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 Scheme of Delegation.

We keep yearly attendance records for governors meetings, below you can see the past 3 years.

Current Governors

Name	Appointed By	Date Appointed
Valerie Forster (Chair)	Appointed by GB/board	7 May 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 Lucy Lavelle	Appointed by GB/board	16 December 2024
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 Daniel Lister	Appointed by GB/board	20 July 2026
Mr David Swift	Appointed by GB/board	27 March 2023
Mr Mohammad Zahidul Islam	Elected by parents	23 November 2023
Mrs Ameenat Omotayo Adefenwa	Elected by parents	14 October 2025
Mrs Fiona Katherine Tobin	Appointed by GB/board	2 April 2025
Mrs Syeda Khaled	Elected by parents	23 November 2023
Rev Katherine Jane Cooper-Young	Appointed by GB/board	20 July 2026

Historic (left within last 12 months)

Name	Role	Date Left
Mrs Rima Khanom Ali	Governor	26 June 2026
Valerie Forster	Chair of Governors	31 December 2025

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
Miss Green	Senior Leader & Y6
Mr Warkman	Senior Leader & Y4
Mrs Waller	Senior Leader & Y2
Miss Higgins	Senior Leader & EYFS

Year 6	Position
Miss Green	Teacher
Mr Old	Teacher
Miss Walker	Teacher

Year 5	Position
Miss Cherrett	Teacher
Miss Howard	Teacher
Mrs Crosbee	Teacher
Mrs J Begum	Teaching Assistant (TA)

Year 4	Position
Mr Warkman	Teacher
Mr Spoors	Teacher
Mrs Mechan	Teaching Assistant (TA)

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

Year 2	Position
Mrs Waller	Teacher
Miss Scott	Teacher
Mrs R Begum	Teaching Assistant (TA)
Miss Thompson	Teaching Assistant (TA)

Year 1	Position
Mr Williams	Teacher
Mrs L Johnson	Teacher
Mrs C Johnson	Teaching Assistant (TA)
Mrs N Begum	Teaching Assistant (TA)

EYFS	Position
Mrs Walsh	Teacher – Reception
Mrs Cameron	Teacher – Reception
Mrs Southern	Teacher – Reception
Miss Higgins	Teacher – Nursery
Mrs Metcalfe	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Reception
Miss Brown	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Reception
Miss Osborne	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Nursery
Mrs Lewis	Teaching Assistant (TA) – Nursery

ARP	Position
Mrs Robson	Teacher
Miss Pringle	Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
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 Lavelle	Family Worker & Safeguarding Lead
Miss Ellis	Attendance Lead
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
Mrs Qureshi	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs Khatun	Lunchtime Supervisor
Mrs Hamid	Lunchtime Supervisor
Miss Johnston	Cook
Mrs Duck	Catering Assistant
Mrs Snowball	Catering Assistant
Mrs Johnson	Catering Assistant
Mrs Le Menn	Catering Assistant
Mrs Le Menn	Cleaning Team
Mrs Milner	Cleaning Team
Mrs Young	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.