Members of the Full Governing Body
Mrs Deborah Bacon
Role: Chair of Governors
Foundation Governor
Date Appointed: May 2018
Appointed by: Governing Board
Governor Roles:
Resources Committee
(Support for Link Governor for English)
Link Governor for Early Years
HT appraisal committee Complaints Committee – as req’d
Disciplinary Committee – as req’d
Committees: FGB/School Improvement
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
Deborah is currently the Chair of Governors and is one of the Foundation Governors, attending City Valley Church in Eastburn. She has been a member of the Governing Board for 4 years previously as a parent Governor. Deborah’s eldest daughter attended Sutton CE and is now in Year 8 at South Craven. Deborah’s son continues to attend Sutton CE. Deborah works at Airedale Hospital as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist for the Child Development Team. Deborah currently supports the Head Teacher, is the link Governor for EYFS and sits on the Resources Committee.
Mr Mark jobling
Role: Parent Governor
Date Appointed: May 2022
Appointed by: The parent body
Governor Role:
Resources Committee
Link Governor for Maths
Renewal vetting of services from outside providers (with Sch Business Manager) – see Resources Comm ToR
Committees: FGB/Resources
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
Mark Jobling is a parent governor who joined in May 2022. He has a son who attends Sutton CE.
Mark works as a Financial Adviser so is well suited to supporting the school as part of its resources committee.
Mark is a firm believer that it’s important for children to have a good foundation in their understanding of Maths, and so is the schools governor linked to Maths.
Ms Lynette Brammah
Role: Local Authority Governor
Date Appointed: October 2021
Appointed by: Local Authority
Governor Roles:
School Improvement Committee (chair)
Safeguarding Governor
Link Governor for Health and Safety
(Support for Link Governor for Maths)
Complaints Committee – as req’d
Disciplinary Committee – as req’d
Committees: FGB/School Improvement
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests: None
Lynette Brammah is a Local Authority Governor who began working as a Governor in September 2021. Lynette has 27 years of experience working in Primary Education – as both a teacher and latterly a Headteacher of two Church of England Schools. Having stepped back from full time work Lynette is looking forward to supporting the work of the Governing Board at Sutton in Craven C of E specialising in Safeguarding, Curriculum and teaching and learning.
Revd. Helen Collings
Role: Foundation Governor – Ex-officio
Date Appointed: November 2015
Appointed by: The Diocese
Governor Role:
School improvement Committee
Link Governor for RE
Link Governor for SIAMS
Complaints Committee – as req’d
Disciplinary Committee – as req’d
Committees: FGB/School Improvement
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
The Revd Helen Collings is the Vicar of Sutton, Cowling and Lothersdale. She has been a Foundation Governor for the last 7 years. Before she was a Vicar, Helen worked as a teacher and senior manager in a secondary school for 10 years, where her specialisms were History, Literacy and Special Educational Needs. Helen is particularly interested in community and inclusion. She is passionate about our school as a church school that serves the whole community. She is governor for RE and Church Distinctiveness.
Mrs Caroline Kilvington
Role:Parent Governor
Date Appointed: September 2019
Appointed by: The Parent Body
Governor Role:
Resources Committee (chair)
Link Governor for SEND, vulnerable children & pupil premium
Link Governor for Health and Wellbeing
HT appraisal committee
Complaints Committee – as req’d
Disciplinary Committee – as req’d
Committees: FGB/Resources
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
Caroline Kilvington is a co-opted Governor who previously joined as a parent Governor in July 2019. She has three children who previously attended Sutton CE. Caroline has a strong interest in supporting children with special education needs, and also in mental health for both children and adults and applies this to her role as SEN and Mental Health Governor. Previously Caroline has worked in banking and was an Account Manager for Nestle and uses the skills gained in these roles to support school with finances, as Chair of Resources committee.
Mrs Tracy Felgate
Role: Staff Governor
Date Appointed: November 2020
Appointed by: The Staff Body
Governor Role: Staff Governor
School improvement Committee
Link Governor for Website
Link Governor for Equality & Diversity
Committees: FGB/School Improvement
een Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
Tracy Felgate is a staff governor, She has worked at Sutton CE school for 7 years and loved every minute of it.
She enjoys walking around the Yorkshire Dales, crafting and art when not at school.
Mrs Orla Gibbons
Role: Headteacher and Governor
Date Appointed: Jan 2020
Appointed by: The Governoring Body
Term of Office: Automatic
Committees:
School Improvement Committee
Resources Committee
Training co-ordinator
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
Mrs Orla Gibbons has been Headteacher of Sutton CE since January 2020 but has been a primary school teacher since 2005. She began her career in Leeds and has been teaching in North Yorkshire schools since 2010. She has a passion for supporting all children but in particular, children with Special Educational Needs and achieved her MA in Special Educational Needs in 2007 and has worked as SENCo since 2006.
Mrs Wendy Hamilton
Role: Co-Opted Governor
Date Appointed: November 2022
Appointed by:
Governor Roles:
School Improvement Committee
HT appraisal committee (23-24)
Complaints Committee – as req’d
Disciplinary Committee – as req’d
Committees: FGB/School Improvement/Resources
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
Business Interests:
Wendy Hamilton is a Co-opted Governor who began working as a Governor in November 2022. Wendy has 25 years of experience working in Secondary Education as a History teacher, Head of Year, Head of Department/Faculty, Assistant Head and Headteacher in a variety of schools in the London Borough of Sutton, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. She has also worked for the local authority in Lincolnshire in their School Improvement Service and has previously been a governor at a primary school in Lincolnshire