarding and Wellbeing Personnel |
Mayor of Wigton Town Council Member of Wigton Emergency Response Group Vice Chair of Governors at Thomlinson Junior School |
Mrs Emma Budworth |
04.10.19 Parent appointed by GB |
03.10.23 |
Parent Governor Link Governor for Reception
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Finance Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
Co-op Member Pioneer Governor at Thomlinson Junior School |
Mrs Katie Rudd |
30.10.19 Parent appointed by GB |
29.10.23 |
Parent Governor SEN Governor Inclusion Governor Pupil Premium Governor Link Governor for Year 2 |
Finance Behaviour, Safeguarding and Wellbeing |
FOWIS- secretary Customer Service Advisor- Cumberland Building Society |
Ms Lydia Foster |
01.02.22 Appointed by GB |
31.01.26 |
Co-opted Governor Link Governor for Year 1 |
Finance Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Personnel |
Governor at The Nelson Thomlinson School Employee of Futamura Chemical UK Ltd Employee & Shareholder of Clive Foster Ltd |
Ms Lorna Meaghan |
20.04.22 Parent appointed by GB |
19.04.26 |
Parent Governor Link Governor for Year 1 |
Finance Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
Employed with the Department for Work and Pensions |
Vacancy |
Co-opted Governor | ||||