Mortimer Hill
Tring
Hertfordshire HP23 5JD
01442 822303
tringschool@tring.herts.sch.uk

Members of the Governing Body

 

Dr David Ashall
Associate Governor (Governing Body appointed)
   
First appointed: April 2008

Current term ends:

April 2012

David is an Associate Dean at Coventry University. He has one child at Tring School and is an active member of Friends of Tring School.

 

The Rev Huw Bellis

Foundation Governor (appointed) **

(As Tring Team Parish Rector from 2008, an ex-officio member of the Governing Body)
   
First appointed:

October 2003

Committee: Students and Families

Child Protection Governor, Governor for Looked After Children

Huw has been a Vicar within the Tring Team Parish for the last five years and comes into school on a regular basis to lead assemblies. He lives in Tring with his wife and children and keeps sheep!

 

Mrs Susanna Collings

Headteacher

Ex-officio member of Governing Body

Attends or is represented at all committee meetings

 

Susanna Collings became a governor on her appointment as Headteacher from September 2011.

 

Wendy Copper

Parent Governor

   
First appointed:

October 2009

Current term ends:

October 2013

Committee:

Resources

I have worked for the Halifax Retail Bank for 28 years and am currently a Local Director in London. My experience includes finance, risk, training and development, people management, sales management, projects and change. I am qualified to post graduate level in Management.

 

I have been married to Ray for 31 years and have two daughters, one who is at Tring and the other at Aldbury, moving up in September 2010.

 

Mrs Gill Davies

LEA Governor (Local Authority appointed)

Vice Chair of Governing Body

   
First appointed:

October 2008

Current term ends:

October 2012

Committee:

Curriculum & Teaching

Gill currently has two boys at Tring School . She works for a market research consultancy specialising in the field of customer satisfaction within the professional services and public sectors.

 

Mrs Janis Donald

LEA Governor (Local Authority appointed)

   
First appointed:

November 2005

Current term ends:

November 2009

Committee:

Resources

Curriculum & Teaching

 

Janis has lived in Tring for nineteen years and has two sons at Tring School. Before having a family she was a Police Officer for fifteen years and then a manager for a retail company and now works at Grove School.

 

Mrs Kate Farley

Parent Governor

   
First appointed:

November 2011

Current term ends:

November 2015

Committee:

Resources

 

Kate is a parent-governor and mother of two boys currently enjoying their GCSE and A level studies. Kate has substantial public service, resource and financial management experience, having worked in housing and community regeneration for almost 30 years, including national Director roles. She is a member of the Resources Committee where she hopes her experience of good governance and strategic leadership will contribute to a vibrant debate and decisions to be taken about school budgets, facilities and personnel.

 

Samantha Hall

Foundation Governor

   
First appointed:

February 2009

Current term ends:

February 2013

Committee:

Resources

 

Cllr Nick Hollinghurst

Community Governor

   
First appointed:

 

Current term ends:

 

Committee:

Resources

 

 

Katie Hughes

Foundation Governor (appointed)

   
First appointed:

October 2008

Current term ends:

October 2012

Committee: Students & Families
 

Mrs Shalini McGregor

Foundation Governor

   
First appointed:

December 2009

Current term ends:

November 2013

Committee:

Curriculum and Teaching 

Shalini is a Human Resource Practitioner with over five years experience in HR. She has a Masters degree in Human Resource Management which specialises in Training and Development and throughout her career has done presentations to High school students and assisted with career management issues when requested. Originally from Trinidad, Shalini has now relocated to the UK and lives in Tring. She hopes to make a solid contribution to the positive development of Tring School.

 

Jim McMunn

Parent Governor

   
First appointed:

December 2010

Current term ends:

December 2014

Committee:

Curriculum & Teaching

 

 

 

Ms Nicki Sayer

Support Staff Governor (elected)

   
First appointed:

June 2008

Current term ends:

June 2012

Committee:

Students & Families

 

Mr Brian Scarth

Associate Governor (Governing Body appointed)

   
First appointed:

November 2003

Current term ends:

July 2010

 

Initially a parent governor, Brian was appointed a Community Governor in 2006. After 30 years in corporate senior management roles, he took early retirement and ran his own consultancy business for 3 years. He now works as a part time Cover Supervisor in a Buckinghamshire Senior school. This gives him a valuable insight into the workings of a school, which is useful in discharging his responsibilities as a Governor.

 

Jo Shelley

Teacher Governor (elected)

   
First appointed:

October 2008

Current term ends:

October 2012

Committee:

Curriculum & Teaching

 

Mrs Jill Smith

Foundation Governor (appointed)

   
First appointed:

January 2008

Current term ends:

January 2012

Committee:

Curriculum and Teaching

Liaison with Tring Learning Centre Community Board

Jill has recently retired from teaching mathematics in Dacorum. She has lived in Tring and has worshipped at St Peter and St Paul's church for over 30 years. Her children attended Tring School. She hopes to support and enrich the school's Christian ethos.

 

Christina Thompson

Community Governor

   
First appointed:

December 2010

Current term ends:

December 2014

Committee:

Resources (Chair)

 

 

Debbie Turner

Parent Governor

   
First appointed:

October 2009

Current term ends:

October 2013

Committee:

Students and Families

Debbie is an ex pupil of Tring school and now has 3 daughters at the school. She is a Specialist Palliative Care Nurse for Iain Rennie Hospice at Home. She is a member of the Student and Families committee with a link to the Disability Equality Schemes within the school.

 

Mrs Avril Walters

Teacher Governor (elected)

   
First appointed:

September 2006

Current term ends:

September 2010

Committee:

Students & Families

Avril started her teaching career in Richmond, North Yorkshire, where she taught Italian. She has been at Tring School since January 1997, teaching German and French, and is currently Head of Year 8.

 

Mr Andrew Watson

Parent Governor (elected)

   
First appointed:

October 2008

Current term ends:

October 2012

Committee:

Students & Families (Chair)

 
 

Mrs Susan Wheatley

Parent Governor (elected)

   
First appointed:

October 2008

Current term ends:

October 2012

Committee:

Curriculum & Teaching (Chair)

Health & Safety Governor (including School Trips)
 

Mrs Lesley Whitesmith

Parent Governor (elected)

   
First appointed:

October 2008

Current term ends:

October 2012

Committee:

Students & Families

 
 
VACANCIES

There are currently no vacancies

 
Updated: October 2011

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