Members, Trustees, and The Local Governing Body
Welcome to our Local Governing Body section.
Woodthorpe and Scarcroft Primary Schools have a joint governing board (LGB) overseeing both schools. The membership of this board is as follows:
Governing Body 2023-24
Appointing body | Governor’s name | Term of Office | Registered Business Interests |
Head of School - In post by virtue of their office | Jen Mitchell | 01/01/2024 | None recorded |
Staff body | Gillian Marshall | 17/10/2020 - 16/10/2024 | None recorded |
| Parents | Alex Mills | 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2028 | None recorded |
Chair of Governors | Sheriden Hutchinson-Jones | 27/09/2023 - 26/9/2027 | None recorded |
Governing Body | Debbie Carr | 12/05/2021 - 11/5/2025 | Yes |
Trust | Helen Elsworth | 14/09/2022 - 13/9/2026 | None recorded |
Ex-officio by virtue of office as Headteacher | James McGann | 01/09/2015 | None recorded |
Trust | Jenny Parker (Interim Chair) | 14/07/2019 - 13/7/2023 | None recorded |
Parents | Peter Crane | 10/03/2022 - 9/3/2026 | Yes |
Parents | Gareth Mines (Vice Chair) | 10/03/2022 - 9/3/2026 | Yes |
Governing Body | Charlotte Grason-Taylor | 16/11/2022 - 15/11/2026 | None recorded |
If you wish to contact the Governors, then please email scarcroft.primary@york.gov.uk in the first instance, making it clear in the subject header that you wish to contact the Chair of Governors. Your email will then be forwarded on receipt. Alternatively, you may hand a letter into the school office marked 'For the Attention of Chair of Governors' and this will be delivered as soon as possible.
Governor Business Interests 2022-23
Governor Business Interests 2023 - 2024
Our clerk to the Governing Body is Sophie Triffitt - sophie.triffitt@york.gov.uk