Geoff Locke is vice-chairman of Kidsgrove U3A, for whom he tutors in philosophy at Kidsgrove Fire Station! He is a Kidsgrove Town Councillor and a former member of the Church of England Board of Education. Having previously been a Governor of Clough Hall, he is now joint vice-chairman at King’s.

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I am a single mum and have two daughters, both away at university.

I have been a member of St Thomas church since 2008 and am involved in many activities through the church. I also run my own business and organize craft fairs in the local area.

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Born in Macclesfield in 1972, and raised by my Grandma. I attended Ryles Park High School, and started working for the Co-operative in 1988. I am a Senior Retail Manager looking after 20 branches.

I am married to Kerry with a son Maximus, and we have lived in Kidsgrove for 12 years.

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Graham Sansom is retired but taught Science (KS 3-5) in a 1500-pupil comprehensive school for fifteen years. His eldest daughter teaches, also in secondary education. From 2000 to 2012 he worked in Albania and while there served on the Boards of a school for expat children and a theological college. Kidsgrove became his home in 2014 and he is a member of St.Thomas' church.

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David was born in Stoke-on-Trent and is married to Sue. They have lived in Kidsgrove since 1970. Now (semi) retired David's working background is in banking and management. A Christian and member of St. Thomas' Church Kidsgrove, he has been a primary school governor for 30 years of which the last 18 have been as Chair of Governors at St. Thomas' Primary School. He is now also a Foundation Governor at The King's School. 

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Terry has lived in Clough Hall for past 46 years. He is married with 2 children, both of whom were educated at Clough Hall School. He is now retired following a lifelong career in banking. In the past he served for many years as a governor at St. Thomas's Primary School and is a member of St. Thomas's church.

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Iain was born and brought up in the North East of England, and has lived in Kidsgrove since 2003 when he started as Vicar of St Thomas' Church.  He has a keen interest in seeing a Christ centred education in Kidsgrove. He chairs St Thomas' Nursery Management committee, and is a governor at St Thomas' Primary School and The King's School. He is the father of two girls who are working their way through the schools!

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Sarah Pickup is a Chartered Accountant and currently teaches Accounting in Further Education and Higher Education. She is a Kidsgrove Town Councillor and has been a school governor in Staffordshire for almost 20 years. For the last 11years she has been a parent Governor of Clough Hall, and is now a Local Education Authority appointed Governor at The King’s school.

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I was elected to the Governing body in February 2015.  My eldest son and daughter both attend The Kings.  In September my youngest daughter starts in year 7. 

I am a local business owner who has a huge interest of all the children in our area.  Being a parent governor allows me to influence the environment in which my children spend a significant amount of their time. 

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Whilst enjoying a career as a banker, I feel very privileged to have been able to keep alive a love of education through schools involvement for the past 28 years.  My work has taken me to many parts of the UK, but Kidsgrove has always been home - and the school always part of that community. This is an exciting and challenging time for The Kings, and a great opportunity for us to work together to build an environment everyone can be proud of.

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Having first joined the school as Head of English in 2006, Mrs Verow was appointed deputy headteacher in 2014, then Head of School in 2016.   Recently converting as a Church of England school, she has worked hard to ensure that our Christian values of justice, grace, trust, thankfulness, aspiration and celebration are at the heart of everything we do.

As headteacher, Mrs Verow’s role focuses on the leadership and management of the whole school where she has a specific responsibility for school strategy and ethos, whole school policies, personnel, finance and resources.

Finally, Mrs Verow takes a lead role in representing the Newcastle Under Lyme District schools as part of the secondary headteacher's forum for Staffordshire.

Miss Williams joined the school in 2009 and has held many positions in the English department, most recently head of faculty. In 2016, Miss Williams was appointed head of teaching and learning where she monitors, develops and improves the overall quality of classroom practice within the school. Further duties include overseeing the professional development programme and coordinating the coaching programme, as well asproviding school to school support as a Newcastle District Specialist Leader in Education.

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