Mike Harries – Chair of Governors & Community Governor
I have been a Governor since 2005 and was appointed as a Children’s Services Authority Governor in 2006. I have four children, all at school in Dorchester, the youngest (Margaret) at Manor Park. read more»
Mark Ackerman – Parent Governor
Hi my name is Mark Ackerman I have been a parent Governor since December 2008. I have two children Molly who attends St Osmunds school and is in year 6 and Harry who is in year 2 at Manor read more»
Dan Morphew – Parent Governor
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Alison Smithstaff – Staff Governor
I have been involved with Manor Park for 11 years as a parent, member of the PTA and for the last 5 1/2 years as a teaching assistant in the Foundation unit. I am married to Andrew and my children, read more»
Peter Rapson – Parent Governor
I have been a Parent Governor since October 2004 and took up the post of Vice Chair of Governors in 2005. I am Chairperson for the Community Committee, which takes responsibility for health & safety within the school as well as the care and upkeep of the school’s buildings read more»
(Awaiting Image) – Briony Emery – Parent Governor
As a parent of two children at Manor Park First School (Reception and year 2) I decided to become a governor this summer. Every day I am amazed and delighted at what my children have learnt and the enthusiasm with which they share it. The obvious high quality read more»
Rev’d Richard Betts – Foundation Governor
I am an ex-officio Governor of the school, representing St George’s Church, Dorchester. I was appointed in September 1997 and have found my involvement to be both interesting and fulfilling. I particularly enjoy helping read more»
(Awaiting Image) – Miles King – Community Governor
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I took over chairing the Finance Sub-Committee from Autumn 2006 with a key role to ensure we have the resources we need to provide high standards of education and related activities, within the funding provided to us. I work for Dorset County Council, mainly in connection with property matters and school buildings. The whole family are members of St George’s Church, Fordington, we are all rugby fans and support Leicester Tigers, who were our nearest team where the family grew up in Lincolnshire. I also coach junior rugby for Dorchester RFC, for whom 3 of the children play.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.5Park. My wife Hayley has had an active role in the Manor Park PTA and is a member of the Parent Council. I am a u6/u7 Rugby Coach for Dorchester Rugby Club where I come into contact with children and parents from Manor Park. I am looking forward to finding out more about the running of the school and to help see the school move forward. In my spare time I play skittles for a local team, coach tag rugby, enjoy watching sports and spending time with my family.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.5and grounds. I was responsible for the extension to the bungalow and First Steps move in to the building. I currently work for QinetiQ as a design engineer and project manager on novel submarine surveillance systems. I have two children, Jasmine who’s currently at Manor Park and Jonathan who moved up to St Osmunds in 2005. When the children’s taxi service isn’t running, I enjoy watching and playing sports, DIY and tinkering with computers.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.5of the teaching and learning made me want to learn more about the primary curriculum and teaching methods. I am a secondary school deputy head and felt my experiences in education would be valuable to the governing body whilst giving me an understanding of the primary system in an outstanding school. Manor Park First School is inspiring and I wanted to be involved in continuing to make it a school that parents, staff and children are proud of.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.5on an occasional basis with R.E lessons and meeting the staff during morning coffee breaks. I support Norwich City Football Club, an affliction for which there is no known cure.
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