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Governors

Light Oaks School Governors 

Light Oaks Junior School Governing Board is made up of up to twelve governors. Currently these are:: 

  • Chair of the Governing Board – Ms Sharon Hughes 

  • Vice Chair - Mr Tecwyn Wright 

  • Head Teacher Governor – Mrs Zandra Wilkinson 

  • Staff Governor – Mrs Claire Smith 

  • Local Authority Governor – Cllr Michelle Barnes

  • Parent Governor - Mr Stuart Greer 

  • Parent Governor - Ms Helen Smith 

  • Associate Governor – Mrs Claire Walker (Deputy Head) 

  • Co-opted Governor – Mrs Olive Goodall 

  • Co-opted Governor - Mrs Rachel Dodge 

  • Co-opted Governor – Ms Caroline Stevens

Contacting the Chair of Governors

Should you wish to contact the Chair of the governing board, or any other governor, you may do so in writing care of Light Oaks Junior School, Lancaster Road, Salford. M6 8LU. 

Please mark your correspondence as "private and confidential". 

Governors' Allowances 

Governors do not claim any allowances at our school. 

Diversity of the Governing Board 

The DfE have asked that we publish details of the diversity of our governing board. In order to protect identities, we will only report on a select number of characteristics which we collect: 

Gender: male: 18% female: 82% 

Ethnicity: White British: 100% Other: 0% 

Structure of Light Oaks Junior School Committees

Meetings

A full Governing Board meeting is held once every term. The Governing Board also has three sub committees which monitor and provide strategic direction, challenge and support for the areas which they cover. These are: 

  1. Welfare, Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding 

  2. Finance and Resources 

  3. Standards, Effectiveness and Curriculum 

Each sub committee meets once a term and focusses on more specific areas of school governance. Recommendations made by sub committees are then taken back to the fully Governing Board for final approval. 

Welfare, Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Committee 

Chair: Olive Goodall 

This Committee has responsibility for: 

  • Safeguarding and child protection 

  • Behaviour 

  • Special Educational Needs and disabilities 

  • Looked after and post adoption children 

  • Equalities 

  • Attendance and Punctuality 

  • Personal Development & Well Being 

  • SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) 

  • Disadvantaged Pupils 

  • Health Promotion and Sport Premium 

  • Parental Engagement and Liaison 

 

Finance and Resources Committee 

Chair: Tecwyn Wright 

This Committee has responsibility for: 

  • Budgets - long term strategy and short term monitoring 

  • Financial and Business management 

  • Health & Safety 

  • Premises 

  • Staffing & HR 

  • Appraisals & CPD including pay recommendations 

  • Partnerships 

 

Standards, Effectiveness and Curriculum Committee 

Chair: Sharon Hughes 

This Committee has responsibility for: 

  • Strategic Planning and Target Setting 

  • School Self Evaluation 

  • School Development Plan 

  • Pupil outcomes, data & monitoring including for significant groups 

  • Internal and external assessment & tracking of pupils 

  • Teaching & Learning 

  • Narrowing the Gap (Disadvantaged pupils) 

  • Curriculum 

  • Website 

Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests

  • All the governors and associate members of Light Oaks Junior School listed below have signed the Register of personal, pecuniary or business interests 

  • This is a declaration of any personal or business interest they or any relative or person closely connected with them, have with businesses or other organisations that may have dealings with the school. This could for example include owning or having a relative work for a business that had dealings with school; having a relative working in or for school or being a governor of another school.  

  • If any interest a governor has could be seen to cause a conflict of interest they would be asked to withdraw from any decision making concerned. This is to ensure that our governors can always be seen to be putting the interest of the school first. Any potential conflict it is shown below. 
     

Ms Sharon Hughes 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/23 – 11/10/27 
Category: Co-opted  

Responsibilities: Chair of Governing Board, Chair of Standards Committee, Young Carers Governor 

Appointed by: Governing Board 

Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 6/9 (67%) 

 

Mrs Zandra Wilkinson 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 14/10/13 - Present 

Category: Headteacher 

Responsibilities: N/A

Appointed by: Governing Board 

Relevant Interests: niece of Governor Mrs O Goodall 


Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 9/9 (100%) 

 

Mr Tecwyn Wright 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/23 – 11/10/27 

Category: co-opted 

Responsibilities: vice chair, chair of finance and resources committee, health & safety governor  
Appointed by: Governing Board 

Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 2/9 (22%) 

 

Mrs Claire Walker 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/23 - 11/10/27 

Category: Associate (No voting rights) 

Responsibilities: N/A

Appointed by: Governing Board 

Relevant Interests: wife to teaching assistant Darryll Walker; Chair of Governors at Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Westhoughton, Bolton 


Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 3/3 (100%) Committee Meetings: 9/9 (100%) 

 

Mrs Olive Goodall 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/10/23 - 11/10/27 

Category: Co-opted 

Responsibilities: Chair of the Welfare, Inclusion and Pupil Support Committee, Attendance Governor 

Appointed by: Governing Board 

Relevant Interests: aunt to the headteacher 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 2/3 (67%) Committee Meetings: 9/9 (100%) 

 

Mrs Rachel Dodge 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 4/9/2022 - 3/9/2026 


Category: co-opted 

Responsibilities: Looked after and post-looked after children; Safeguarding 

Appointed by: Governing Board 


Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 1/3 (33%) Committee Meetings: 4/9 (44%) 

 

Cllr Michelle Barnes 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 28/3/2022 - 27/3/2026 
Category: Local Authority 
Responsibilities: Looked after and post-looked after children 

Appointed by: Salford City Council 
Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 0/3 (0%) Committee Meetings: 4/9 (44%) 
 

Mr Stuart Greer 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 9/12/2022 - 8/12/2026 
Category: Parent 
Responsibilities: PE governor

Appointed by: Parent vote 
Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 2/3 (67%) Committee Meetings: 9/9 (100%) 

 

Ms Helen Smith 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/9/2022 - 11/9/2026 
Category: Parent 
Responsibilities: none 

Appointed by: Parent vote 
Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 0/3 (0%) Committee Meetings: 3/9 (33%) 
 

Mrs Claire Smith 

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 24/9/2024 - 23/9/2026 

Category: Staff 
Responsibilities: none 

Appointed by: Staff vote 
Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: N/A

 

Ms Caroline Stevens

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 9/12/2022 - 8/12/2026 
Category: Co-opted 
Responsibilities: none 

Appointed by: Governing Body 
Relevant Interests: none 

Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 2/3 (67%) Committee Meetings: 5/9 (56%) 

 
PREVIOUS GOVERNORS (2023-24) 

Mrs Lucy Waddington  

Date of Appointment and Term of Office: 12/9/2022 - 11/9/2026

Category: Staff
Responsibilities: n/a 

Appointed by: Staff 

Relevant Interests: none 
Attendance over the last academic year: Full Board Meetings 2/3 (67%) Committee Meetings: 4/9 (44%) 

Latest News

Latest Posts

JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 21st Mar 2025
Thank you to all who contributed an Easter egg this morning! pic.twitter.com/VxaeMAboLr— Light Oaks Junior School () March 21, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 18th Mar 2025
Year 5 have had an amazing day at The Lowry. We started off by spending some time in the gallery exploring the works of L.S Lowry. We then worked together to produce a piece a mixed media art inspired by deforestation. 🌳 pic.twitter.com/OFrv6kWhbH— Light Oaks Junior School () March 18, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
Always a pleasure. Delighted Light Oaks continues to offer all these opportunities for pupils to attend the events 👏 https://t.co/SYV6f0wkHY— Dean Gilmore () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
Flag Football and Lacrosse well done to both teams. Flag Football team won both their games and Lacrosse won 3 and lost 3 at their festival. pic.twitter.com/nWb2f60Pw9— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
Finally, for now, some pictures of our brilliant gymnasts at the Rise Gymnastics festivals. Thank you to everyone who has helped and to those who’ve hosted all the events. pic.twitter.com/Gd7quWQM05— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
Player of the match in Netball and our representatives at the recent Action Sports Day at pic.twitter.com/iRoxiXV2xC— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
A couple of football pictures. The first is a picture of the girls who represented our school at the recent Let Girls’ Play event at SSV on the second is a picture from our game against Beech Street in which we won a thrilling game 4-3. pic.twitter.com/rJUSZ9TS79— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
A couple of pictures of our recent hockey cluster event. One of our teams won the event 🥇 and the team finished joint fourth. A great effort by everyone involved 👍🏼 pic.twitter.com/TbnzkNqvSK— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
Some Wrestling pictures. The team did really well and were awarded bronze overall. Huge congratulations to them all 🥉We had one participant win a gold on the day for winning all his bouts. Well done. 🥇 pic.twitter.com/tEuZqP0SXc— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
Year 4 winning the Salford Handball Finals 🏆🥇 pic.twitter.com/SMyT0R8M7y— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 17th Mar 2025
There has been a lot happening over the past two weeks. We’ve had: Handball, Hockey, Netball, Football, Rugby League, Wrestling, Flag Football, Lacrosse, Gymnastics, Pro-Strike and Action Sports at Graystone. Massive thanks to for organising everything. 👏🏼— Light Oaks Junior School () March 17, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 14th Mar 2025
It's with you from 2pm 🥳 Hear from from Heywood who's debut solo single's in memory of his late son. And who're off to Florida for the Allstar World Championships! ✈️ Listen live on BBC Sounds 🎧 https://t.co/KS0e8NA0g4 pic.twitter.com/1kXSA12Lz8— BBC Manchester () March 14, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 14th Mar 2025
FINAL RESULT: Light Oaks 2 Vernon 1 The Infants come from a goal behind to become champions in an exciting final! We're so proud! Tommy equalised followed by a winner from Seb soon after! We showed great resilience, fantastic behaviour and unbelievable teamwork! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/GwBAwDSC9G— Light Oaks Infants 👫👭👬 () March 14, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 13th Mar 2025
The Wizard of Oz 🧙🏻‍♂️ Thanks to for another fantastic show this afternoon. Here are our Year 6 children engaging in the workshop afterwards 🎬 pic.twitter.com/pbSkA7GWw4— Light Oaks Junior School () March 13, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 11th Mar 2025
Well done LOJS engineers for your first awards ceremony. We even had winners! pic.twitter.com/2KIEukS1Mi— Light Oaks Junior School () March 11, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 7th Mar 2025
Great afternoon at the Salford Lacrosse Tournament 🥍 pic.twitter.com/c2UGOBvZCE— Light Oaks Junior School () March 7, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 6th Mar 2025
Same fun. More wheels. Means spills. More thrills. pic.twitter.com/GKLYYd81px— Light Oaks Junior School () March 6, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 9th Feb 2025
Well done to our handball team for winning the year 3&4 cluster event this week pic.twitter.com/NyOwMdzFcN— Light Oaks Junior School () February 9, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 9th Feb 2025
Some pictures from Fridays EG Cup match against St Teresa’s. Huge thanks to for allowing us to use their pitch. @ pic.twitter.com/rp5vfhsciQ— Light Oaks Junior School () February 9, 2025
JuniorOaks
@JuniorOaks - 7th Feb 2025
Well done to our Year Six girls playing against tonight in the EG Cup. We really enjoyed the match and wish Light Oaks good luck in the next round. pic.twitter.com/bp2UxbsE3p— St Teresas RCP Irlam () February 7, 2025