Governors

The Governors would like to wish you a warm welcome to our school website. We feel privileged to support Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery and are extremely proud of its achievements and status amongst the local community. This is an outstanding school where children receive a varied curriculum in a stimulating environment from an extremely dedicated and professional staff.

We are a mixed body of volunteers consisting of parents and staff governors, local community governors and local authority governors. Our role is to act as a “critical friend” to the school; ensuring accountability and helping to monitor and evaluate performance. We meet at least once a term on sub-committees, covering various aspects of the running of the school, and then for a full governor meeting.

 We, as a Governing Board, play a crucial and important role in how our school moves on, but we are often perceived as the “invisible” partner. In order for us to make ourselves more available to parents, carers and friends of Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery we would like to introduce ourselves.

We care about the children who attend our school and their families, we want the children to be happy and well looked after whilst reaching their full potential.

We will make ourselves available at parents’ evening and other school activities so that we can talk to you and listen to your comments and views. We would like to hear your views on how well the school is performing and any ideas you may have on how the school can improve. As your views are extremely important to us and the school and we hope you will feel you can ask any questions. We can be contacted, via school e-mail at admin@ricelane.liverpool.sch.uk

 

Chair of Governors: Mrs Pauline Davies 
Vice Chair of Governors: Mrs Elizabeth Baxter 

If you need to contact a Governor then you can do so via the school address.

 

Meet our Governors

Mrs Pauline Davies

Chair of Goverors

Mrs Elizabeth Baxter

Vice Chair of Governors

Mrs Ellen Douglas

Parent Governor

Miss Mary Dowrick

Co-Opted Governor

Mr Mark Gilbertson

Co-Opted Governor

Mr Graham Gilliland

Parent Governor

Mr Frank Hilliard

Co-Opted Governor

 

Mr Gareth Jones

Co-Opted Govenor

Mrs Audrey Mattocks

Co-Opted Govrnor

Ms Hayley Taylor

Co-Opted Governor

 

Mrs Lesley Roach

Headteacher

Mrs Nicola Blain

Associate Governor/ Deputy Headteacher

Mrs Catherine Sharkey

Clerk to Governors

Mr Andrew Soulsby

Staff Governor

Meet our Governors

Name of GovernorStatusAppointed ByDeclaration of InterestsTerm of OfficeAttendance Board Meetings 25/26Attendance Board Meetings 24/25Attendance Board Meetings 23/24Committee MembershipResponsibilities
Mrs Elizabeth Baxter Vice Chair of GovernorsGoverning BoardNone29/11/2021-28/11/20252:33:3Curriculum and Finance Vice Chair
Mrs Nicola Blain Associate Governor Governing Boardn/aN/A3:33:3
Mrs Lesley Roach HeadteacherGoverning Boardn/aN/A3:33:3
Mrs Pauline DaviesChair of GovernorsGoverning BoardNone22/05/2022-21/05/20262:33:3Curriculum, FinanceChair of Governors , Support Pupil Premium
Mr Andrew SoulsbyStaff GovernorStaff ElectionNone 14/11/2023-13/11/20273:33:3
Mr Mark GilbertsonCo-opted GovernorGoverning BoardSupplier of learning services15/11/2024-14/11/20283:32:3Finance
Mr Frank HilliardCo-opted GovernorGoverning BoardGovernor at Pinehurst Primary School11/01/2024-10/01/20282:33:3Curriculum and Finance Vice Chair of Curriculum, Mental Health and Wellbeing Governor
Mrs Audrey Mattocks Co-opted GovernorGoverning BoardNone 11/01/2024-10/01/20283:33:3Curriculum and FinanceSafeguarding and Attendance
Ms Hayley TaylorCo-Opted Governor Governing BoardNone23/01/2024-22/01/20283:33:3Finance Chair of Finance
Mrs Ellen DouglasParent GovernorParent ElectionNone06/12/2022-05/12/20263:33:3Curriculum Support SEND Governor
Miss Mary Dowrick Co-Opted Governor Governing Board 30/10/2024-29/10/20250:30:3
Mr Graham GillilandParent Governor Parent Election26/02/2024-25/02/20283:32:2Finance
Ms Wendy MasonLocal Authority GovernorLocal Authority16/05/2025-15/05/20291:1Curriculum Pupil Premium
Mr Gareth JonesCo-Opted Governor Governing Board 23/01/2025-22/01/20292:2n/aCurriculum, Finance
Ms Amanda Tambourini-MooreCo-opted GovernorGoverning Body19/05/2025-18/05/20290:1
Financial Statement

The Governing Body can confirm that no person is paid £100,000 or more. For further financial information please refer to the Financial Benchmarking page on the link below:

https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=141937

 

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