Dundale Primary School & Nursery is part of the Ridgeway Learning Partnership Multi-Academy Trust which is registered at Companies House with registration number 08056991 and its registered office is at Tring School, Mortimer Hill, Tring, HP23 5JD. Please see link below to the Ridgeway Learning Partnership.

Local Governing Body

The Local Governing Body consists of representatives from parents, staff and members co-opted from the local community.  Governing Board meetings are held each half term.

The Governing Body ensures the effective management of the school and promotes the well being of all in it by working in partnership with the Headteacher.

Headteacher:         Becky Ellis      
Co Opted:               Barbara Hamilton (Chair)

Co Opted:               Gill Budgell

Co Opted:               Emma Leach

Co Opted:               Natalie Cain

Co Opted:               Amanda Greenhill

Co Opted:               Tina Pidgeon

Co Opted:               Sandra Wilcock

Parent:                     Julie Dallas

Parent:                     Seb Brummell

Staff:                         Helen Hodgson

Contact Details for Chair of Governors:  

Mrs Barbara Hamilton

c/o Dundale Primary School and Nursery

Silk Mill Way

Tring

Hertfordshire

HP23 5DJ 

Barbara Hamilton joined the board of Governors in November 2017 and became Chair in 2018. She is grandmother to three  pupils in the school. Now retired, Barbara worked previously for the Ministry of Justice and was a senior manager with a focus on the education and training of offenders in custody covering the South East Region. In this role she was involved with driving up performance, contract management and the offender learning journey for over 30 Prisons. 

Gill Budgell joined Dundale Primary School and Nursery Governing Body in July 2019  following 6 years service at Tring School Governing Body as parent governor and then co-opted governor. She is the Vice Chair and has special responsibility for Early Years and KS1 at Dundale which sits well with her interests and expertise. Gill has worked in education for over 40 years in various capacities: teacher, consultant, writer and publisher. She runs her own publishing services company, Frattempo Ltd, a consultancy business which necessitates keeping abreast of key educational matters at local, national and often international levels. 

Gill is also a Trustee of the Ridgeway Learning Partnership.

Call for School Governors

At Dundale Primary School and Nursery, we are currently looking to recruit a number of School Governors from the local community; people who do not have a direct connection to the school but are passionate about children’s education and willing to give their time, energy and skills to help lead Dundale.

Our vision is to be a school where all our children thrive, love learning and develop resilient foundations for success in life as positive members of society. We are a diverse, inclusive community that values the vast unknowable potential and voice of each person, actively works together for the happiness and well-being of the school community as a whole and aims to have an engaging, irresistible curriculum that fosters deep learning of values, skills, concepts and knowledge.

As Governors, we are responsible for ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction, holding the Headteacher to account for performance and overseeing the finances of the school. If you have a willingness to learn and to challenge with tact, an ability to assimilate information and make judgments that inform decisions, are able to work well as part of a team, respect confidentiality and above all, have an enthusiasm for children’s education that gives them the best start in life, we would love to hear from you.

Governors attend a minimum of 6 full governing Board meetings and 3 half day class visits per year, together with a number of school events and training sessions. We are particularly keen to hear from people with an educational, financial, business or leadership background, though welcome applications from all.

If you would like to find out more, please send an expression of interest to our Chair of Governors, Barbara Hamilton at bhamilton@dundale.herts.sch.uk or drop it into the School Office, outlining why you are interested in becoming a School Governor and the contribution that you believe you can make.  

We look forward to hearing from you!

The Governors at Dundale Primary School & Nursery