Governance & Staffing

The running of our school is made smooth by the everyday work and decisions made by our staff and our governors.

Governance

Our Governors fall into different areas of our Governing Board Structure.

Governors can be members of three different committees, each overseeing different areas of school operations:

• Resource Management Committee
• Strategic Policy and Direction Committee
• School Improvement and Pupil Progress Committee

Our Committee Information Sheet has general governance information including Focus Group membership. You can also view our Terms of Reference (part 1) and Terms of Reference (part 2).

We keep yearly attendance records for governors meetings, below you can see the past 2 years.

Current Governors

Name	Appointed By	Date Appointed
Val Forster (Chair)	Nominated	2 April 2025
Councillor Ehthershamul Haque	Appointed by LA	18 December 2023
Headteacher Claire Ann McKinney	Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher	25 April 2022
Miss Lynne Dagg	Appointed by GB/board	1 January 2023
Miss Rebecca Cherrett	Elected by school staff	8 October 2024
Mr Alan Rinaldi	Appointed by GB/board	17 July 2023
Mr Colin Dagg	Appointed by GB/board	18 July 2022
Mr David Swift	Appointed by GB/board	27 March 2023
Mr Mohammad Zahidul Islam	Elected by parents	23 November 2023
Mr Shezad Raza	Elected by parents	15 July 2021
Mrs Fiona Katherine Tobin	Appointed by GB/board	2 April 2025
Mrs Rima Khanom Ali	Elected by parents	27 June 2022
Mrs Syeda Khaled	Elected by parents	23 November 2023
Tracey Ellis	Appointed by GB/board	23 October 2020

Historic (left within last 12 months)

Name	Role	Date Left
Amina Razak	Governor	11 November 2024
Craig Hilton	Chair of governors	15 July 2024

Our Staff

The staff of Richard Avenue Primary have created a caring, and exciting learning environment.

Senior Leadership Team (SLT)	Position
Miss McKinney	Head Teacher
Miss Walker	Deputy Head Teacher & Y6
Mrs Robson	Assistant Head Teacher – SENDCo & Reading Lead
Mr Warkman	Senior Leader & Y5
Miss Green	Senior Leader & Y4
Mrs Waller	Senior Leader & Y2
Miss Higgins	Senior Leader & EYFS

Year 6	Position
Miss Howard	Teacher
Miss Cherrett	Teacher
Miss Walker	Teacher

Year 5	Position
Mr Warkman	Teacher
Mr Old	Teacher
Mr Spoors	Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)

Year 4	Position
Miss Green	Teacher
Mrs Gorton	Teacher
Mrs Raine	Teaching Assistant (TA)

Year 3	Position
Mrs Mann	Teacher
Mr Bolton	Teacher
Mrs Watchman-Atkinson	Teaching Assistant (TA)
Mrs Islam	Teaching Assistant (TA)

Year 2	Position
Mrs Waller	Teacher
Miss Scott	Teacher
Miss Lowther	Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Miss Thompson	Teaching Assistant (TA)

Year 1	Position
Mr Williams	Teacher
Mrs Walsh	Teacher
Mrs Cameron	Teacher
Mrs C Johnson	Teaching Assistant (TA)
Mrs J Begum	Teaching Assistant (TA)

EYFS	Position
Mrs L Johnson	Teacher – Reception
Mrs Southern	Teacher – Reception
Miss Higgins	Teacher – Nursery
Mrs Metcalfe	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Reception
Miss Brown	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Reception
Miss Pringle	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Nursery
Mrs Lewis	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Nursery

ARP	Position
Mrs Robson	Teacher – KS1
Mrs Grainger	Teacher – KS2
Mrs Rahma Begum	Teaching Assistant (TA)
Mrs Crawley	Teaching Assistant (TA)
Miss Longworth	Teaching Assistant (TA)

School Support Team	Position
Miss Donneky	Business Manager
Mrs Stephenson	Finance Officer
Mrs Lucy Johnson	Admin Assistant
Mrs Sam Begum	Admin Assistant
Mrs Raine	SEN Assistant
Mr Taylor	Site Manager
Mrs Christie	Senior Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs Anderson	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs Bakth	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs A Begum	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs S Begum	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs R Begum	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs Maqsood	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs J Begum	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mr Cairns	Cook
Mrs Duck	Catering Assistant
Mrs Snowball	Catering Assistant
Mrs Johnson	Catering Assistant
Mrs Le Menn	Cleaning Team
Mrs Peters	Cleaning Team
Mrs Milner	Cleaning Team
Mrs Cowley	Cleaning Team
Mrs Donkin	Cleaning Team

Reporting Salaries of High Paid Staff

Schools are required to publish details of members of staff who earn £100,000 or more. There are no members of our staff in this category at Richard Avenue Primary School.