Meet the governing body at EWD, click on each member to find out more about them.

Our Governng Body

Name	Date Appointed	Term of Office	How appointed	Date Stepped Down
David Harrison	01/09/2013	8	Co-Opted (Chair)	N/A
Ben Dale	16/09/2020	8	Co-Opted (Vice Chair)	N/A
Helen Geraghty	14/03/2019	8	Co-Opted	N/A
George Rivers	02/12/2023	4	Co-Opted	N/A
Linda Marsden	16/09/2020	8	Co-Opted	N/A
Sharon Mitchell	26/06/2024	4	Parent Governor	N/A
Elizabeth Airey	12/07/2023	4	Staff Governor	N/A
Jo Kendrick	03/07/2024	4	Co-Opted	N/A
Michael Hutchison	01/10/2022	4	Headteacher Governor	N/A

 

Our full governing body meets once a term. Additionally we have two sub committes that also meet termly and feed information in to the full body meetings. These committees are:

Resources committee (chaired by Ben)

• supporting staffing, finance and budgets
• committee members – Ben, David, George, Mick (HT)

Strategic committee (chaired by Helen)

•  supporting curriculum development, challenging safeguarding arrangements and ensuring student wellbeing
• commitee members – Helen, Linda, Elizabeth, Sharon, George, Jo (DHT)

 

The Chair of Governors David Harrison can be contacted:

• via our main office on 0191 2980838,
• at [email protected]
• or in writing to David Harrison c/o EWD School, Thornill Road, Ponteland, NE20 9QB

 

Privacy Notice for Governors

 

 

Governor Vacancy

We need your help! We have a vacancy for a parent governor and would love to work with you to continue the work we are doing to improve our provision for your children. For more information please contact the school office:

• 0191 2980838
• [email protected]