Our Local Governing Board

Chair of Local Board – Mr Geoff Palmer

Local Board Member – Miss Sarah Gray (Headteacher)

Clerk to the Governors – Mrs Susan Benfell

Local Board Member – Mrs Sue Hasnip

Local Board Member – Mrs Lindsey Kirkham (Non-Teaching Staff Representative)

Local Board Member – Mrs Ann-Marie Naylor (Parent Governor)

Local Board Member – Mr Peter Whitehead (Teaching Staff Representative)

Local Board Member – Mr David Seaton

Local Board Member - Miss Hayley Pycock (Deputy Headteacher)

Structure and Responsibilities of Governors – Local Governing Body

The purpose of governance

The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.

All governance boards, no matter what type of school or how many schools they govern, have three core functions:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

In addition to the above, governors at Long Sutton County Primary School have secondary areas of responsibility - they ensure oversight and scrutiny of practice in all areas within the school on behalf of the full Local Governing Board.

To this end, governors will meet with relevant staff members on several occasions over the course of the academic year, make reports of their visits and meet as Boards in school to share these with the other Local Governing Body members. In turn, these reports are then presented at Trust meetings.

Local Board Responsibilities:

Safeguarding – Sue Hasnip
SEND – Dave Seaton
Standards – Geoff Palmer
Stakeholders – Ann-Marie Naylor

Local Governing Board Terms of Reference Local Governing Board Attendance Sheet

Governance Roles in other Educational Establishments

The following members have declared that they have governance roles in other educational establishments:

Mr Geoff Palmer – Trustee of Keystone MAT which has oversight of a number of other schools: Surfleet Primary, Gedney Church End Primary School, Lutton St Nicholas Primary School, Tower Road Academy, Bourne Westfield Primary Academy and Thurlby Community Primary Academy.

Mrs Lindsey Kirkham – Foundation Governor at Tydd St Mary Primary School.

Mrs Sue Hasnip - Governor at Monks Abbey Primary School, Lincoln.

Register of Pecuniary and Business Interests 2026/27

Board Member	Position Held	Declaration of Interest
Sue Hasnip	LA Governor	LEA Governor – Monks Abbey Primary School, Lincoln
Lindsey Kirkham	Non-Teaching Staff Governor	Primary Foundation Governor – Tydd St Mary CofE School
Geoff Palmer	Chair of LGB	Allens Charity, Long Sutton – Trustee Mary Bass Charity – Trustee Long Sutton Market House – Trustee
Sarah Gray	Headteacher	None declared
Hayley Pycock	Deputy Headteacher	None declared
Ann-Marie Naylor	Parent Governor	None declared
David Seaton	Local Governor	None declared
Pete Whitehead	Teaching Staff Governor	None declared
Susan Benfell	Clerk of LGB	Phillips Educational Charity, Long Sutton – Trustee Allens Educational Charity – Trustee John Sowter Charity - Trustee

Former Members

Mrs Raechelle May	Parent Governor	07/07/2021	Daughter attends the school
Mr Charles Moore	Deputy Chair of LGB	22/03/2022	None
Mrs Rebecca Hales	Deputy Headteacher	25/06/2022	None
Mr Stephen Lockwood	Deputy Chair of LGB	25/09/2024	Wife works at the school
Mrs Sarah Goudie	Co-opted		None