Welcome to the Governors' section!
 

Foundation Governors

These members represent the Diocese and are appointed through St Luke’s Church. We currently have five foundation governors on the Governing Body and they are appointed to preserve and develop the religious character of the school.  Mrs Sarah Stephens, (Re-appointed 16th July 2019 and 16th July 2023  until 15th July 2027) Reverend Peter Stanley, (Appointed 14th October 2020 until 13th October 2024)

Dr Helen Frain (Appointed 13th July 2022 until 11th July 2026) and Mr James Stout, the current Chair of Governors, (Appointed 16th May 2022 until 14th May 2026) are also our Foundation Governors.

Associate Member

We currently have Mr Aaron Connor as an Associate Member of the Governing Body. As an associate member Mr Connor is welcome to attend but not obliged to attend Full Governing Body meetings.

All of our governors can be contacted via the school office at office@st-lukes.notts.sch.uk.

Please see further information about our governors below.

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Academic Year 2023-2024

We have two committees made up of members of the Governing Body.

Finance Committee 

Mrs J Dunn (Headteacher) 

Reverend P Stanley (Chair) 

Mr J Stout 

Mrs H Frain 

Mrs S Stephens

Strategic Development and Pupils Committee 

Mrs J Dunn (Headteacher) 

Mr J Stout 

Mr M Bell 

Mrs K Hopkinson 

Mrs L Saint 

Mrs C Blakeborough

Academic Year 2022-2023

We have two committees made up of members of the Governing Body.

Finance Committee 

Mrs J Dunn (Headteacher) 

Reverend P Stanley (Chair) 

Mr J Stout 

Mrs H Frain 

Mrs S Stephens

Strategic Development and Pupils Committee 

Mrs J Dunn (Headteacher) 

Mr J Stout 

Mr M Bell 

Mrs K Hopkinson 

Mrs L Saint 

Reverend L Lima

Academic Year 2021-2022

*Governor at another school

*Related to staff member

*Business interests-employed by NCC bought in service

Academic Year 2020-2021

*Governor at another school

*Related to staff member

*Business interests-employed by NCC bought in service

I have lived in the village for the last 13 years, relocating with my job in 2010. I am married with two children, who both attended St Luke's but have now left and are in secondary education. I have been a member of the governing body for many years, serving as vice-chair of the governing body and chair of the finance committee previously. I was elected Chair of Governors in 2022, and hope to support the school team with nurturing and supporting all pupils through their journey in the school.

Outside of work I enjoy walking our dog, cooking and watching sport.

My name is Sarah Stephens and I am a Foundation Governor at St Luke’s. I am now in my second term of Office so I have been associated with the School for six years. I don’t live in the village but in one nearby. I do, however, have an association with the village as I manage the trip narrowboat Hugh Henshall for the Chesterfield Canal Trust which is moored in Shireoaks Marina.

I first began my association with the School as a reading volunteer after meeting children from the Sunshine Suite. Sadly volunteers are not allowed into the School at the moment because of Covid 19 and, hence, I have not been into the school since March 2020. In this role I act as an additional resource for the Class Teacher who identifies children who need additional reading support per week.

I trained as a Nurse and then a Midwife in Sheffield and eventually became a Midwife Teacher and retired as a Midwifery Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Training and assessment of the next generation of Midwives became my passion. The relationship between a student midwife and the lecturer was core to my objectives to enable them to succeed. I learnt to adapt my teaching and supervision to meet the individual needs of students who may have come immediately from post 16 education, or as mature entrants after a College Access course, or as Graduates. In other words from a variety of educational backgrounds. I try to use this experience when supporting youngsters in School though I acknowledge I am not a trained teacher of primary children.

It is my belief that primary school education creates the foundation for young people to achieve with teachers identifying individual needs across the spectrum. St Luke’s School uses a variety of measurement tools, decided by the Headteacher and her staff, and these outcomes are regularly reported to parents.

The Headteacher reports trends to the Governors related to the required elements within the National Curriculum. Our role is to challenge how these are upheld and what action has been taken in order to confirm whether further investment may be needed. Equally we “govern” all aspects of Health and Safety within the School. In a “nutshell” we are part of the Quality Assurance mechanisms alongside those of the Local Authority and Ofsted.

In addition Governors are assigned to individual classes and are required to undertake a termly observation visit and submit a report to the Headteacher. Clearly these have not taken place this last year but Mrs Dunn has kept us informed of adaptations and actions within the School.

Throughout the pandemic Governor’s meetings have continued to be maintained virtually and we meet once per term ie Autumn, Spring and Summer.

Reverend P Stanley

Peter grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and moved to Worksop in 1992 working for Post Office Ltd as a senior IT Manager until December 2019 when he retired. Married to Susan for 36 years with two daughters, Victoria and Gemma who both went to St. Luke’s School. Peter has worshiped at St. Luke’s Church in Shireoaks for over 30 years, and has recently become ordained and working as part of the ministry team of Christ Church Worksop and St. Luke’s Shireoaks. Peter is also the Church Treasurer and has previously been Chair of Governors at St. Luke’s.