Members of The Local Academy Council
Ms Lynette Brammah
Role: Chair of Governors
Date Appointed: September 2024
Appointed by: The Governing Body
Term of Office: 1 year
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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Lynette is a Local Authority Governor and newly appointed chair of governers 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
Contact information: To contact Ms Brammah, or organise a meeting with her, please contact Mrs Jones in the office or use the school admin account.
Mrs Wendy Hamilton
Role: Vice Chair of governors, Co-Opted Governor
Date Appointed: November 2022
Appointed by: The Governoring Body
Term of Office: 1 year
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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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
Mr Mark Jobling
Role: Parent Governor
Date Appointed: May 2022
Appointed by: The parent body
Term of Office:
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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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
Mr Jamie Burns
Role: Foundation Governor
Date Appointed September 2023
Appointed by: The Governing Body
Term of Office:
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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Mrs Tracy Felgate
Role: Staff Governor
Date Appointed: November 2024
Appointed by: The Staff Body
Term of Office: 4 years
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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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
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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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.
Revd. Suzy McCarter
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Date Appointed: Spetember 2024
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Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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Miss Colette Jones
Role: Clerk to Governors
Date Appointed: September 2024
Appointed by: LDLT
Relationships between Governors & Members of Staff, including Spouses, Partners & Relatives: None
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