Welcome to our Governors’ section.

What does the Governing Body do?

Amberley Primary School’s Governing Body is responsible for the strategic management of the school. This means that together the governors decide what they want the school to achieve, setting suitable aims and objectives, agreeing policies, targets and priorities; and monitoring all of these to ensure they are being achieved. For example, they are responsible for setting the values of the school, overseeing budgets, assisting with the recruitment of new staff and acting as a ‘critical friend’ to the Head Teacher.

How often does the Governing Body meet?

The Governing Body meets once every half term. In addition to this, governors also meet in a variety of working groups, including: Staffing and Finance; Premises; Health and Safety; Performance and Management. Each governor also has responsibility for one or more curriculum subject area.

Full Governing Body meetings for the year 2024-2025 are:

• Tuesday 15th October 2024
• Tuesday 10th December 2024
• Tuesday 11th February 2025
• Tuesday 25th March 2025
• Tuesday 20th May 2025
• Tuesday 8th July 2025

Our Governing Body consists of sixteen governors, from the local community and businesses, all committed to actively participating in school life to deliver the best education for all our pupils. These are:

8 Co-opted Governors:

• Mrs D Laird (Chair)
• Mr A Mowbray (Vice Chair)

• Ms L Chetcuti
• Mrs L Jennings
• Ms L Dunn
• Mrs C Dobinson-Booth
• Mr W Ross
• 1 vacancy

2 Foundation Governors:

• 2 vacancies

1 Head teacher:

• Mr T Rigg

1 Local Authority Governor

• Mrs H Gow

3 Parent Governors:

• Mrs A Gardner
• Mrs K Di Girolami 
• Mrs Z Hughes

 1 Staff Governor:

• Miss M Lewis

Clerk to the Governing Body: Mrs K Hubbard

The Governing Body or Chair of Governors may be contacted by writing to the school office at Amberley Primary School, East Bailey, Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 6SQ.