Welcome to our Governors’ section

Please find below details of how our Local Governing Body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

Please find below a list of our current governing body.

To find out more information about our governors, please click the following links to see each governor's individual pen portrait. 

Governor Pen PortraitS

Clare Booth

I am honoured to have been appointed Chair of Cherry Willingham Primary School Local Governing Body.

I have previously served as a parent governor in a primary school for 4 years. For the last 7 years I have been a governor at The Priory Pembroke Academy where I worked with Senior Leadership Team member links in Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Pupil Premium, culminating my term with Management and Strategy as the Chair of the LGB for the last 4 years. I have been involved through collaborative governance with Cherry Willingham Primary School for the last 2 years and have gained a valuable insight of how the school has evolved and developed into what it is today.

Through my work with awarding bodies, the learning journey is paramount, through enjoyment, exploration, quality or provision and a safe learning environment. These transferrable values are important to all of us on the Local Governing Body and are embraced daily by the school in its own ethos and values.

I look forward to our journey together!

Heather Ind

I am starting in my third year as a member of the Local Governing Body (LGB) and I look forward to working with the team. I have lived in Cherry Willingham since 2019 and I now have 2 children at this school, one in reception and one in year 3.
I was thrilled to hear that the school gained ‘good’ in their recent OFSTED rating, but it is more important to me to know that children are learning in a place where they feel safe and cared for.
Children are all so different and I think that education is about identifying that and nurturing a child to be the best version of themselves. I also think the voice of the parent/carer and child is essential in growing as a school.

As the governor linked to the safeguarding lead, I will work closely with the school to be able to offer assurances around the safeguarding of the students, to the rest of the governing body, and you as parents, staff or students.
I have worked in the NHS, specifically Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) for a long time now and I was also a secondary school prior to this.

Sarah Dawson

I am privileged to be continuing as a member of the local governing body at Cherry Primary Academy.  During this academic year, I will be responsible for the Careers programme embedding and training throughout the academy leading to smooth transition into Key Stage 3 and beyond.

My background is in education as a teacher and an LA Adviser for Music and Performing Arts.  I thoroughly enjoy the wider life of the school and the community links.  I have recently joined classes visiting Magna Science Park, Whisby Education Centre and joined classes going to Pembroke Academy.

Lyndon Duarte 

Having been a Governor at the Priory Pembroke Academy for over 4 years, I was delighted to be invited to co-govern at Cherry Willingham Primary School. I am looking forward to working with the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team and Teachers in pushing forward with the development of the school as we move forward together over the next few years. The Priory Federation of Academies Trust provides a solid framework for its schools, enabling them to grow and evolve, and to provide the ideal environment for its pupils to grow and flourish. I am very excited to now be part of the Cherry Willingham Primary School journey as well all work together and look forward to a bright future.