Who are our Governors?
Below are details of the current governors at Richard Avenue. You can also view our Governing Board Structure and the attendance records for 2015-2016 , 2016-2017 , 2017-2018 , 2018-2019 , 2019-2020 , 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 .
You can also view our Committee Information Sheet which has general governance information, and Terms of Reference (part 1) and Terms of Reference (part 2) .
The Governors can be members of three different committees, each overseeing different areas of school operations:
- Focus Group 1 (FG1) – Finance, HR, Premises, and Performance Management.
- Focus Group 2 (FG2) – Progress and Attainment.
- Focus Group 3 (FG3) – Pupil Development (including, attendance, behaviour, curriculum, SMSC, and safeguarding)
Craig Hilton
Office Held: Chair of Governors
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 14/12/2020
Committee Membership: FG1, FG2, FG3, Link Governor for KS1
Declaration Details:
- Child on school roll during the current academic year.
Valerie Forster
Office Held: Vice Chair of Governors
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 08/05/2021
Committee Membership: FG1, FG2, FG3
Declaration Details:
- Nil return – No Declarations.
Lynne Dagg
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 01/01/2019
Committee Membership: FG1, FG2
Declaration Details:
- Employed as a Lecturer by Sunderland University.
Dr Amina Razak
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 14/07/2021
Committee Membership: FG2, Personnel Appeals Commitee
Declaration Details:
- Child on school roll during the current academic year.
Sevannah De Vies
Office Held: Parent Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 21/10/2019
Committee Membership: Personnel Appeals Commitee
Declaration Details:
- Children on school roll during the current academic year.
Raju Noor
Office Held: Parent Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 23/10/2020
Committee Membership: Personnel Appeals Commitee
Declaration Details:
- Children on school roll during the current academic year.
Shehzad Raza
Office Held: Parent Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 28/06/2017
Committee Membership: Personnel Appeals Commitee
Declaration Details:
- Child on school roll during the current academic year.
Claire McKinney
Office Held: Headteacher
Committee Membership:
Declaration Details: FG1, FG2, FG3
- Employed within the school.
Tracey Ellis
Office Held: Staff Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 08/10/2020
Committee Membership: FG3
Declaration Details:
- Employed as HLTA within the school.
Rima Ali
Office Held: Parent Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 27/06/2022
Committee Membership:
Declaration Details:
Past Governors
The following is a list of people who governed over the past 12 months but have since resigned.
Sujona Begum
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 01/01/2019
Committee Membership: FG3
Declaration Details:
- Child on school roll during the current academic year.
Kaiser Ahmed
Office Held: Parent Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 15/07/2021
Committee Membership: Personnel Appeals Commitee
Declaration Details:
- Child on school roll during the current academic year.
Julie Ann Richardson
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 17/04/2019
Committee Membership: FG2, Personnel Appeals Commitee
Declaration Details:
- Nil return – No Declarations.
Tony Kingston
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 01/09/2018
Committee Membership: FG1, FG2, Link Governor for EYFS
Declaration Details:
- School Consultant
Nasima Islam
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 14/07/2021
Committee Membership:
Declaration Details:
Rebecca Evans
Office Held: Chair
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 12/10/2020
Committee Membership: Chair of Governors, FG1, FG2, Link Governor for KS2
Declaration Details:
- Child on school roll during the current academic year.
Rebecca Atkinson
Office Held: Local Authority Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 16/06/2017
Committee Membership: FG2
Declaration Details:
- Relative is employed by the school as Nursery Manager.
- Local Ward Councillor in the Barnes Ward.
Karen Todd
Office Held: Staff Governor – Headteacher
Term of Office: n/a
Date Appointed: 01/05/2013
Committee Membership: FG1, FG2, FG3
Declaration Details:
- Employed as Head Teacher within the school.
- Relative owns Southwick Trophies who provide services for the school.
Rachael Dunn
Office Held: Co-opted Governor
Term of Office: 4 Years
Date Appointed: 18/13/2019
Committee Membership: FG3
Declaration Details:
- Employed as Teacher within the school.