GOVERNORS OF TURTON SCHOOL (2023/2024)
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GOVERNOR |
DATE OFFICE COMMENCED | DATE OF RETIREMENT |
REPRESENTING
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| Tracy Boylin (Chair) | 10.11.22 | 09.11.26 | Co-opted |
| Ursula Hodgson (Vice Chair) | 01.09.22 | 31.08.26 | Co-opted |
| Andy Byrne | 15.10.22 | 14.10.26 | Parent |
| Kelly Colderley | 07.12.23 | 06.12.27 | Co-opted |
| Lisa Cove | 15.10.22 | 14.10.26 | Co-opted |
| Carolyn Crosland | 01.01.22 | 31.12.25 | Local Authority |
| Marie Foley | 01.09.21 | 31.08.25 | Co-opted |
| Alexa Gorse | 12.03.22 | 11.03.26 | Co-opted |
| Tony Grogan | 19.10.20 | 18.10.24 | Co-opted |
| Owen Hughes | 01.09.21 | 31.08.25 | Co-opted |
| Jo James | 08.11.22 | 07.11.26 | Co-opted |
| Ian Moore | 17.10.20 | 16.10.24 | Co-opted |
| Louise Thornley | 15.10.22 | 14.10.26 | Parent |
| Sam Gorse | 01.01.15 | N/A | Head Teacher |
| Vacancy | Co-opted |
AUTUMN TERM
6th Sept – 22nd Dec 2023
Half Term 30th Oct – 3rd Nov 2023
Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Committee:
Monday 6th November 2023
4.30 p.m.
Resources:
Monday 13th November 2023
4.30 p.m.
Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Committee:
Monday 9th October 2023
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 27th November 2023
4.30 p.m.
Full Governors’ Meeting:
Monday 16th October 2023
5.00 p.m.
Pay Review Panel:
Monday 20th November 2023
5.00 p.m.
SPRING TERM
8th January – 28th March 2024
Half Term 19th Feb – 23rd Feb 2024
Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Committee:
Monday 15th January 2024
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 26th February 2024
4.30 p.m.
Resources Committee:
Monday 29th January 2024
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 4th March 2024
4.30 p.m.
Pupil Development, Wellbeing & Safeguarding Committee:
Monday 12th February 2024
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 11th March 2024
4.30 p.m.
Full Governors’ Meeting:
Monday 25th March 2024
5.00 p.m
SUMMER TERM
15th April – 19th July 2024
Half Term – 27th May – 31st May 2024
Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Committee:
Monday 29th April 2024
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 10th June 2024
4.30 p.m.
Resources Committee:
Monday 13th May 2024
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 17th June 2024
4.30 p.m.
Pupil Development, Wellbeing & Safeguarding Committee:
Monday 20th May 2024
4.30 p.m.
*Monday 24th June 2024
4.30 p.m.
Full Governors’ Meeting:
Monday 8th July 2024
5.00 p.m.
*Reserve dates.
Tracy Boylin – Chair (Co-opted Governor)
Tracy has been a Parent Governor at Turton School since November 2010 and is currently Chair.
Tracy’s background has been working as an HR Director for over 20 years in a number of sectors including Education and she now runs her own tech and business services company. It is these skills she specifically hopes to use to support the school.
Tracy sits on the Resources and Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Sub Committees. She is also governor with responsibility for Health and Safety and joint responsibility for Child Protection and Safeguarding. She holds a Trustee role with Healthwatch Bolton and has been named as a leader in Healthcare in the book “Brainy Neuroscience for Engaged People”. As a result, she often gets invited to speak at conferences on patient safety topics and bringing better reform into the NHS, to improve its patient safety matters.
Tracy has two children who have been students in the school and both went on to study in Turton Sixth Form before going on to university.
Tracy has business interests in HR Consultancy Business, People Genetics Ltd.
Her current term of office expires on 09.11.26.
Ursula Hodgson – Vice Chair (Co-opted Governor)
Ursula worked at Turton School for 17 years, before taking early retirement in 2018. She has worked in the Learning support and English departments as well as working her way up to Deputy Head Teacher in the Pastoral team.
She understands the demands on staff, pupils and parents during the secondary school experience, as well as the importance of achieving and the impact that has on wellbeing.
Ursula is currently Vice Chair. She sits on the Teaching and Learning Committee and is the governor with responsibility for Looked After Children.
Ursula continues to look for new challenges outside of education but being a governor will allow her to use her knowledge to support the school.
Ursula has no business interests to declare. Her current term of office expires on 31.08.26.
Andy Byrne (Parent Governor)
Andy joined in 2022 as Parent Governor and site on the Resources Committee.
Andy works as a Technical & Quality Manager in the chemical Industry and has over 30 years’ experience encompassing Science, Procurement, Quality Systems, Health and Safety and IT.
Andy is also a Mental Health First Aider and has an IOSH Managing Safely certificate. This wide experience and a firm belief in continual improvement will help Andy contribute effectively to the work of the Resources committee.
Andy has no business interests to declare. His current term of office expires on 14.10.26.
Kelly Colderley (Co-opted Governor)
Kelly joined us as a Co-opted Governor in December 2015. She works in the kitchen as Front of House Supervisor and SMSA Team Supervisor. She and has three children, all of whom have attended the school.
Kelly currently sits on the Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Sub-Committee.
Kelly has no business interests to declare. Her current term of office expires on 06.12.27.
Lisa Cove (Parent Governor)
Lisa is a Parent Governor who has two children at Turton. She is impressed by the school’s ethos and the academic and pastoral support given to its students, and is honoured to be part of the Turton School community and to represent the Parent Voice. She currently sits on the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Sub-committee.
Lisa has worked in both Further and Higher Education and has a doctorate (DBA) in Academic Leadership. She currently holds senior Quality role at a local University, but continues to teach, delivering Leadership modules in Vietnam and Botswana.
Lisa has no business interests to declare. Her current term of office expires on 14.10.26.
Carolyn Crosland (Local Authority Governor)
Carolyn has been a Local Authority appointed governor since January 2022 and sits on the Teaching and Learning Committee.
Carolyn lives locally and has a background in criminal justice as a former Assistant Chief for Greater Manchester Probation Service, responsible for Bolton. She currently works as a senior manager within the Civil Service, leading work to improve the skills development of prison leavers and their employability on release.
As a former member of Bolton’s Safeguarding Children Board, Carolyn brings a strong focus on safeguarding and the range of issues that impact on a student’s ability to thrive within education. She is committed to and passionate about the role that education has on shaping lives and brings this enthusiasm to her role as governor.
Carolyn is a trustee for Project Chameleon, a programme that works primarily with KS2 pupils in schools, delivering a programme to educate them about different aspects of law and crime. She has no other business interests to declare. Her current term of office expires on 31.12.25.
Marie Foley (Co-opted Governor)
Marie has served on the Governing Board since December 2012.
Marie chairs the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Sub-Committee and is the governor with responsibility for Pupil Premium.
Having worked in School’s HR as the School’s Learning and Development Officer, during which time she gained an MSC in Strategic HR Management, she feels her experience is of value.
More recently having worked within Education as the Governor Training Officer and as Leading Governance Consultant for the NGA, Marie feels she has a lot to contribute to the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Sub-Committee.
Marie says her three children have all received an excellent, all rounded education, at Turton, making her proud to be a Co-opted governor here. Having worked for the Education Authority for many years she felt it was important to give something back to the school that had offered her children so much and fully prepared them for their future paths.
Marie has business interests in Local Authority Governor training. Her current term of office expires on 31.08.25.
Alexa Gorse (Co-opted Governor)
Alexa is a Co-opted governor and currently sits on the Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Committee. She has been a governor previously and sat on the Personnel Committee, now the Resources Committee. She is also one of two governors with shared responsibility for Child Protection and Safeguarding.
She was invited, by her sister and current Head Teacher, Sam Gorse, to join the governing board due to her legal background as a solicitor, in order to add another string to the bow of the board’s mixed set of skills and interests.
Alexa was particularly drawn to Turton School because she felt an affinity with the Turton Touchstones. She shares the belief that education should, in addition to providing a good foundation in academic learning, provide students with life skills that will help them to evolve into intelligent and well-rounded adults; skills such as relatedness to others, in order to form future communities that will show compassion and empathy to people different from themselves, which will afford them a better understanding of the world and open up opportunities in new and exciting ways; a sense of belonging, because “no man is an island” (John Donne) and belonging leads to a sense of responsibility to those who may be affected by their actions; creativity and imagination, because without it we would not have the Dyson vacuum and the next generation will not benefit from trying out new ideas and looking at things in new ways; self-awareness, being the key to an ability to grow and adapt to change in healthy ways and finally seeing the good in others. The Turton Touchstones perfectly represent what Alexa hopes will be the collective personality of the next generation.
Alexa has no business interest to declare. Her current term of office expires on the 11.03.26.
Tony Grogan (Co-opted Governor)
Tony has been a teacher at Turton School since 2017 when he joined the first School Direct @ Turton cohort as a History Teacher. He is currently the Key Stage 3 curriculum lead within the History Department and a mentor for History teachers starting their teaching career with School Direct @ Turton.
Tony sits on the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Sub-Committee. He has been a governor previously at both a primary school and high school local to his home address in Lancashire. Tony became a governor at Turton as he has a passion to ensure students are given every opportunity to achieve their potential. He quickly recognised the ethos and community within Turton School was something which resonated with him and as a result he sought an opportunity to support the school in a wider way.
Prior to becoming a teacher, Tony served for 24 years in the military and holds Fellowship of the Institute of Leadership and Management. He is also a national mentor for the Open University Disabled Veterans Scheme.
Tony has no business interests to declare. His current term of office expires on 18.10.24.
Owen Hughes (Co-opted Governor)
Owen is our longest serving Governor and has been a governor at the school for over 30 years.
Owen attended schools in Preston and worked in Bolton for the majority of his working life. He has lived locally for over 40 years and is often seen around the school doing walkabouts. He has been Chair of Governors twice, recently stepping down after 7 years in 2020 and has a Certificate in Education Management.
Owen played football and cricket at a high level in The West Lancashire League, Blackpool Palace Shield, and locally in the Bolton League.
Owen sits on the Teaching Learning and Curriculum, Resources, Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding and Pupil Discipline Committees. He is also the governor with responsibility for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Owen is passionate about the school staff and students, supporting the school to provide a very high standard of education focused on continual improvement for all and ensuring our students leave as polite, well-rounded, highly employable individuals. He is fully committed to the Turton Touchstones, Triad Management Improvement and Trivium teaching methods.
Owen is a Trustee at Penwortham Priory. His current term of office expires on 31.08.25.
Jo James (Co-opted Governor)
Jo joined the Governing Board in November 2022. She currently sits on the Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Sub-Committee. She lives in Bromley Cross and her children attend local primary schools. Jo has more than 18 years’ experience practising as a solicitor, specialising in the law relating to children in both public and private law Children Act proceedings. Jo has represented children, parents, family members and local authorities at all levels of the Family Court. It is this experience of matters relating to child protection and safeguarding she specifically hopes to use to support the school.
Jo has no business interested to declare. Her current term of office expires on 07.11.26
Ian Moore (Co-opted Governor)
Ian joined the Governing Board in October 2016. He currently chairs the Resources Sub-Committee and is the governor with responsibility for Careers. He has also been a Governor at Harwood Meadows Primary School since 2008 and is currently the Chair of Governors there.
Ian was a pupil at Turton himself and has very fond memories of the school.
As a profession, Ian is dedicated to helping businesses understand and find finance, which he is happy to be able to bring to Turton. Ian hopes he can have a positive impact on the school for all pupils and teachers.
Ian has three children, two of whom are currently at Turton.
Ian has business interests in Independent Business Finance Company Ltd, Compare Invoice Finance Ltd and Express Loans 4 Business Ltd. His current term of office expires on 16.10.24.
Louise Thornley (Parent Governor)
Louise joined in October 2022 as a Parent governor and has a son currently half way through his studies at Turton. Louise is on the Pupil Development, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Committee. Louise is passionate about education, emotional wellbeing and equality, and holds a BA with Honours in Education and Inclusion. She also has a background in education recruitment with local government and is very proud to be a governor at Turton.
Louise has no business interests to declare. Her current term of office expires on 14.10.26.
ü = Present
X = Apologies Received
A = Absent
- = Not applicable (Governor does not sit on that Committee)
* = All governors were offered the opportunity to attend this particular meeting.
** = Governor consent to regular absence from meetings given.
*** = Formal meetings did not take place due to Covid regulations. Papers were circulated and governors invited to feedback.
Turton Values
Wisdom
Wisdom requires that we apply insight, experience, common sense and value to our knowledge. Its essence is discernment: right from wrong, helpful from harmful, truth from delusion. The qualities of wisdom allow us to see reality and its complexities, but remain steadfast and determined. We can see how things are in the eyes of others, as well as being able to give others an accurate depiction of ourselves. Building on the knowledge and experience of the past, using the experiences and connectivity of the present, we make decisions and move forward into the challenges of the future.
Courage
Courage is about having the inner strength and resolve to do the right thing rather than the easy thing. It is required as a means of overcoming our natural fears and anxieties in order that we operate from a place of strength and determination to make progress.
Humanity
The value of humanity puts compassion at the centre of every thought and action. It encourages an appreciation that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that our collective endeavours will lead to a better outcome for all. Empathising with others’ situations to understand others’ thoughts and actions. Humanity cares, supports and cajoles us to be better people.
Justice
Justice preserves human dignity, no matter the circumstance. It finds a collective, societal agreement on the moral line in the sand; creating circumstances that allow us to function freely within our social constructs.
Temperance
Temperance is the value that helps us keep our equilibrium. It is the quality within ourselves, and our organization, that allows us to step back, take a minute, and consider our response. It keeps us true to ourselves so that we neither become reactionary, when things don’t go as well as we’d like, nor too elated when things go well: it grounds us. Temperance ensures we balance pride with humility, courage with restraint and transcendence with action.
Transcendence
Transcendence allows us the ability to see the bigger picture, to see the whole rather than the sum of the parts. It is the invisible threads that link to the past the present and the future. Transcendence recognises the power of knowledge in search of truth. To centre ourselves we must recognise both our insignificance and significance. We believe in a liberal arts’ education as oppose to a utilitarian view. Education in its own right is the end goal, going beyond any prescribed syllabi.