Governors

I have been ordained into the Church of England for 26 years, 25 as a priest. In that time, I have been a Governor of a State Primary school for 2 years, and a Church of England Primary school for 16 years, 7 of which saw it Federated with another Church Primary School. For 12 years I sat on The Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education, 4 of those years I was Chair of its Governance Committee. Outside of Church and School I am an avid reader of books and encourage others to read too; I love Cinema and the Arts, and I am passionate about sport, especially football (for my sins I am a Chelsea fan). Education and the support of Young People are two particular passions of mine.

I have been a foundation governor at the academy since 2020, when I retired from working at W H Smith after 48 and half years at the Scunthorpe Branch. I am also Churchwarden at St. Lawrence's Church and leader of the Girls Friendly Society at St. Lawrence's too. Scunthorpe Music Festival is also where I act as Secretary for the Speech and Drama and Music Sections and co-ordinator for the Residential Summer School these all run for a week during the year. I am also conductor of Reflections Ladies choir in Scunthorpe and I volunteer at St. Norberts Catholic Primary Academy in Crowle from March until May each year where I run the school choirs for Infant and Junior children to enable them to take part in the Music Festival.

I have lived in Scunthorpe my whole life and I am invested in making the community a better place to live for everyone. I live with my daughter, my cat and two guinea pigs and my favourite thing to do is spend time in nature. When I was young I attended High Ridge school which is now The St Lawrence Academy, I always found school difficult and now I enjoy being able to work with students who have similar struggles and helping them to reach their full potential. I currently work at Scunthorpe C of E Primary School as a pastoral officer, I love my job and enjoy working with families to offer support when it is needed.

I wanted to become a School Governor to offer my insight and provide the academy with a different perspective with the aim to bridge the gap between my community and the academy as well as offer my experience as a mum of a child with Ataxia-Telangiectasia (a rare genetic condition) who attends the academy.

I attended the academy for a year, back when it was High Ridge before I went on to complete my education at a private boarding school in Bradford where I got my degree in Islamic Theology and Jurisprudence.

Upon graduation I started teaching Arabic classes to children aged 5-16+ as well as working with women and children within the BAME community in a variety of different capacities. Almost 20 years later this is still me and I love it.