Duke Street Nursery School

"Our children and families are at the heart of everything that we do"

Duke Street and Chorley Highfield Federation Governors

 

The instrument of governance states that the term of office for our parent governors is 2 years. 

 

  

Mrs Hellen Hull (Chair of Governors)

Federation of Duke Street & Highfield Nursery School

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.

Mrs Helen Belbin (Governor)

Federation of Duke Street & Highfield Nursery School

 

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 a 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.

 

Dr Elizabeth Klavins (Governor)

Federation of Duke Street & Highfield Nursery School

 

Liz has worked in Lancashire Primary and Nursery Schools since 1982.  As Headteacher of an integrated Maintained Nursery School and Children’s Centre for 27 years she came to view leadership as a continuous process of learning.  

She is passionately committed to the development and sustainability of nursery education that enables young children to reach their full potential and become motivated learners.  She worked for over ten years as a School Adviser in Lancashire’s School Improvement Service encouraging colleagues to reflect individually and co-operatively on the effectiveness of their work with children and families. 

Liz now continues to work part time as a School Adviser for Athena Education Ltd. She became a governor at Duke St and Highfield Nursery Federation in November 2019 when her grandchildren became pupils at Duke St Nursery.

Karen Stephens (Vice Chair)

Federation of Duke Street & Highfield Nursery School

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 a 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.

 

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 Name Date of Appointment  Business and Financial Interest

Nominated Governors

 

 Relationship

Governor at other establishment 

 Sue Conron

Head Teacher

05/04/2019  Friendship -E Dennard, past employee of  Duke Street and of LCC finance team

Skills Audit

 

 Member of Staff

(Highfield and Duke Street)

 

 No

 

Dr Elizabeth Klavins

Co-opted Governor

 

18/11/2019

School Advisor Athena Ed. Ltd

Curriculum - Specific Areas

Related to M Klavins-Bridge

No 

 

Mrs K Stephens

Vice Chair

Chair of Curriculum Committee

 

10/05/2021

 

Retired; NAHT Lancashire Secretary

 Federation Health and Safety 

 

Yes

 

Hellen Hull

Chair of Governors

Chair of Resource Meeting

Co-opted Governor

 

05/04/2023

 Team manager for CFW Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

 

Private Safeguarding services and supervision

 EYPP

Child Protection/ Safeguarding

Prevent

Skills Audit

 

 

No

 

Mrs H Belbin

Co-opted Governor

Chair of Curriculum Committe 

05/10/2022 

Achieve Change and Engagement (A.C.E)

Non executive director

Connection (husband) to LASI 

Womens Institute Bolton le Sands

Curriculum (Prime Areas) - HFNS

EYPP

Skills Audit

-

Yes

 

Mrs L Phillips

Staff Governor

11/01/2023  - - Current member of staff - Assistant Head Teacher and SENco - Duke Street Nursery School No

 

Miss Claire Murray

Co-opted Governor

05/04/2023  None to declare -

Member of staff

(Highfield Nursery)

 No

 

Mrs Natalie Sinclair

 Co-opted Governor

 

 05/04/2023  Governor at St.Wilfirds Academy Standish N/A

Deputy Head Teacher

(Highfield Nursery)

Yes

Mrs M

Klavins-Bridge

 Co-opted Governor

 

20/04/2022  Daughter of Dr E Klavins 

Governor Training

Website Compliance (Duke street)

Parent Governor and related to another Governor Yes

Ms C Alston

Co-opted Governor

18/01/2021 None to declare

Curriculum (Prime Areas) - DSNS

Staff Well-being

Skills Audit

No

 

Miss S Dale

Parent Governor

 

01/07/2023   None to declare  SEND (DSNS) 

Previous Parent at Duke Street /Parent at Highfield

 No 

 

Vacancy

LA Governor 

 

Vacancy

Co-opted Governor

     

 

 

 

Vacancy

Co-opted Governor

 

 

 

Vacancy

Co-opted Governor

 

 

Vacancy

Parent Governor