Mill Ford School

Who’s Who?

 

Meet The Governing Body

Dr Jan Georgeson

Chair of Governors - Co-Opted Governor
 

Term of Office Expiry: 10.09.2025
 

Appointed By: Governing Body

Responsibilities:

  • Quality of Teaching
  • Assessment (including outcomes for pupils)
  • Curriculum/EFYS 

Email: chair@millfordschool.co.uk

 

 

Miss Karen Dark 

Vice Chair of Governors / Parent Governor

Term of Office Expiry: 20.04.2026

Appointed by: Parents

Responsibilities:

  • Behaviour and Attendance
  • Child Protection, Safeguarding, Looked After Children, Cyber Security & Whistleblowing
  • Governor Recruitment and Induction Support
  • Head Teacher's Appraisal Panel
  • Health and Safety
  • Premises and Building

 

  

Mrs Claire Wills

Headteacher
 

Term of Office Expiry: N/A
Appointed By: Ex Officio

 

Dr Paul Jarvis

Co-Opted Governor
 

Term of Office Expiry: 08.05.2028
 

Appointed by: Governing Body

Responsibilities:

  • Behaviour and Attendance
  • Child Protection, Safeguarding, Looked After Children, Cyber Security & Whistleblowing
  • Health and Safety
  • Salary Panel

 

Miss Laura Nankivell

Parent Governor

Term of Office Expiry: 23.11.2026

Appointed by: Parents

Responsibilities: 

  • Quality of Teaching, Assessment (including outcomes for pupils) & Curriculum/EFYS 
  • Head Teacher's Appraisal Panel
  • Premises and Building
  • Wellbeing and Communication (Parents, Staff & Pupils)

Mr Richard Pollock

Local Authority Governor
 

Term of Office Expiry: 17.07.2027
 

Appointed by: Local Authority

Responsibilities:

  • Finance
  • Head Teacher's Appraisal Panel
  • Salary Panel

Kate Ullman

Teacher Governor

 

Term of Office Expiry: 06.05.2028

Appointed by: Teaching Staff

Responsibilities:

  • Post 16
  • Careers

Karen Dunn

Co-opted Governor, March 2025

Term of Office Expiry: TBC

Appointed by: TBC

Responsibilities: TBC

 

Judicium Education

Judicium Education Clerking & Governance Service

Jane Wynn, Clerk to Governors

 

 

Pecuniary Interests

Name of Governor

Date Pecuniary Interests Declaration Signed

Nature of interest/Business Relationship with Company or personal (including membership of other Governing Bodies and relationships with members of staff)

Current DBS (enhanced) expiry date

Date Annual Safeguarding Declaration Signed

Dr J Georgeson

02 September 2024

Staff member at Plymouth Institute of Education, The University of Plymouth

15 December 2026

02 September 2024

Dr P Jarvis

02 September 2024

Director at Jarvis Nuclear Limited

Trustee of Mill Ford Friends

Director of Jeremiah's Journey

18 October 2026

14 October 2024

Miss K Dark

11 September 2024

Trustee of Mill Ford Friends

21 April 2025

11 September 2024

Miss L Nankivell

04 September 2024

None

11 November 2025

04 September 2024

Mr R Pollock

02 September 2024

Coodes LLP Solicitors (Partner)

Secretary - Cornwall Community Foundation (Charity)

06 February 2026

03 September 2024

Kate Ullman

16 October 2024

None

16 November 2025

16 October 2024

Mrs C Wills

16 October 2024

Personally employs an ex-school employee who left the school to explore a different career

22 February 2026

16 October 2024