Meet the Governors

Who's Who

Mr. Derek Smith (Chair)

Derek is a co-opted governor, appointed in 2018.  He is a regular volunteer reader with children at the school, and is also a resident of the village.  He works as a writer and editor and has previously assisted with adult literacy provision in the Winchester area. He is also a mentor to aspirant students at a 6^th form College in Hampshire, pursuing their ambitions to go to leading universities.

Mrs. Louise Payne

Louise has been a parent governor since 2010 and joined the governing body when her eldest son started school.   "I wanted to understand more about the whole school, its ethos and how well the children achieved across the curriculum including sport and the arts".  She has been the Chair of the Standards Committee and the Link Governor for both Literacy and Special Educational Needs (SEN). "I'm committed to ensuring that all children at Broughton Primary School are provided with the right environment so that they can achieve to their full potential".

Mr. Alan Elsey

Alan joined the Governing Body in 2012 as a Parent Governor. 

"Having children at the school, I was very keen to get involved and try to help the school achieve its full potential, via the pupils achieving theirs.  It is rewarding to work within a school environment that has a strong sense of community and is continually looking to further enhance this.

Mrs. Deborah Martin (Developing Training Governor)

Deborah is a Local Authority Governor appointed March 2013. She is an accredited Autism Ambassador and on the Standards committee.  She worked overseas for approximately 25 years. During this time I was on the Management team for finance and planning, budgeting and purchasing and was involved in the setting up of Dubai Duty Free and Hong Kong Duty Free.  My four children were all born in Hong Kong and I have an interest in Education and the continual challenging changes.

Mr. David Reynolds

David became a Co-opted governor in 2014. Some 20 or so years before that, his children attended the school and received an excellent education. He's pleased that he can help to further a good-quality education for the school's current pupils. David is a member of the Standards committee. In his working life, he was involved in writing and the teaching of writing skills and he is now the link governor for English. He also spends an afternoon a week helping with reading in years 1 & 2.

Mrs. Nicola Ryan

Mr. Chris Lloyd

Chris is retired and has spent his whole career in special educational needs in a variety of roles.  In the village he is involved with the village archive and is a churchwarden.  He is lead governor for SEND in the school.  He also runs a charity in Uganda which supports schools in literacy and through this he has twinned Broughton Primary with a school called Kajwenge.

Mr. James Turner

Mrs. Debra Barlow

Mr. Martin Wallis

Martin is a Co – Opted Governor appointed in September 2020. He is a member of the Resources Committee.  He first came to live in Broughton as a boy when his family moved to the village in 1971 and has seen quite a few changes in that time. He spent forty years working in the City of London - the last twenty one years running his own business before retiring in 2020. He is a non-executive director of Eridge House Holdings which owns an independent day school in south west London. He also chairs a small Trust based in Thatcham, Berkshire”.  

Mrs. Macey - Headteacher

Broughton Primary School

Governors’ Details

Broughton Primary School - Register of Governors’ Interests

Meeting Attendance Academic year 2019/2020

Full Governing Board

Standards Committee

Resources Committee