Governors
We are currently recruiting new Parent and Community Governors to the Garvestone Primary School Governing Body. Unity Education Trust has initiated the Garvestone Review Board during this period of recruitment which comprises:
Mr Glyn Hambling
Chair of Garvestone Review Board
Mr Alan Jones
Chair of UET Trustees
Mrs Michelle Farnan
Headteacher
Mr Andy Mason
Director of School Improvement
Miss Alex Dolby
Staff Governor
Marika Akhurst
Parent Governor
Helen Torrance
School clerk
Helen Torrance – school clerk email: htorrance@unityeducationtrust.uk
Governor Profiles
| Name | Profile |
|---|---|
| Alan Jones | Alan has been a school governor since 2007, serving on the Governing Body of Northgate High School as Chair (2008-13 and 2016-2017) and Vice-Chair (2013-2015), and as co-opted governor of Beeston Primary School (2017). He regards his role as a school governor as the opportunity to give back something to the education system that helped him and his family. Prior to his retirement in 2003 he was a senior university manager at the University of East Anglia and he continues as a part-time administrative consultant to a research institute affiliated to the University. His voluntary work includes serving as a Director and Trustee of Kickstart Norfolk which is the largest moped “wheels to work” charity in the country. |
| Michelle Farnan | Michelle started Teaching at our school in 1999 , became Acting Head when the then current Headteacher was seconded and then became our Headteacher in 2004. Michelle has served on our governing body since she started at the school. In 2017 when we became part of the UET multi academy trust - Michelle shared her time between us and Beeston School - as Executive Headteacher. She is now back to being full time as a teaching Headteacher at Garvestone.. Michelle’s two children attended the school. Her voluntary work includes serving as a trustee for the Garvestone & Thuxton Village Hall, the Thuxton Poors’ charity and supporting the Friends of Garvestone School charity. |
| Sharon Brown | Sharon moved to Norfolk in 2014 after taking early retirement from teaching. She taught for 35 years in schools in the Midlands. Her teaching career commenced in the 1970s in the secondary phase teaching MFL to examination level. In the late 1980s she transferred to the primary phase and taught across all the key stages. Her areas of expertise are with KS1 and Foundation Stage. She managed a very lively 56 place Foundation Unit over 16 years so fully understands and appreciates the demands of the curriculum, target setting and assessment. |
Academy Conversion
Governors Interests and Terms of Office
Annual Governance Statement
Memorandum of Association of Unity Education Trust
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2020-21
UET Master funding agreement
Garvestone Funding Agreement
Annual Report & Financial Statements 2021-22
Governor Attendance 2021-22
Scheme of delegation
Articles of Association
Structure and Remit of the UET Governance
