Governors
A message from the Chair of Governors
Welcome on behalf of the Governing Body for St Felix RC Primary School. The school is part of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust.
We are delighted to welcome you to our website which we hope provides all the necessary information to parents and visitors about how our school is run and the aims and expectations we set ourselves.
As a part of the Trust, our Local Governing Body is made up of Foundation Governors (who are appointed by the Diocese), Staff Governors, and Parent Governors. We are entrusted with ensuring the school is well run and promotes the best outcomes for each child.
The Governing Body’s key duties include: setting and reviewing the curriculum, responsibility for standards, receiving the school budget and reviewing progress against it and setting and implementing the admissions policy. The Governors also act as a critical friend to the school by supporting and challenging Mrs Dodds and the staff to ensure that the teaching and learning standards are high and that all pupils make good progress in a safe, engaging and rich learning environment.
In addition, the Foundation Governors on the Governing Body have a legal duty to preserve and develop the Catholic character of the school and to ensure that the school is conducted in accordance with the vision and values of the Multi Academy Trust.
We hope our website answers many if not all of your questions, but the school is always happy and willing to answer any additional concerns or queries you may have.
The Governing Body is made up of 6 foundation governors, 2 parent governors, 1 staff governor, and the headteacher. The information below gives a brief description of the background and skills of our current members of the St Felix Governing Body.
The Chair of Governors can be contacted via the school address and letters should be marked for the attention of the Chair of Governors
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Andrea Dodds Headteacher |
Appointed: 1st September 2018 Term of Office: Ongoing Other Responsibilities: None Register of Interests: Former member of staff at St. Louis Catholic Academy |
My career in teaching began in 2009. I have worked exclusively in the Catholic education system, successfully fulfilling roles as Class Teacher, Subject Leader, Senior Leader, Deputy Headteacher and currently as Headteacher. Prior to teaching I worked clinically as a midwife but chose to train as a teacher once I had my own children and have found this much more fulfilling, particularly in a Catholic setting. I have worked in the Diocese of East Anglia and Diocese of Westminster. I have had subject responsibility for a variety of subjects but my real passion is Religious Education which I have led successfully in both of my previous settings. I became Head of School at St Felix in September 2018 and Headteacher in September 2021. |
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Tracy Anderson Staff Governor |
Appointed: 1992 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: None Register of Interests: |
I am the Staff Governor for St Felix School. I have served on the governing body for nearly twenty years and I enjoy representing the staff views. I have been a teacher at St Felix since 1992 and have seen many changes in the school and education. I am also responsible for leading Science in the school. I am married with one daughter who attended St. Felix, St. Louis Middle and St. Benedict’s Upper School. Having completed university, she now works as a speech therapist. |
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Lesley Moore Parent Governor |
Appointed: April 2021 End of Governance: 27/4/25 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: Safeguarding Register of Interests:
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I have one child at St Felix My background is in retail management |
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Wendy Lashmar Foundation Governor Chair of Governors |
Appointed: November 2019 End of Governance: 31/10/2027 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: SEND Register of Interests: Previous Headteacher of St Felix School
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I was a teacher for thirty-three years in West Suffolk schools, fifteen of those were in leadership as headteacher. I have an education degree and an advanced diploma in children’s language and literacy. I am now retired but am still keen to be involved in education. I play the organ at St. Felix church and am interested in music and children’s literacy learning. I have a long history with St. Felix School as a teacher, headteacher, parent and now grandparent and it is a real privilege to serve this community in my role as governor. |
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Fr John Warrington Foundation Governor School Chaplain |
Appointed: October 2020 Term of Office: Ongoing Other Responsibilities: RE and Wellbeing Register of Interests: Foundation Governor at St Benedict’s Catholic High School, Bury St Edmunds Parish Priest of St Felix Catholic Parish, Haverhill |
I am the local Parish priest of St Felix Catholic Parish in Haverhill and the school chaplain to St Felix Catholic School. I am a Catholic priest of the Diocese of East Anglia and was ordained a priest in 1993. As a priest I have worked in parishes and schools in Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, Ipswich and now Haverhill. I also worked in Poringland as Bishops Secretary to Bishops Peter Smith and Michael Evans. I have many years of experience as a Foundation Governor and school chaplain in many of our Catholic schools in the diocese. Before I trained for the priesthood I worked as a trainee Quantity Surveyor in Norwich and for Sainsbury’s before that. I was born in Cambridge and grew up mainly in Norwich where my parents still live. I was appointed as Parish Priest of St Felix Catholic Parish in October 2020 |
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Frances Massey Foundation Governor |
Appointed: 2022 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: Pupil and Sports Premium Register of Interests: |
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Julie Wood Foundation Governor Vice Chair |
Appointed: 2022 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: Health and Safety Register of Interests: None |
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Andy Stone Foundation Governor
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Appointed: 2023 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: None Register of Interests: Director of Schools Service in Diocese of East Anglia, Director of MAT in Waltham Forest (Exceptional Education Trust), Chair of Governors Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School |
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Cassandra Bergin Foundation Governor
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Appointed: 2023 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities: None Register of Interests: Married to Chair of Trust Board |
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Stephen Wort Parent Governor |
Appointed: June 2024 Term of Office: 4 years Other Responsibilities:
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