Chair of Governors
Mr Thomas Rose
Appointment start date 08.08.2025 End Date 07.08.2029
Resources Committee
Curriculum and School Effectiveness Committee (Chair)
Safeguarding, PE, MFL, Art/Design
Mr Rose is not a governor of any other school and does not have a declared business interest.
VICE CHAIR
Mrs. Alice Helm-Alabaster
Foundation Governor
(Elected by the PCC of St Mark’s, Dolphinholme)
Appointment start date 22.02.2021 End date 11.03.2029
Resources Committee (Chair)
Mrs Helm-Alabaster is not a Governor of any other school and does not have a
declared business interest.
REVEREND Canon cINDY RIGNEY, Vicar at St mark’s
Ex-officio
Appointment start date 01.01.2015 End date 31.12.2026
Curriculum and School Effectiveness Committee
Staff Well-being, Music, RE and Worship
Reverend Rigney is also a governor at Quernmore Primary School and does not have a declared business interest.
Dr Richard Austen-Baker
Foundation Governor
(Elected by the PCC of St Mark’s, Dolphinholme)
Appointment start date 17.05.2018 End date 16.05.2026
Curriculum and School Effectiveness Committee
GDPR Humanities
Dr Austen-Baker is not a Governor of any other school and does not have a declared business interest.
Farzaneh Mani
Local Authority Governor
Appointment start date 19.05.2025 End date 18.05.2029
Resources Committee (Chair)
Science
Dr. Mani is not a Governor of any other school and does not have a declared business interest.
Stephen Baines
Parent Governor
(Elected by the parent body of Dolphinholme CE Primary School)
Appointment start date 24.02.2025 End date 23.02.2029
Curriculum and School Effectiveness Committee
Mr Baines is not a Governor of any other school and does not have a declared business interest.
Mrs. Emma Kidd
Parent Governor
(Elected by the parent body of Dolphinholme CE Primary School)
Appointment start date 24.02.2025 End date 23.02.2029
Resources Committee
Mrs Kidd is not a Governor of any other school and does not have a declared business interest.
Mrs. Jane Entwistle
Foundation Governor
(nominated by the Principal Officiating Minister for the parish of St Mark’s, Dolphinholme)
Appointment start date 16.2.2023 End date 15.2.2027
Resources Committee
PSHE
Mrs Entwistle is not a governor of another school and does not have a declared business interest.
Mr Paul Cronsaw
Staff Governor
Appointment start date 01.03.22 End date 28.02.26
Resources Committee
Computing
Mr Cronshaw is not a Governor of any other school and does not have a
declared business interest.
Miss Joanne Mather
Headteacher (Ex-officio)
Appointment start date 01.01.2023
Miss Mather is not a governor of another school and does not have a declared business interest.
