Governors
Governors can be contacted via the school, 01629 732226.
Any correspondence should be addressed to the Chair of Governors, Mr. Chris Orridge, at the address given below.
NAME (and end of term of office) | TYPE OF GOVERNOR | CHAIRING ROLES | COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP | AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY | |
Vacancy | Co-opted |
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Mrs. Kirstin Bloxam (08.05.2025) KBloxam@darleydale.derbyshire.sch.uk | L.E.A |
| Resource Management (RMC) | - Pupil Premium - English - Reading - PE - EYFS
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Miss Sarah Hudson (not applicable) headteacher@darleydale.derbyshire.sch.uk | Staff |
| Resource Management (RMC) TLC | Headteacher at DDPS | |
Mr. David Jones (01.09.2026) | Co-opted | Chair of Resource Management Committee (RMC) | Resource Management (RMC)
| - Maths
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Mr. Christian Orridge (28/1/2028) | Co-Opted | Chair of Governors
Chair of Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) | Teaching & Learning (TLC) | -Designated Safeguarding Lead - Online Safety - SENDCO -Mental Health & Wellbeing -Positive Behaviour/ Anti-Bullying -PSHE, RSE & SMSC | |
Mr Matthew Burton (16/2/2026) mburton@darleydale.derbyshire.sch.uk
| Parent |
| Teaching & Learning (TLC) | - Science - Computing | |
Mrs. Sonja Munn (01/10/2026) | Co-Opted | Resource Management (RMC) | - Art - Design & Tech - Music | ||
Mr. Richard Jones (01/10/2026) RJones@darleydale.Derbyshire.sch.uk | Co-Opted Governor | Resource Management (RMC) | - Health & Safety - MFL
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Mrs Gemma Holmes (30/04/2026) | Staff |
| Teaching & Learning (TLC) | - EYFS - Forest School
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Miss. Johanne Johnston (16/2/2026) jjohnston@darleydale.Derbyshire.sch.uk | Parent
| Teaching & Learning (TLC) | - History - Geography
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Attendance at Governor Meetings 2023-24
| FGB 02.10.23 | RMC 06.11.23 | TLC 21.11.23 | FGB 22.01.24 | RMC 04.03.24 | TLC 19.03.24 | FGB 29.04.24 | RMC 16.06.24 | TLC/FGB 17.07.24 * |
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Kirstin Bloxam | Y | Y |
| N | Y |
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Chris Orridge | Y |
| Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
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Sonja Munn | Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
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David Jones | Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
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Gemma Holmes | Y |
| Y | N |
| Y | Y |
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Richard Jones | Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
| Y | Y |
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Sarah Hudson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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Matthew Burton | Y |
| N | Y |
| Y | Y |
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Johanne Johnston | N |
| Y | N |
| Y | N |
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* TLC/FGB 17.07.24 Did not go ahead
Y = Attended, N = Apologies Accepted, NA = Apologies not Accepted, Blank = Not Required