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Meet Our Governors

Mrs Mariam Parekh (Chair of Governors)

Co-opted Governor

Term of Office: 26 March 2023 to 25 March 2027

First Appointed: 26 March 2019

Responsibilities/Committees:  FGB, Standards & Curriculum, Finance, Ofsted ready working group

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None declared

Other Governance Roles : Academy Representative at Birchfield Primary Academy, Co-opted Governor at Kings Federation, Wednesbury

Meetings Attended 2023/2024: 100%

 Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  90%

Mr Mohammad Yasin

Local Authority Governor

Term of Office: 24 April 2022 to 23 April 2026

First Appointed: 15 September 2018

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB, Finance & General Purposes, Standards & Curriculum,

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Trustee at Rahamatulla Welfare Trust

Other Governance Roles: Whitehall Junior School, Walsall

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  63%

 Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  72%

Mr Arfan Zaman (Community Links, Pupil Premium)

Co-opted Governor

Term of Office: 13 July 2020 to 12 July 2024

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB, Finance & General Purposes, Standards & Curriculum,

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Employed at Palfrey One Big Local

Other Governance Roles : None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  25%

Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  62%

Mr James Ludlow

Co-opted Governor

Term of Office: 7 December 2021 to 6 December 2025

First Appointed: 7 December 2021

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB, Finance & General Purposes, Standards & Curriculum

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Principal at Joseph Leckie Academy

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  100%

 Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  67%

Mrs Jeanette Evans

Staff Governor

Term of Office: 25 September 2024 to 24 September 2028

First Appointed: 25 September 2024 

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  N/A

Mr Mohammed Masoom Rana

Parent Governor

Term of Office: 2 November 2022 to 1 November 2026

First Appointed: 2 November 2022

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: none

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  50%

Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  71%

Mrs Donna Harper (Vice Chair)

Co-opted Governor

Term of Office: 14 May 2024 to 13 May 2028

First Appointed: 14 May 2024

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: none

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024: 100%

Mrs Alison Walsh

Headteacher

Term of Office: 1 January 2013 to present

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB, Finance & General Purposes, Standards & Curriculum,

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: None declared

Other Governance Roles: Trustee at Joseph Leckie Academy

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  100%

Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  100%

Ms Bal Bains

Advisory

Term of Office: N/A

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB, Finance & General Purposes

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Employed at Palfrey Infant School

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  100%

Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  100%

Mrs Tina Dunkley

Advisory

Term of Office: N/A

Responsibilities/Committees: SENDCo

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Employed at Palfrey Infant School

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  88%

Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  75%

Ms Gurdeep Sanghera

Clerk to the FGB

Term of Office: N/A

Responsibilities/Committees: FGB

Business, Personal & Pecuniary Interests: Employed at Walsall Council (Governance Services)

Other Governance Roles: None

Meetings Attended 2023/2024:  88%

Meetings Attended 2022/2023:  86%


For more information on Governor roles and responsibilities see the Maintained School Governance Guide (March 2024).

To contact a school governor you can either leave a message at the school office or email postbox@palfreyinfant.co.uk  and mark the email 'For the attention of the School Governor, (insert the name of the Governor)'. 

Former Governors from the past 12 months: 

Miss Holly Humphries

Co-opted Governor (Resignation accepted 27.02.2024)

Mrs Nicola Bayliss

Co-opted Governor (Resignation accepted 14.05.2024)

Mrs Helena Collett

Staff Governor (Resignation accepted 25.09.2024)