My son attended both Westroyd and Springbank until the end of Year 5 when, as a family, we moved to the Isle of Man. I took early retirement and returned to Farsley in October 2015 to welcome the newest members of the family and now have two grandsons. I joined the Governing Body in July 2017 and do my best to support the school in any way that I can.

In my career I taught in secondary schools in London and Bradford before joining the senior management team at Salt Grammar School in Shipley as Assistant Headteacher; I also completed a Masters degree in Education Management. On the Isle of Man I joined the leadership team of the largest secondary school. My role involved overseeing the special educational needs team as well as being the designated teacher for Children Looked After and then the designated teacher for safeguarding and child protection. Whilst there I also completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship and became involved in the wider community to improve outcomes for children and families. This led to a move to the Department of Education and Children in 2009 as the Director of Services for Children.

I have been a Governor at Farsley Springbank for 6 years taking on the role of Chair from September 2017 until March 2022. I currently work for Leeds City Council in the Statutory Assessment and Provision Service (SENSAP) Childrens Services. My work as a Monitoring and Quality Assurance Officer provides me with the scope to work and liaise with schools on the provision and progress for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. This work is extremely rewarding and affords me the opportunity to work with Mainstream and Specialist settings across Leeds with pupils of all age groups and experience the diverse and personalised curriculum offers that are in place for Leeds pupils. I oversee the distribution of the SEN funding mechanism in Leeds (FFI) and ensure that pupils receive additional funding to ensure high quality SEN support and make progress in line with their abilities. I have previously worked as a Secondary SENCo and Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion – which is why I was particularly interested in being involved in the Pupil Support and Teaching and Learning Committees at Farsley Springbank.

This year I have been focusing on recruiting additional members to the governing body - our team of governors has grown and we now have wide and diverse skill set in order to help support and challenge the school further.

I have been involved in supporting the recruitment of new staff to the school which has been successful in ensuring the appointments of highly enthusiastic and qualified staff to add to the school team.

I was really pleased to be able to support the delivery of the key Stage 2 SATs papers where I could see first hand the exemplary behaviour and fantastic learning attitudes of the children and have completed learning walks with the SENCo to ensure that the provision for children with SEN and disabilities is in place.

Within the Teaching and Learning and Pupil Support Committees I have supported the review of key policies, scrutinised school data and asked questions of staff to ensure that any areas for development have been addressed to make sure that the children at Farsley continue to be in receipt of high quality teaching and learning experiences and continue to be well cared for.

My time spent on the Governing Body so far has been really rewarding and I am looking forward to continuing this into the next academic year - Its great to be part of a team that puts children at the centre of everything they do!

My son has been with Farsley Springbank Primary School for many years now and we've been extremely impressed with the school's culture, my son's development, and most importantly, how happy he is to be there. 

I come from a family of teachers so education has always been part of my life. Having been a governor for a number of years now, it's great to be able to be part of a great team at the school.

I am a data professional and work with a variety of companies to use data to improve performance and use these skills and experience in education and government data to help the school utilise its data to continuously improve our children's education.

I have been living in Leeds and working in schools for the past 10 years having originally grown up in Liverpool. I have lived in Farsley for the past 3 years and I feel very excited and privileged to become a Governor at Farsley Springbank School.

I worked in a secondary school in West Leeds for 9 years predominantly as a PE Teacher alongside a specific responsibility for supporting the development of trainee teachers and NQTs across our Multi Academy Trust. During this time, I also completed a Master’s in Education, which supported my own development and allowed me to research the most impactful methods of learning for the students that I was teaching.

For the past 12 months, I have been working for Teach First as a Teacher Educator which includes observing trainee teachers and NQTs and providing them with support to gain their qualified teacher status and pass their NQT year. As part of my role, I also work alongside Sheffield Hallam University conducting research into specific aspects of education that will ultimately allow our ‘new’ teachers to develop their practice and maximise progress for their classes.

I hope that the experience that I have gained in these roles will help me to support teaching staff at Farsley Springbank in a similar way and play a small part in providing the best possible education for the young people of Farsley.

My name is Kim Hurrell and I have 2 children, one in year 4 at Farsley Springbank and one who has just left and started high school in September.

I currently work in a Leeds Primary school and my role is School Business Manager. I have various skills that I bring to the role of governor, including Health & Safety knowledge plus Finance/Budget experience. I have lots of HR experience and have a healthy interest in education. I have a varied skill set and am extremely committed to the education of all children.

I am an experienced senior leader working across sport and national governing bodies for the last 12 years.  I have extensive experience of stratgey development and capital investment within the context of sporting and physical health.  I am currently the Senior Delivery Manager for the Football Foundation where I manage the Northern team to deliver the National Football Facilities Strategy and help to transform communities.

In addition, I have a keen interest in promoting and playing an active role in the community.  I am a committee member of a local grassroots football club.  I am looking forward to using my knowledge and skills in my role as parent governor to ensure that the school continues to deliver an excellent education to all children.

I am the parent of a year 2 child. I am a qualified social worker with a background in children’s safeguarding. I have supported families with children who have special educational needs to achieve positive outcomes in education. I believe that every child can achieve in the right circumstances and that individuality should be nurtured within the school environment.

I currently work for Leeds City Council as a Service Manager for the Kinship Care and Family Group Conference service.  I am trained in the use of restorative practice- an approach that focuses on how interactions and behavior can build and maintain positive and healthy relationships, resolve difficulties and minimize conflict. Such skills are essential in creating a productive and inclusive school community.

As a working mum, I am aware of the challenges that many parents face when it comes to balancing the demands of work and children. I am committed to ensuring that parental engagement in the running of the school is meaningful and takes such demands into account.  At work, I am one of the service leads for increasing parental involvement in shaping service provision. I feel that the skills and knowledge I have acquired are transferable to the role of school governor and evidence that I am an effective communicator. 

I am delighted to have been appointed governor at Farsley Springbank and am looking forward to supporting the team in their continuing work to ensure that pupils of Farsley achieve the very best outcomes.

I qualified as a teacher in 1999 and before joining the Learning Inclusion team, had over ten years of experience teaching primary and early years pupils. I held a number of senior posts including Key Stage Two leader, Early Years leader, SENCo and Inclusion manager.

I joined the SEN Support and Inclusion Team in 2009, as a specialist teacher; advising and developing training on a range of areas relating to SEN. I gained a Master’s Degree in Specific Learning Difficulties in 2014 and am qualified as a specialist assessor in SpLD (dyslexia). My particular passion is researching and developing the most effective measures to teach reading and spelling.

I currently work part time for Leeds City Council as a SEN Monitoring and Quality Assurance Officer, a role which enables me to be a critical friend to schools; celebrating good practice, advising schools to ensure that they are compliant to statutory duties relating to SEND and providing insight into systems, processes, and practice.

I have recently started my own SEND Consultancy Company, working predominantly with schools in the Pudsey Cluster, including the wonderful Farsley Springbank!

I am thrilled to have been appointed as a Governor at Farsley Springbank. My work background is in the NHS and I have worked at Leeds Teaching Hospitals for the past 12 years. For a number of years this was in an operational role providing safe medical staffing to clinical areas across the Leeds hospital sites. My current role is more strategic, and is involved with the future planning of our Pathology services, supporting recruitment and the future workforce model to provide service sustainability. I also lead on staff engagement, values and behaviour, culture change and health and wellbeing initiatives.

I support social values through developing new roles and the introduction to a wide variety of careers in the NHS and the opportunities these can bring in life.  This starts with children, harnessing their interests at an early age of development, and supporting them to be the best that they can be. Last year I worked with the Thackray Museum of Medicine to support their Pathology exhibitions and holiday workshops and activities for children. I have also been part of judging panels for National awards in health and social care.  

I believe my NHS experience is easily transferrable to that of school Governor and am looking forward to making a contribution to the successful and safe running of Farsley Springbank. I believe I could be a critical friend, offering sound leadership advice and support future development.

I am excited to have the opportunity to be a governor at Farsley Springbank for both personal and professional reasons. 

As the father of two grown up children I can remember just how important their earlier years were, and how much as a parent our school made us part of the school community, from which my family still enjoy long lasting social relationships; 

My wife is a leader in Special Educational Needs and Disability, which has given me an insight into equity and inclusion in education that I might not have appreciated otherwise, and that I'm very grateful for. 

In my career, I work for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, supporting the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for West Yorkshire, scrutinising and supporting the work of West Yorkshire Police in their Police and Crime Commissioner responsibilities. These include the provision of services for victims of crime and work with Criminal Justice Partners across the statutory, charity and voluntary sectors. This work is both fascinating and challenging. 

Prior to this I spent thirty years with West Yorkshire Police, with significant periods working in West Leeds and as a Neighbourhood Policing Inspector, leading policing teams and community safety partnerships. I also enjoyed similar periods leading complex investigations in Leeds and forcewide, before ending my career in senior leadership at Leeds District. 

The golden thread running through my working life and what I am most passionate about, is the need to divert people, especially children, away from becoming criminally involved through early intervention, the recognition of often multiple unmet needs, resulting in co-ordinated multi-agency support for families.