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 2024-25
| FGB 14.10.24 | RMC 18.11.24 | TLC 25.11.24 | FGB 20.01.25 | RMC 10.03.25 | TLC 24.03.25 | RMC/FGB 28.04.25 | RMC 16.06.25 | TLC/FGB 21.07.25 |
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Kirstin Bloxam | Y | Y |
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Chris Orridge | Y |
| Y | Y |
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Sonja Munn | Y | Y |
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David Jones | N | Y |
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Gemma Holmes | Y |
| Y | Y |
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Richard Jones | Y | Y |
| Y |
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Sarah Hudson | Y | Y | Y | Y |
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Matthew Burton | N |
| Y | Y |
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Johanne Johnston | Y |
| Y | N |
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Y = Attended, N = Apologies Accepted, NA = Apologies not Accepted, Blank = Not Required