Governors

Highfield Nursery is federated with Duke Street Nursery and our governors oversee both schools, to see all up to date governor information please see the links below.

I have worked across the spectrum of Lancashire County Council Children Services for over 37 years

I started my career in nurseries and schools as a qualified Nursery Nurse , then worked as an Extended services Manager at Duke Street Children centre and more recently as a Team Manager for Children and Families Wellbeing service [ Early help ] .

My career has spanned the range of birth to 19 years, I believe in supporting young parents or those less confident to develop their strengths for the benefit of their children.

I will be active and available to you as parents, to the staff team and to undertake visits and engage with your children as they learn.

I am passionate about the Outstanding work undertaken in your Federation of Nurseries [Highfield and Duke street] and I have been part of the journey in maintaining these standards as an active Governor for the last 10 years , and as your Chair of Governors I will continue to guide and support the excellent work and team .

Contact bursar@dukestreet-nur.lancs.sch.uk and your email will be forwarded directly to Hellen Hull.

Previous experience in the following roles; Headteacher; Senior Adviser for Early Years, Lancashire County Council (LCC)

Extensive experience over career has included:

- provided training for governing bodies, including Headteacher appraisal, senior appointments, school self evaluation, Ofsted.

- managed school budget as Headteacher, handling complaints, grievances and appeals; formative and summative school data analysis and reporting to parents, governors, senior staff and Ofsted; curriculum leadership overall as Headteacher; experience as SENco; responsible for statutory assessment as Headteacher; qualified and experienced early years moderator; experienced LCC SATS Monitor, including investigation of allegations of malpractice.

- introduced traded early years services to support responsibility for LCC's £500k early years budget annually.

- experienced appraiser and bought in as external advice to support Headteacher appraisal annually in schools across North Lancashire; data analysis and reporting LCC's early years data.

- strategic lead for LCC's Training Programme and support for early years staff in schools and nursery settings.

Previous experience in the following roles: Headteacher, Head of Children's Centre, NAHT Union Caseworker.

Extensive experience over career has included:

- managed school budget as Headteacher, handling complaints, grievances and appeals; formative and summative school data analysis and reporting to parents, governors, senior staff and Ofsted; curriculum leadership overall as Headteacher; responsible for statutory assessment as Headteacher.

Managed Children's Centre budget, handling complaints, grievances and appeals; oversaw closure of Children's Centre.

Chaired LOC, Local Organising Committee for School Games for 6 years; chaired Chorley's School Sports Partnership, enabling all Chorley schools to buy in top quality provision and school sports competition.

NAHT Union Caseworker 2018 to date supporting school leaders in Lancashire.

If you would like to know more about becoming a School Governor please speak to any member of staff. We would love to welcome you on board!