The school opened in September 1994 and with the valued support of the County Council and the Local Authority, has become a model of excellence in nursery education.

Over the past twenty five years the staff of the nursery school and the Governors have always aimed to provide the best nursery education for your child within a caring and structured environment. Through forming partnerships with parents,  local primary schools and other agencies, the nursery school has been able to set and maintain high standards.

The school has a board of Governors who are proud to be associated with the development of the nursery school and assure new parents and pupils that Gainsborough Nursery School will always aim to maintain high standards and provide the very best nursery education and environment for your child. In response to the Government’s agenda to provide high  quality places for 2 year olds, in May 2014 we opened our 2 year class, offering 24 places in a purpose built room.

Our Governing body is:

Tim Elwess, Chairperson of our Governing Body

Tracey Burnett who is appointed by the Local Authority and whose term is 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2027 

Claire Cole who is appointed by the staff and whose term is 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2027.

Bev Kellet who is a co-opted governor whose term is 14 June 2021- 13 June 2025

Tim Elwess who is a co-opted governor whose term is 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2027.

Claire Blagden who is a parent and whose term is 9 July 2021- 8 July 2025                                                                                  

Laura Cook who is the Headteacher   

Gainsborough Nursery School Governing Body

Register of Interests and Attendance Details for Academic Year 2021-22 

 

Name	Category	Appointed By	Date First Appointed	Current Term of Office Details		Business Interest	Relationships with the school staff including spouses, partners and relatives	Governor Roles in other settings	Governor Role	FGB Meetings Attendance
				Start Date	End Date (ToE) / Resigned (R)
Harriet Harvey	Parent	GB	01/04/2019	01/04/2019	R 17/3/2022	None	None	None		0 of 3
Claire Blagden	Parent	GB	09/07/2021	09/07/2021	08/07/2025	None	None	None	Safe-Guarding & SEN Governor	5 of 6
Mrs Laura Cook	HT	Ex-officio	01/09/2021	01/09/2021		HT at WPNS Chair of Govs – Poplar Farm PS LLE through CIT Learn Teaching School	Employee of GNS & WPNS (LCC)	Governor at Poplar Farm Primary School		6 of 6
Claire Cole	Staff	Staff	01/04/2019	01/04/2019	31/03/2023	Husband – builder	Employee of GNS (LCC)	None	Staff voice & Health & Safety	6 of 6
Bev Kellett	Co-opted	GB	14/06/2021	14/06/2021	13/06/2025	None	None	None	Standards & Curriculum	5 of 6
Tim Elwess	Co-opted	GB	01/04/2019	01/04/2019	31/03/2023	None	None	None	Chair of Governors	6 of 6
Tracey Burnett	LA Rep	LA	14/06/2021	14/06/2021	13/06/2025	None	None	None	Vice-Chair of Governors LAC & Vulnerable children	5 of 6
Vacancy	Co-opted

The Instrument of Government (Updated in Academic Year 22/23) states that the Governing Body shall consist of 8 Governors as follows:

2 Parent Governors  /  1 Headteacher  /  1 Staff  /  1 Local Authority  /  3 Co-opted Governors

The Governing Body did not appoint any committees in September 2021 – committees will be appointed ad hoc if needed

Pay – Meets as necessary to review whole school pay decisions prior to reporting in fact to FGB

Heads Performance Management Panel – Meets once yearly and makes a recommendation to Pay Committee regarding Headteacher’s Pay decision