Governors
The Governing Body at Sandside Lodge School
Sandside Lodge School has a strong Governing Body that takes a strategic role, acts as a critical friend to the school and is accountable for its decisions. It sets aims and objectives and agrees, monitors and reviews policies, targets and priorities.
All Governors have an area that they are responsible for supporting within the school and have a link member of staff they liaise with.
Governors offer strategic guidance, rather than getting involved in the operational aspects of a school. This involves:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Overseeing the school’s financial performance, ensuring money is well-spent.
- Holding the headteacher or school leadership to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff
Vicki Sloan
My name is Vicki, I am mum to Bobby who is 6 and in his second year in Conishead. He will be in the school until he 19.
I have always worked in administration, this being in the travel industry, 16 plus education and apprenticeships before moving onto BAE Systems until 2022, when I moved to Furness Academy.
At Furness Academy, I have continued to work in administration with a heavy involvement in the careers area. This has included planning and organising the careers fair for Year 11, planning and organising Work Experience for the Year 10 students and planning and organising the careers event for Year 9.
Adele Broadhurst
I am a Chartered Senior Project Manager at BAE systems, specialising in risk and contract management with a degree in Communications. My son Remy has attended Sandside school since 2022 and will remain a student until 2035. He has Autism Spectrum Condition, is non verbal and suffers from some eating disorders. To help him I have completed courses regarding sensory processing, occupational therapy, psychology, makaton and PICA to name a few.
Cheryl Athersmith
Ania Krepa
Clerk to the Governors
I have been a clerk to governors at Sandside Lodge School since 2012. I moved to England from Poland in 2009. My full time job is being a Teaching Assistant and a Head of Year 7 in a local secondary school. Personally, I am a mum of 3 children who do not allow me to ever get bored. As a family, we love cycling, cooking and baking and travelling.
James Collinge
Parent Governor
I am the Managing Director of Furness Brick & Tile Co Ltd, My son Hugo Collinge attends Sandside, and has developed really well since his attendance here began. I hope to bring my skill set to the board of Governors to help further the schools development and management.
Louis Roberts
Jude Cruickshank
Ade John
Co-Opted Governor
IT Manager in school since 2013. In other schools I have been a class teacher, head of department, union rep and school governor. I have written and published two books, a novel, and one about entropy. In my spare time I teach A level Maths and am a member of a fell running club.
Lynn Moralee
Membership
This may be comprised of:
- 4 parent governors
- 1 LA governor
- 1 staff governor
- 1 Headteacher
- 3 co-opted governors
Term of office for all categories of governors is 4 years.
Non-voting participants may be invited to meetings by the Governing Body as and when required. The Deputy Headteacher may attend as an observer as may other staff inline with Continued Professional Development opportunities with the prior permission of the Governing Body.
The Governing Body has decided not to have standing sub-committees. All information is heard by all governors in Full Governing Body meetings. Ad-hoc committees are set up as necessary for dealing with individual issues.
