Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
Chair of Governors - Ann Naylor
Vice Chair - Andrea Ormsby
Committees and Chairs:
Full Governors – Ann Naylor
Resources - Ann Naylor
Admissions – Andrea Ormsby
Curriculum – Jennifer Jackson
Pupil Discipline/Welfare – Ann Naylor
Staff attendance/ discipline and dismissal –Ann Naylor
Pay Committee - Sheila Horridge
Headteacher Appraisal - Ann Naylor
Annual Governance Statement for the Governing Board of St Richard’s Catholic Primary School School
Governor Constitution
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Appointment
| Name | Appointed by
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Foundation governors
| Mrs Maria Coventry | Liverpool Archdiocese | 01/01/2023 | - | 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2027 |
Mrs Sheila Horridge | Liverpool Archdiocese | 19/11/2020 | - | 19/11/2024 | 18/11/2028 | |
Susan Mason | Archdiocese | 04/12/2024 | - | 04/12/2024 | 03/12/2028 | |
Mrs A Naylor - Chair | Liverpool Archdiocese | 27/11/2018 | - | 17/12/2023 | 16/12/2027 | |
Mrs Andrea Ormsby | - | 02/04/2012 | - | 02/04/2024 | 01/04/2028 | |
Mrs Gemma Price | - | 19/02/2018 | - | 25/10/2022 | 24/10/2026 | |
Mrs Jane Steadman | Archdiocese of Liverpool | 13/12/2018 | - | 17/10/2023 | 16/10/2027 | |
Headteachers
| Mrs Jennifer Jackson |
| 01/09/2022 | - | - | - |
Local Authority Governors
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Members
| Mrs Linda Preston |
| - | - | 01/09/2024 | 31/08/2028 |
Parent governors
| Mrs Abbie Maddocks | Parents | 02/12/2024 | - | 02/12/2024 | 01/12/2028 |
Vacancy (1) |
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Staff governors
| Amy Sumner | - | 05/06/2023 | - | 05/06/2023 | 05/06/2027 |
Our foundation governors are appointed by the Archdiocese, parent governors are elected, LA governors are appointed LA and staff governor is voted in.
Governors who resigned previously:
Trish Dobson stepped down 31st August 2025
Anne Marie Warrington stepped down 31st August 2024
Governor roles:
- Child Protection/Safeguarding - Ann Naylor
- English – Susan Mason
- History - Abbie Maddocks
- RE/R(S)HE – Maria Coventry (Lee)
- Website - Gemma Price
- Maths - Susan mason
- PSHE – Jane Steadman
- Art -Linda Preston
- DT – Linda Preston
- Pupil Premium - Sheila Horridge
- Music -Sheila Horridge
- Geography – Abbie Maddocks
- SEND -Gemma Price
- PE– Jane Steadman
- Computing –Andrea Ormsby
- Early Years – Linda Preston
- MFL- Andrea Ormsby
- Science - Andrea Ormsby
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Governor Interests
Current governing board
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Name and appointment | Confirmed | Organisation | Type of interest | Notes | From | To |
Name: Maria Coventry Appointment: Foundation governor
| Confirmed: 13/10/2025 | - | non | - | - | -
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Name: Sheila Horridge Appointment: Foundation governor
| Nothing to Declare: 08/09/2025 | - | - | - | - | -
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Name: Jennifer Jackson Appointment: Headteacher
| Confirmed: 17/11/2025 | - | none | - | - | -
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Name: Abbie Maddocks Appointment: Parent governor
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Name: Susan Mason Appointment: Foundation governor
| Nothing to Declare: 12/06/2025 | - | - | - | - | -
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Name: A Naylor Appointment: Foundation governor
| Confirmed: 28/07/2025 | St Francis of Assisi Catholic School | Headteacher | - | 01/10/2020 | -
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Name: Andrea Ormsby Appointment: Foundation governor
| Nothing to Declare: 24/09/2024 | - | - | - | - | -
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Name: Linda Preston Appointment: Member
| Confirmed: 12/12/2024 | - | Mark Preston (Husband) sit supervisor within St Richards school and also maintenance man | - | - | -
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Name: Gemma Price Appointment: Foundation governor
| Nothing to Declare: 07/07/2025 | - | - | - | - | -
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Name: Jane Steadman Appointment: Foundation governor
| Nothing to Declare: 03/02/2025 | - | - | - | - | -
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Name: Amy Sumner Appointment: Staff governor
| Confirmed: 24/02/2025 | Impact Security Systems | Business or finance interests | Husband's company provides Alarm Maintenance for school | 01/04/2022 | -
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Other positions
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Name and appointment
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Name: Debbie Wenham Appointment: Clerk
| Confirmed: 12/06/2025 | - | None | - | 19/10/2020 | - |
Attendance of Meetings 2025-2026
Autumn 2025
Curriculum Committee - Tuesday 4th November 2025 8am
Present -
- Jennifer Jackson
- Linda Preston
- Gemma Price
- Susan Mason
- Amy Sumner
- Sheila Horridge
- Debbie Wenham
Full Governors Tuesday 11th November 2025 4pm
Present: Ann Naylor, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Linda Preston, Amy Sumner, Jennifer Jackson, Susan Mason, Abbie Maddocks, Jane Steadman
Resources Committee Tuesday 11th November 2025 5:10pm
Present - Ann Naylor, Jennifer Jackson, Linda Preston, Gemma Price, Susan Mason, Amy Sumner
Spring 2026
Admission Committee - Wednesday 11th March
Present:
Gemma Price, Sheila Horridge, Amy Sumner
Curriculum Committee - Tuesday 3rd February 8:10am
Present:
Jennifer Jackson, Gemma Price, Amy Sumner, Susan Mason, Sheila Horridge, Abbie Maddocks, Jane Steadman, Maria Coventry
Extraordinary Full Governors Meeting Tuesday 3rd February 8am
Present:
Jennifer Jackson, Gemma Price, Amy Sumner, Susan Mason, Sheila Horridge, Abbie Maddocks, Jane Steadman, Maria Coventry
Resources Committee Tuesday 24th February 2026 4pm
Present :
Ann Naylor, Jennifer Jackson, Andrea Ormsby, Linda Preston, Gemma Price, Sue Mason
Full Governors Tuesday 3rd March 2026 4pm
Present:
Ann Naylor |
Andrea Ormsby |
Gemma Price |
Sheila Horridge |
Linda Preston |
Susan Mason |
Amy Sumner |
Jennifer Jackson |
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Deborah Wenham |
Summer 2026
Attendance of Meetings 2024-2025
Autumn 2024
Full Governors Tuesday 12th November 2025 4pm
Present: Ann Naylor, Andrea Ormsby, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Trish Dobson, Lind Preston, Amy Sumner, Jennifer Jackson
Spring 2025
Extra Full Governor Meeting (Determining Admissions) Tuesday 25th February 4pm
Present - Ann Naylor, Andrea Ormsby, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Sue Mason, Linda Preston, Jennifer Jackson, Annie Maddocks, Debbie Wenham
Resources Committee Tuesday 25th February 2025 4:10pm
Present - Ann Naylor, Jennifer Jackson, Andrea Ormsby, Linda Preston
Full Governors and Curriculum Tuesday 4th March 4pm
Present Ann Naylor, Andrea Ormsby, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Trish Dobson, Linda Preston, Jennifer Jackson, Maria Lee, Debbie Wenham
Admissions Committee Tuesday 11th March 9am
Present - Jennifer Jackson, Andrea Ormsby, Gemma Price and Linda Preston
Summer 2025
Curriculum Committee Tuesday 20th May 2025 8am
Present -
- Jennifer Jackson
- Maria Lee
- Andrea Ormsby
- Linda Preston
- Gemma Price
- Jane Steadman
- Amy Sumner
Resources Committee - Tuesday 3rd June 2025 4pm
Present-
- Jennifer Jackson
- Ann Naylor
- Andrea Ormsby
- Linda Preston
- Gemma Price
- Amy Sumner
Full Governors Tuesday 10th June 2024 4pm
Present-
- Trish Dobson
- Sheila Horridge
- Jennifer Jackson
- Maria Lee
- Ann Naylor
- Linda Preston
- Gemma Price
- Jane Steadman
- Amy Sumner
- Debbie Wenham
Susan Mason
Abbie Maddocks
Attendance of Meetings 2023-2024
Autumn 2023
Resources Committee - Tuesday 10th October 4pm
Present - Jennifer Jackson, Ann Naylor, Amy Sumner, Andrea Ormsby and Linda Preston
Pay Committee - Monday 16th October 4pm
Present: Jennifer Jackson, Sheila Horridge, Jane Steadman and Maria Lee
Curriculum Committee - Tuesday 7th November 8am
Present: Jennifer Jackson, Gemma Price, Linda Preston, Andrea Ormsby and Sheila Horridge
Full Governors - Tuesday 15th November 2023 4pm
Present: Jennifer Jackson, Ann Naylor, Andrea Ormsby, Jane Steadman, Trish Dobson, Amy Sumner, Gemma Price, Linda Preston, Sheila Horridge and Maria Lee (and Deb Wenham -Clerk)
Spring 2024
Resource Committee -Tuesday 27th February 4pm
Present - Ann Naylor, Jennifer Jackson, Andrea Ormsby, Amy Sumner, Linda Preston
Curriculum Committee - Tuesday 6th February 8am
Present - Jennifer Jackson, Andrea Ormsby, Linda Preston, Gemma Price, Sheila Horridge, Amy Sumner, Maria Lee
Full Governors - Tuesday 5th March 4pm
Present -
Ann Naylor (Chair) |
Trish Dobson |
Andrea Ormsby |
Sheila Horridge |
Gemma Price |
Jane Steadman |
Maria Lee |
Linda Preston |
Jennifer Jackson (Headteacher) |
Debbie Wenham - Clerk
Admissions Committee - Wednesday 28th February 9am
Present - Jen Jackson, Ann Naylor, Sheila Horridge, Andrea Ormsby & Gemma Price
Extra Full Governor Meeting - Archdiocese (CMAT) - 22nd February 4pm
Present - Ann Naylor, Trish Dobson, Andrea Ormsby, Jane Steadman, Sheila Horridge, Amy Sumner, Jennifer Jackson, Debbie Wenham, Linda Preston and Gemma Price. Ben McMullen - Deputy Director of Education
Summer 2024
Resource Committee - Tuesday 11th June 5:30pm
Present - Ann Naylor, Jennifer Jackson, Andrea Ormsby, Linda Preston, Gemma Price
Curriculum Committee - Tuesday 21st May 8am
Present -Andrea Ormsby, Linda Preston, Gemma Price, Sheila Horridge, , Maria Lee
Full Governors - Tuesday 11th June 4pm
Present -
Anne Naylor (Chair) Gemma Price Linda Preston Sheila Horridge Andrea Ormsby Maria Lee Jane Steadmam Trish Dobson |
Jennifer Jackson (Headteacher) Debbie Wenham - Clerk |
Attendance of Meetings 2022-23
Autumn Term 2022
Full Governors - Thursday 24th November 2022 at 4pm
Present: A Naylor, E Caunce, A Ormsby, S Horridge, L Preston, A-M Warrington, G Price, A Sumner, J Jackson
Apologies: B Sweeney
Finance and Staffing - Tuesday 4th October 4pm
Present: J Jackson, A Naylor, A Ormsby and A Sumner (observer)
Apologies: A Smith and B Sweeney
Full Governors (with Curriculum committee) - Tuesday 11th October 4pm
Present: J Jackson, A Naylor, S Horridge, A Ormsby, J Steadman, G Price, L Preston and A Sumner (observer)
Apologies: A Smith, AM Warrington and B Sweeney
Premises (Sites) and Buildings - Tuesday 11th October 5pm
Present: J Jackson, A Naylor and L Preston
Apologies: A Smith and B Sweeney
Spring Term 2023
Finance and Staffing Tuesday 28th February 4pm
Present: Ann Naylor, Andrew Smith, Andrea Ormsby, Jennifer Jackson and Amy Sumner (Observer)
Apologies: all attended
Admissions - Tuesday 28th February 5pm
Present: Andrea Ormsby, Ann Naylor, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Jennifer Jackson and Amy Sumner (observer)
Apologies: all attended
Full Governors - Tuesday 7th March 4pm
Present: Deborah Wenham (Clerk), Jennifer Jackson, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Jane Steadman, Maria Lee, Andrea Ormsby and Linda Preston
Apologies: Ann Naylor, Bernard Sweeney, Andrew Smith and Anne-Marie Warrington
Premises (Sites) and Buildings - Tuesday 7th March 5pm
Present: J Jackson, A Naylor. and L Preston
Apologies: A Smith
Summer Term 2023
Full Governors - Tuesday 13th June 2023 4pm
Present: Deborah Wenham (Clerk), Ann Naylor, Jennifer Jackson, Sheila Horridge, Gemma Price, Maria Lee , Andrea Ormsby and Linda Preston
Apologies: Andrew Smith and Anne-Marie Warrington
Finance and Staffing Tuesday 13th June 2023 17:00 - 18:00
Present: Ann Naylor, Andrea Ormsby, Jennifer Jackson and Amy Sumner
Apologies: Andrew Smith