Governing body
GOVERNORS
All governors serve on the Management Committee and Full Governing Body meetings and all governors have voting rights.
Our Chair of Governors is: Mary Hartshorne
Our Vice Chair is: Laura Clarke
Mrs Mary Hartshorne (Co-opted) - 02/07/2019 - 01/07/2023
Laura Clark (Co-opted) (Vice Chair) 30/03/2021 – 29/03/2025
Mr Crichton Brauer (Co-opted) - 24/11/2020 - 23/11/2024
Rev Mandy Cartwright (LA) 23/11/2021 - 22/11/2025
Mr B Carver (Headteacher) - 01/01/2022
Mr T Straw (Staff Governor) 28/01/2022 - 27/01/2026
Mr Mark Tyler (Co-opted) 30/03/2021 - 29/03/2025
Mrs Sue Laplanche (Co-opted) - 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026
Mr Paul Nolan (Co-opted) - 16/11/2022 - 15/11/2026
Mrs Adrienne Allcock (Co-opted) - 16/11/2022 - 15/11/2026
Mr Peter Smith (Parent Governor) - 19/12/2022 - 18/12/2026
Miss C Fawcett (Parent Governor) 28/01/22 - 27/01/26
Marion Collins (Associate Governor) - 12/05/2020 - 11/05/2024
Co-opted Governors are voted in by the governing board; parent governors are elected through a parental election; staff governors via a staff vote and LA governors are appointed by the Local Authority.
Declarations of Interest - January 2023
John Blow Primary School Governing Body
| Name | Pen portrait |
| Mr C Brauer | I am M.D. of a commercial education business and part owner of a micro brewery. I enjoy running 5k to marathon – proudest moment completing the London Marathon in 2018. For fun, I go mud obstacle racing. For endurance I go to Nottingham Forest with my sons! |
Rev M Cartwright | I came to Collingham at the end of 2016 with my husband, to be the vicar of Collingham and a number of other villages. I enjoy living and working here and I enjoy being involved with the school. For fun I like being with my friends and family, travel, films, theatre and books. |
Mrs L Clark - (Vice Chair)
| I am currently working for Children’s Services at LCC having previously spent 6 years working at a Lincoln Primary School and two years with their Board of Governors. I have two children, one in Primary School and the other in Secondary School. |
| Miss C Fawcett | I am a qualified chartered management accountant with 20 years business experience. I have 2 children, both at John Blow. in my spare time I enjoy running, bootcamp classes and watching Lincoln City. |
Mrs M Hartshorne (Chair of Governors) | A qualified speech and language therapist, I’m now an adviser for an autism charity and I also support vulnerable witnesses at police interview. I love cycling, reading and everything about food: growing it, cooking, eating it. |
| Mr P Nolan | A retired primary school headteacher, I continue to work with a couple of schools. I live in Collingham and look forward to supporting the school and sharing my enthusiasm for learning with the children. I like playing tennis and watching cricket in the village. |
| Mr P Smith | I am a member of the Royal Air Force with a background in training and instruction. I have two children, one at John Blow and one due to start soon. I love the Outdoors and enjoy cycling, climbing and running as well as attempting to play guitar. |
Mr M Tyler | I have lived in Collingham since 2015, and I have two grown up children. I work part-time as the in-house lawyer for a family mediation company. I was previously a foundation governor for an inner-city school in London. My interests include canal boating and keeping chickens. |