Castle Primary School
'Adventure Together; Learn Forever'
Governors
CASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL – GOVERNING BOARD AS AT 16/05/2025 | |||||||
Name | Type of Governor | Appointing Body | Office | Term – 3 years | Committee(s) | Lead Governor Role(s) | Registered Interests |
Val Bishop | Parent | Governing Body - uncontested | Chair of FGB | 17.03.2025-16.03.2028 | Pay |
| Parent of a child/children at school |
Jamie Edmonds | Co-opted | Governing Body |
| 17.03.2024-16.03.2027 | HT Appraisal, Pay | Pupil Premium, Curriculum, School Improvement |
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Emma Fell | Co-opted | Governing Body |
| 12.09.2024 – 11.09.2027 |
| Community / Parental Engagement, Early Years |
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Jeremy Hidderley | Parent | Governing Body - uncontested |
| 14.06.2024-13.06.2027 | HT Appraisal, Pay | Curriculum, Deputy Safeguarding, Inclusion / SEND, Vulnerable Children | Parent of a child/children at school |
Jill Larcombe | Foundation | Tiverton Co-operative Learning Partnership (TCLP) |
| 07.12.2023- 06.12.2026 | HT Appraisal, Pay | Safeguarding, Inclusion / SEND, Vulnerable Children, Children In Care, Finance, Personnel / HR, GDPR | Devon Association of Governors |
Catherine McBride | Co-opted | Governing Body | Vice-Chair of FGB | 11.07.2024 – 10.07.2027 |
| Attendance & Behaviour |
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Cathy Noble | Staff–Head Teacher |
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| 01.09.2012 |
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Katy Plumley | Staff | Governing Body - uncontested |
| 07.12.2023-06.12.2026 |
| Health & Safety, Premises | Staff Member & Parent of a child/children at school |
Vacancy | Foundation | Tiverton Co-operative Learning Partnership (TCLP) |
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Fiona Lowe | Clerk |
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| 01.09.2018 |
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| Employee of Tarka Academy |
Details of those who have left within the last 12 months
Vicky Hill | Local Authority | Appointed by LA | 26.05.2024 – 11.07.2024 |
| CASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL - GOVERNORS ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024 | ||||||||||
| Full Governing Body (FGB) | Pay Committee | |||||||||
| 14/09/23 | 17/10/23 | 07/12/23 | 25/01/24 | 12/03/24 | 25/04/24 | 11/07/24 | 10/11/2023 | |||
| Val Bishop | Yes | Yes | Yes | S | Yes V | Yes | Yes | YES | ||
| Jamie Edmonds | S | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | S | YES | ||
| Jeremy Hidderley | Yes | |||||||||
| Vicky Hill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Luke Howard | Yes | S | S | NS | ||||||
| Jill Larcombe | Yes | NS | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Catherine McBride | Yes | |||||||||
| Cathy Noble | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Katy Plumley | Yes V | S | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Key: | NS | Absence not sanctioned | ||||||||
| S | Absence sanctioned | |||||||||
| V | Attended Virtually | |||||||||
| c | Meeting Cancelled | |||||||||
| Shaded areas denote meeting when a governor is not a member of the FGB at the date of the meeting | ||||||||||
The Structure of the Governing Board
The Governing Board of Castle Primary School is made up of:
- 3 elected parent governors
- 2 Foundation governors (nominated by Tiverton Co-operative Learning Partnership)
- 1 Local Authority (LA) governor
- 2 staff governors (one of which is the Head Teacher)
- 3 co-opted governors
Other than the Head Teacher, each governor serves a three year term of office at a time.
The Governing Board is assisted by a Clerk to the Governors, who is employed by Devon County Council.
For information on who currently makes up the Governing Board, see ‘CASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL Governing Body’
Contact the Governing Board
To contact the Governing Board, please email the clerk, Fiona Lowe, at:
clerk@castletiverton.school
The role of Castle Primary School’s Governing Board is:
to raise educational standards
to set the Schools' policy framework
to support the Head of School and staff in the management of the school
to improve the school's financial effectiveness
to represent the community in general in the running of the school
The Full Governing Board meets twice per term.