Schools Forum membership September 2026
Schools members
Primary school governors (11 representatives)
Stephen Booth - Ellel St John the Evangelist CE Primary
Gerard Collins - St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School
Amy Holland - Winmarleigh C of E Primary School
Paul James - Overton St Helens Church of England Primary School
Lindy King - Goosnargh Oliverson's C E
Sam Ud-din - Sandylands Primary School
Robert Waring - Higham St John's CE Primary School
Vacant - primary governor
Vacant - primary governor
Vacant - primary governor
Vacant - primary governor
Primary school headteachers (11 representatives)
Daniel Ballard - Mawdesley St Peter's CE School
Sarah Barton - Penwortham Broad Oak Primary School
Shelley Bennett - Abbey Village Primary School
Jenny Birkin - Adlington Primary School
Amanda Cronshaw - Sabden Primary School
Neil Gurman - St Mary's CE Primary School, Rawtenstall
Sarah Irvine - Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish CE VA Primary School
Joanne Ramsbottom -Briercliffe Primary School
Carl Roscoe - St Thomas the Martyr CE Primary School
Kirsty Sutton - Lancaster Road Primary School
Anna Yates - Burscough Village Primary School
Secondary school governors (5 representatives)
Janice Astley - Archbishop Temple
Justine Lee - Alder Grange
Brian Rollo - Ashton Community Science College
Kevin Wilson-Hall - Shuttleworth College
Vacant - secondary governor
Secondary school headteachers (5 representatives)
Andrew Cafferkey - Cardinal Allen Catholic High School
Ivan Catlow - Archbishop Temple High School
Sharon Hall - Penwortham Girls' High School
Oliver Handley - Pendle Vale High School
Jan Marshall - Lathom High School
Academy headteacher representatives (7 representatives)
Nicola Chester - Tor View Special Academy
James Keulemans - Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Mary Lyle Holy Trinity RC Primary
Andrew Proctor - Highfield Community Primary School
John Tarbox - Bowland High School
Peter Duffy - St Bernards Catholic Primary Academy
Vacancy - academy - alternative provision
Academy governor representatives (5 representatives)
John Davey - All Saints Clayton le Moors SAT
Vacancy academy - alternative provision
Vacancy academy - special
Vacancy academy - secondary
Vacancy academy - secondary
Special school governor (1 representative)
Mandy Howarth - Acorns Primary School
Special school headteacher (1 representative)
Claire Thompson - Moorbrook School
Nursery school governor (1 representative)
Thelma Cullen - Basnett Street Nursery School
Nursery school headteacher (1 representative)
Jan Holmes - Walton Lane Nursery School
Short stay school governor (1 representative)
Dr Sharon Bennett - The Acorns School
Short stay school headteacher (1 representative)
Abigale Bowe - Shaftesbury High School
Non school members (11 representatives)
3 Elected Members of the CSA
County Councillor Andy Blake
County Councillor Joanne Ash
County Councillor Martyn Sutton
3 diocesan/church authorities
1 Catholic - George Krawiec
1 Church of England - TBC
1 Methodist Church/Free Churches Group - TBC
Lancashire Council of Mosques
Ismaeel Nakhuda
Post -16 representative
Paul Smith, The Lancashire Colleges
3 representatives of private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers of the free entitlement to early years education
Sarah McGladrigan - Cliff House Nursery Ltd
Sharon Fenton - Rising Stars Nursery, Lancaster
Philippa Perks - University of Cumbria Pre School Centre
Observers (11 representatives)
Cabinet Member for Education and Skills
County Councillor Matthew Salter
Teacher associations
One representative from each recognised association:
NAHT - Paula Evans
NASUWT - TBC
NEU - Ian Watkinson
ASCL - TBC
Support staff unions
GMB - TBC
UNISON - Mark Evans
UNITE - TBC
Lancashire Governing Association (LGA)
Nicola Whyte
Headteacher for Children Looked After
Vanessa Nice
Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
TBC