St. Andrew's CofE (aided) Primary School

Governors - 

I’m delighted as a local resident to be able to support such an excellent school as St Andrew's. I’ve been a Foundation Governor since Easter 2018. I currently chair the HR Committee, and following a brief spell as Co-Chair became Chair of the Board in January 2020.

My work life has seen me setting up community projects, leading charities, and being on various. Government advisory and steering groups. I currently work as a charity consultant in leadership, governance, and strategy development; chair the Boards of three charities; and serve on the leadership team of One Church, Brighton. And in my spare time I write detective novels!

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I have a daughter in Year 1 and a son in preschool, soon to join St. Andrew's next year. I’m excited to be part of the governing body and support our fantastic children, staff and school.

My experience as a former primary school teacher for over 14 years, coupled with being a parent has provided me with skills, knowledge and understanding that I can contribute to my role as parent governor and within the Teaching and Learning Committee.

I have been a qualified teacher since 2017, having trained in the inner-city of London. I joined St. Andrew's shortly after and have taught in both Key Stage 1 and 2. I am also a member of our Wellbeing committee. 

My work in supporting global AIDS, TB and malaria programmes takes me all over the world, and one of the main principles behind what I do is to make sure communities themselves have a say and play an active role in their services and institutions.

As a governor of St. Andrew’s I aim to make a contribution to my own community.  Both of my girls went to St Andrew's.

I'm Dan, the Vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Hove. I'm married to Jo and have three daughters, two of whom are still at St. Andrew's

I can often be found at school drop off and pick up being dragged by a large yellow Labrador.

I feel very lucky and privileged to be the Headteacher of this amazing school. The children, staff and governors are a joy to work with and we have such a supportive parent/carer community. I began my journey here at St. Andrew’s in January 2019 and am into my fifth year here and I love it!  I have links with churches in East Sussex where I grew up and attend church where my father is an organist whenever I can.

I have been a Headteacher since 2007 and am also a National Leader of Education (NLE) where I have supported other schools across the south of England in a variety of areas such as leadership support and curriculum development. This work is always so interesting and I have learned so much from working with other leaders in many different contexts.

Oliver Mudge - Associate Member

I am an Associate Member, having previously been a Governor and Chair of Governors at St. Andrew's, for a number of years.

I have supported the school in a number of specific focus areas which include recruitment, HR and wellbeing, Finance and strategic leadership.

Professionally, I work in Executive Search and Consulting, advising on and delivering talent solutions.

I am a very proud father of 3 boys who either attend St. Andrew's school or have moved on to secondary school.

I have a daughter at St. Andrew's, and am so pleased to be able to contribute in some small way to the life of the school.  It's been a joy to watch my daughter grow up at St. Andrew's, being provided with a basis for learning, playing, making friends and music, that will hold her well in life.  

I am a church pastor, married to my Siberian wife Natasha I met on a trip to Russia, in the late 1990's.  It's exciting to be a foundation governor, and to see the school developing and prospering with its great wealth of talent.

Joy Robinson Local Authority Governor

Becky Parker Associate Member

Dave Smalley  Parent Governor

Coreen Sears Foundation Governor

Sandra Obidike Foundation Governor