Our Governors
Mark Cann - Chair, Co-Opted Governor, Finance Lead
Mark is a retired teacher, living in the local area. He has 16 years of experience as a staff governor in other settings. He became our Chair in February 2024 and brings with him a vast amount of experience of chairing through his work on various committees and groups in the local community.
Sheila Bloomfield – Co-Opted, Safeguarding Governor, Children in Care Governor, SEND Governor Member of the HT Appraisal Panel
Sheila is a co-opted governor, appointed by the board. She is an experienced governor, having served on many types of board. She is an experienced chair and vice chair. Sheila holds a wide skill set in governance and in particular SEND, safeguarding and equality. She also brings with her experience of committee working through work as a councillor.
Claire Cole - Headteacher, attends all relevant board meetings and committees
Matt Connell – Staff Governor
Matt has been teaching since 2002 and joined Kingsacre in 2015 as Deputy Head. He feels privileged to be part of such a vibrant and dedicated staff team as well as a caring school community, leading maths across the school as well as teaching year 5.
Hazel Marquiss - Parent Governor
Hazel brings with her a broad range of skills from her day job including stratgeic management, HR and governance.
Jason Pincombe - Parent, Lead Governor for Health & Safety
Jason is currently the Managing Director of a door manufacturing company and has worked in the construction industry all his working life. As a business leader he brings a broad range of skills from developing strategic business plans, coaching, finance and health and safety.
Helen Potter – Foundation
Helen has served on the board for many years as a prent governor, coopted and now foundation governor. She has worked in a variety of educational settings and roles in primary, secondary and higher education. She is currently a teaching assistant and mental health champion at Kingsacre.
Kim Seybold, Parent Governor
Kim is an elected parent governor. She brings with her experience in the education sector.
Gary Smith, Parent Governor
Gary is an elected parent governor. He has previous experience of serving as a governor in the local area and has experience in school administration in the local area.
Emma Tanton - Parent Governor
Emma is an elected parent governor. She brings with her experience from the further education sector.
Emma Thoms - Co-Opted Governor
Emma is a co-opted governor appointed by the board. She works at a strategic level in healthcare and safegurading.
Polly Warrington - Co-Opted Governor, SEND Governor
Polly is a co-opted governor appointed by the board. She brings with her experience as an educational psychologist and safeguarding.
Natalie Stanbury – Clerk to Governors
As Clerk, Natalie is the “Governance Professional” on the board. This entails administrative tasks such as drafting agendas and taking minutes as well as providing advice and guidance to the board, ensuring we are compliant within our statutory duties and facilitating strong governance. She is usually the first point of contact for anybody wishing to communicate with the board.
