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  • About Us
    • About Gainsborough
      • Headteacher’s Welcome
      • School Facilities
      • Development Objectives
      • Our Mission
      • Who We Are
      • Staff List
      • Current Vacancies
    • School Policy
      • Ofsted Report
      • Primary Advantage Policies
      • School Policies
      • Pupil Premium
      • PE & Sports Premium Funding
      • Rights Respecting School
      • Test Results
      • Inclusion & Equalities
      • Safeguarding and Child Protection
      • SEND
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      • Our Governors
      • Local Advisory Board
      • Financial Benchmarking
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      • Introduction
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      • Primary Advantage Vacancies
  • News & Events
    • News Archive
    • Calendar
    • Newsletters
    • Term Dates
    • Covid 19 Letters
    • Letters Home
  • Curriculum
    • Teaching & Learning
      • Phases
      • Curriculum and Assessment
      • The School Day
      • EYFS
      • Key Stage 1 & 2
      • Homework
    • Subjects
      • Art
      • Computing
      • Design & Technology
      • English: Reading & Phonics
      • English: Writing
      • Mathematics
      • MFL: Spanish
      • Music
      • Campaign Curriculum
      • Physical Education
      • Religious Education
      • Science
  • Children
    • Year Groups
      • 3 YO Nursery
      • Reception
      • Year 1
      • Year 2
      • Year 3
      • Year 4
      • Year 5
      • Year 6
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      • Awards and Achievements
      • Forest School
      • Music Tution
      • PA Sports
    • Pupil Voice
      • Sports Leaders
      • RRS Ambassadors
      • Green Ambassadors
      • Reading Rangers
      • School Council
      • Peer Mediators
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      • School Admissions
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      • Reception Admission
      • Secondary School Transfer
      • Managing the transition to home schooling
    • Parent Information
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      • Attendance and Punctuality
      • Behaviour
      • School Uniform
      • Parent’s Evenings
      • Healthy Schools
      • School Meals
      • Friends of Gainsborough School
      • Online Safety
      • FAQs
    • Extended School
      • Breakfast Club
      • After School Clubs
      • Play Centre
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Our Governors

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As a federation we have a single governing board covering eight schools, with an individual local advisory board for each school. One of the underpinning principles of the Primary Advantage Federation is to ‘promote a collaborative approach whilst developing the capacity of each school to serve its own community and retain its distinct identity.’ The structure of the current Governing Board ensures decisions can be made at local advisory board level and the local advisory boards can closely monitor the work in their school.

Governor Documents

  • View our Instrument of Governance and the Structure and Remit of the Governing Body and its Committees
  • View our Annual Governance Statement 2018-19
    It is good practice for the board to publish an annual governance statement to explain how it has fulfilled its responsibilities – particularly in relation to its core functions.
  • View our archived Annual Governance Statement 2017-18
  • View our Central Governing Board and committee attendance 2018-19
  • View our archived Central Governing Board Attendance 2017-18
  • View our Register of interests 2019-20 (this includes details of governors’ appointments and terms of office)
  • View our archived Register of Interests 2018-19
  • View our archived Register of Interests 2017-18

Our Governing Board

  • John Clark

    Chair of the Central Governing Board
    John’s working life has been in education, initially in a further education college then in higher education.  He taught leadership, change management and research methods in a Business School and held a senior post managing research staff and students.  John still supervises a small number...
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  • Robert Adediran

    Foundation Governor, Bishop of Stepney, Chair of St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board
    Rob Adediran is Executive Director at the award-winning education charity London Music Masters. In parallel he has been a faculty member at the Verbier Festival and chair of the strategy board for the Lambeth Music Education Hub. Currently, Rob serves on advisory groups for several...
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  • Ralph Eliot

    Co-opted Governor and Chair of the Business & Finance Committee
    Ralph is a management consultant, having previously held similar roles in finance and consulting. Having studied Mathematics at university and spent several years as a financial analyst, Ralph is an experienced problem solver, and is comfortable performing financial and commercial due diligence at the highest...
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  • Rev. Graham Hunter

    Foundation Governor, Bishop of Stepney, St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
    Rev. Graham Hunter has been Vicar of St John’s Church in Hoxton since 2010 after completing his Curacy in Islington. He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, where he also completed an MA in Pastoral Theology. Before ordination, Graham worked as a Youth...
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  • Jahsita Farrell

    Parent Governor
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  • Donna Thomas

    Local Authority Governor, Safeguarding Link Governor, Chair of St John & St James Local Advisory Board
    Donna has been a local authority governor on Primary Advantage Federation governing body since 2011 and she has been the Chair of St John and St James local advisory board since 2016. Donna works for London Borough of Hackney Education Department within the Early Years...
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  • Vacancy

    Foundation Governor, Bishop of Stepney
    Foundation (Bishop of Stepney Appointment)
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  • Bridget Fagan

    Foundation Governor, Deanery Synod, Chair of De Beauvoir Local Advisory Board
    Bridget has worked in education since graduating from the University of Sussex. Her passion for teaching developed while working as an Adult Literacy volunteer. Following a primary PGCE in London, she taught in Essex and Tower Hamlets, spending 22 years as a deputy and Headteacher. ...
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  • Heather Rockhold

    Co-opted Foundation Governor, SEND Link Governor, Chair of the Morningside Local Advisory Board
    Heather has been involved in education for over 40 years as a pupil, student, teacher, parent, grandparent and Headteacher, all of which has given her a real insight into educational needs and the entitlement of all pupils to the best possible educational experience. Heather’s teaching...
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  • Hilary Ryan

    Co-opted Foundation Governor, Chair of the Outcomes & Provisions Committee
    Hilary was previously a member of De Beauvoir’s governing body for two years and joined the Central Governing Board in 2019. She is very experienced in school improvement work and has also worked as a headteacher. Hilary currently works for Hackney Learning Trust as a...
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  • Imogen Allan

    Staff Governor
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Berkshire Road
Hackney
London E9 5ND

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Executive Principal: Sian Davies
Executive Headteacher: Jenna Clark

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