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Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors page. To find out more about our Governing Body, please choose from the links below.

If you wish to contact the Governing Body, please do so via email to lashman@mereworth.kent.sch.uk.

About our Governors

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Pamela Conibeer, CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

My name is Pamela Conibeer and my husband and I have been residents of Mereworth for almost twenty years, having moved here from Essex early in 1991. My own background is in education, as we moved to Kent in order for me to take up my present post as Headteacher of a girls secondary school in Medway.

I became a Community Governor in 2009 during a period of change and development for the school, which has always been at the heart of the village community, and I feel it is both a pleasure and a privilege to be part of the team as the school goes from strength to strength.

I am also the Chair of the Management Committee of The Rowans which is a Pupil Referral Unit in Walderslade, Medway.

Richard Bolsin, EYFS, TRAINING

I live in Yalding. I am married with three grown up children, all products of Kent’s schools. Until 2012 I was General Secretary of the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and was awarded the MBE in 2009 for services to adult education.

After graduating from Cambridge University, I started my career teaching classics at Watford Grammar School. I then went on to work in Hertfordshire, Dudley and Kent and became Medway’s first Director of Education in 1997. I have been a Governor of three Kent schools and of Mid Kent College of Higher and Further Education.

Marion Regan

I attended Mereworth School 1965-71, and have followed its progress over many years, having lived and worked in Mereworth all my life. As a Community Governor, I believe a good, inclusive school is essential for the vibrancy of a rural community.

I studied Plant Sciences at Oxford University and the University of Maryland before joining our family farming business, which I now own and run with my husband Jon. I am a Director and former Chairman of a marketing cooperative and I have served as a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the East Malling Trust for Horticultural Research. I was awarded an MBE for services to the fruit industry in 2014. I am a STEM Ambassador, promoting careers in science and technology in local schools, and also a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.

Sharon Denney

I have two boys at Mereworth, in Years 3 and 6, and have been a Parent Governor since 2011. I am passionate about education and feel strongly that I want to give something back to the school that is working so hard to offer the best for my children.

I am currently the Vice Chair of the Full Governing Body and have responsibility for overseeing the Training and Development of Governors, monitoring Pupil Outcomes and the Early Years Foundation Stage. I have a degree in PE, Sports Science and Management Studies from Loughborough University and so I also have a special interested in PE and School Sport.

In my professional life, I started my career as a Primary School teacher at Slade Primary in Tonbridge, before joining KCC as the Adviser for Physical Education. I am now a freelance School Improvement Consultant, working with primary schools across Kent and Sussex. When I manage to find a bit of spare time, I can be found on the badminton court, reading or providing the taxi for the children’s extensive social lives!

Alison Currie, VICE CHAIR

Information coming soon!

Governors Register of Business Interests June 2018

Mereworth Community Primary School

Governors Register of Business Interests – June 2018

Mereworth Primary School – Governor Records

As of June 2018

Mereworth Primary School – Full Governing Body Attendance Summary – 2017 / 2018

Y = In attendance      AA = Apology Accepted        X = No apology / not accepted 

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Mereworth School Development Plan 2017/18

Governor Links/Monitoring

SEN Governor – Charlotte Dubern

Training Governor – Amy Frost

Safeguarding Governor – Jane Carnegie

Health and Safety Governor – Amy Frost

Committee Membership

HT Performance – Charlotte Dubern, Pam Conibeer, Richard Bolsin

Appeal Panel – Governors appointed as required – at least 3

Complaints – Governors appointed as required – at least 3

Updated 6^th June 2018

Mereworth Primary School – Governing Body Structure/ Membership

As of June 2018

To download the NGA Code of Practice for Governing Bodies click here: NGA-Code-of-Practice-for-Governing-Bodies