SUE JONES

I was pleased to become one of the community governors in 2024. I moved to Wallingford in 2023 and began my relationship with St Nicholas as a volunteer helper in school, listening to children read. I have had a long career in the public sector, first as a nurse and nursing lecturer and then following a career change in 2010, as a primary school teacher. Prior to my retirement I was a teacher working in KS1. I remain passionate about primary education and am keen to support the school to ensure that all the children are able to achieve their potential. I sit on the teaching, learning and ethos committee and am also the SEND governor.

LINDA HULL

I have lived in Wallingford with my husband and family for over twenty years and in that time have enjoyed being part of the wonderful Wallingford community, through the Rowing Club, NCT and Wallingford Parish where I am the Parish Safeguarding Officer.  Over this period I have been a teacher and school leader at schools across South Oxfordshire.  Until 2021 I was Head teacher at Kidmore End CE School, also in the Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST).  After a short career break, I joined Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire Teacher Training as the Primary Subject Specialist and Lead Mentor, working with teachers at the very start of their journey into our wonderful profession.   I am passionate about primary school education, and am delighted to be part of a governing body committed to continued improvement of this lovely school. I have been a Foundation Governor since 2022.

AMY KING

As Headteacher of St Nicholas C.E. Infants’ School, I am also part of the Local Governing Body. I began my role as Headteacher here at St Nicholas in 2015. As well as working as part of the governing body in relation to the strategic development of our school, I also report to governors about the school’s progress and achievements. It is a pleasure to be a part of the St Nicholas community, working alongside a talented and dedicated team who are all striving to support the children on their journey through school and becoming the best they can be.

PAUL BAKER

I joined the St Nicholas CE Infants’ School local governing body in July 2021 as a Community Governor, and have served as Chair since February 2022. 

My two children attended the school between 2016 and 2021. During those five years I served on the committee of the PTA (FONS), and for the last three years as Chair. As a result, I have gained an appreciation for the immense qualities of the school, the challenges it faces and most of all a strong desire for it to succeed. 

I passionately believe in the importance of early years’ education, and schools as the lifeblood of local communities – that the one enriches the other, and I have a particular interest in sports/ physical education, playing as I do for local cricket and hockey clubs. 

Most of all I’m keen to ensure as many opportunities as possible are available to our children, to help them become the best they be. 

JANE EVANS

I’m now in my second term of office as a Foundation Governor, beginning the first during the pandemic. We’ve lived in the area for over 35 years and the day after I retired an advert for a governor at St Nicholas’ appeared in the parish newsletter. With a background in Primary Education, and having taught at Watlington for many years, then as a County Advisory Teacher and now grandchildren in Primary education, this seemed well timed! Being a governor of this welcoming and vibrant school community gives me another, very different perspective on school life with its ever-evolving joys (and challenges). I see St Nicholas as a school in which its vision and values are the air that everyone breathes and am privileged to walk part of its journey with it, happy to offer what I can.

HEATHER WILLIAMS

I have been a Governor since October 2019, when my daughter was in reception. Although she has now moved on, I am still here six years later as a Community Governor, having hugely enjoyed getting to know the school and being able to play a role in supporting the school and our local community. I currently sit on the Resources committee, having previously enjoyed time in the Teaching, Learning and Ethos committee, where I learnt a great deal. Outside my governor role, I am an Associate Director in water management for an environmental consultancy, and I enjoy running and being outdoors. 

JULIE WESTAWAY

I was elected as a parent governor in March 2023 and I am the Chair of the teaching, learning and ethos committee. I have lived in Wallingford for many years and my daughter attended St Nicholas from 2021 until 2024. I knew very little about the education system before becoming a governor and am now on a steep learning curve! It has been very interesting so far and I look forward to continuing my own education through my tenure. I became a governor because I wanted to be able to support the school in its objective of giving all children an inspiring start to their education. Outside my governor role, I work for a consultancy firm in healthcare and medicines and have a background in science.

MARIE-CLAIRE DAVIES

I am a staff governor I am now in my second term. I have two children of my own and have been involved in their preschool and schools throughout the years. I am passionate about drama and the arts. I enjoy cycling, football and photography.  I’m often found cycling around Wallingford early in the mornings, at local football matches or taking photos in and around Wallingford.

I have been a teacher for over 30 years and a teacher here at St Nicholas for 5 years. I have been on the governing body of schools in the past and feel that it is important to represent staff at these meetings. Being part of the governing body allows us to continue to build and develop the school’s strengths and allows us to work together with the wider community to support our children to become the best they can be.