Meet our Local Governing Body Committee members

We have a team of Local Governing Body Committee Members at Piddle Valley CE First School.
 
The Local Governing Body is a sub committee of the Greenwood Tree Academy Trust Full Trust Board and includes the Headteacher, two parents, one staff and five foundation members.
 
The committee members are supported by their Clerk - Mrs Anita Bonham
email - abonham@stmaryscemiddle.uk
 
The Governing Body Committee members can be contacted via the office email address or the Clerk.

  • Rev Roger Butcher

    Foundation

    Tenure Start: 06 February 2019
    Tenure Ends: 05 February 2023

    Register of Interests: Wife is a Foundation Committee member at the school



    Hello, my name is Fr, Roger Butcher and I am the parish priest for the Piddle Valley Benefice. The benefice is made up of 6 churches and two schools, one of which is a Church of England school. My responsibility is for all the souls that make up my benefice, some two thousand people plus, irrespective of their beliefs or none, have an entitlement to call upon my services.
    Due to the office held as a parish priest, I am a Governor, ex-officio. My primary concern as a Governor is to hold an overview of the life and work of the school. To encourage all 'to do the best they can, with the resources available' and to be a friend to pupils, parents, staff and the Headteacher. As a parish priest and as a Governor, my role, often encompasses the many aspects of what it is to be human - the: spiritual, moral, ethical and mortal aspects that make up our individual sense of being.
    Other duties include chaplaincies to the Police and the Wiltshire and Dorset Fire Service. Previous to ordination to the priesthood, my profession was an electrical / electronics engineer and for a period of seven years, owned my own fish and chip business. I am married to Ginny and we have three lovely children. Hobbies include: fishing, poetry, walking the dog, steam engines and annoying my wife.

    Fr, Roger Butcher

  • Mrs Ginny Butcher

    Foundation

    Tenure Start: 14 March 2019
    Tenure Ends: 13 March 2023

    Register of Interests: Husband is a Foundation Committee member at the school



    Hello, my name is Ginny Butcher and I am very fortunate to be involved at the school as a Foundation Governor. I bring to the governing body a wealth of experience being a Mother, but also having worked in various Dorset Primary and First schools as a Teaching Assistant over the last 12 years.

    A foundation Governor is nominated by the Parish Priest and the Parochial Church Council (PCC) for Piddletrenthide. My primary role is to share in the duty to promote high standards for the pupils. I will not be involved in the day to day running of the school, which is the role of the Headteacher and her staff team, but all foundation governors are responsible for preserving and developing the christian and moral foundations of the school, acting as a link between the parish and the local community.

    Mrs Ginny Butcher
Mr. Keith Campbell
 
Foundation
 
Tenure Start: 20 November 2019
Tenure Ends: 19 November 2023

Register of Interests: Committee member at Frome Valley CE First School and Greenwood Tree Academy Trust  
 
Keith has served in Dorset Police, as an officer and a member of staff, for forty years. He has a background in a range of records management functions and has extensive experience of project management, writing policy and guidance at a local and national level. 
 
He lives locally in Crossways and has one son, who attended both Frome Valley CE First School and St. Mary’s CE Middle School. As an interested parent, he successfully applied to become a parent governor at Frome Valley CE First School in 2007. Since then he has chaired meetings and become a Trustee of the Greenwood Tree Academy Trust (GTAT).  
 
 

  • Mrs Gillie Van Der Eyken

    Staff

    Tenure Start: 17 June 2019
    Tenure Ends: 16 June 2023

    Register of Interests:0

    It is a pleasure and a privilege to be a teacher at such a fabulous school. I have been delighted by the warm, family atmosphere, close community links and happy, polite, well-motivated children at Piddle Valley. We are blessed with an excellent team of teachers and teaching assistants and I want to support the school to be the best it possibly can.

    I have 26 years’ experience in teaching; mainly in Early Years and Key Stage 1. I am passionate about my vocation and thoroughly enjoy bringing wonder and creativity into learning. I have taught in East Sussex and Weymouth, as well as 13 years in Bahrain, as an Assistant Head in one of the largest and well-renowned British Schools in the world.

    My husband, Rob is also a primary teacher. My daughter, Hannah is 22 and my son, Ben is 17. We live in Weymouth with our Bahraini cat, Charlie.
Mrs. Jayne Browne
Headteacher
 
Mrs. Anita Bonham
Clerk