Sarah Cavanagh

Chair of Governors

I joined the governing body at Stocksbridge High as a parent governor in 2010, and became Chair of Governors in October 2014, I am also the designated Safeguarding governor, and snow governor when required! Before joining the governing body at Stocksbridge High school I spent 14 years as a governor at Royd NI school, and was on both governing bodies for a while.

Mrs S Cavanagh
Stocksbridge High School Shay House Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield S36 1FD
enquiries@stocksbridgehigh.sheffield.sch.uk
0114 2883153

Anthea Peers

Co-opted Governor

I have been a co-opted member of Stocksbridge High School Governing body for several years. After teaching in Sheffield schools I became a School Improvement Officer with Calderdale Local Authority and later a Secondary School Adviser with Sheffield Local Authority. In this latter role I was involved with Stocksbridge High School in my professional capacity for several years and I still maintain the same high expectations for children and young people, supporting them to love learning and to achieve at the highest level.

Bill Fieldsend

Co-opted Governor

I have a good knowledge and strong links with Stocksbridge High School having lived in the community all my life. I attended the school myself, my 2 children gained their education here and after a career in industry and being self-employed, I worked as Buildings Supervisor at the school for 9 years before my retirement.

Richard Crowther

Co-Opted Governor

I have had the privilege of representing the Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward on Sheffield City Council for almost four years, and have served on the Governing Body of Stocksbridge High School for almost as long. I have also been a member of Stocksbridge Town Council since May 2015, and have worked for our local Member of Parliament for the last six years.

Dianne Fortescue

Co-Opted Governor

After qualifying as a teacher in the 1970’s , I continued a 30 year career in various types of education including Adult Literacy, Ex-offenders, Home education and Special Educational needs. I retired as a College Manger for Student Services in 2014 and moved north.

Ruth Parker

Parent Governor

Richard Marlow

Co-Opted Governor

Jo Stavert-Dobson

Community Governor

I joined the Governing Body in October 2021. I have a passion for the continued development and improvement of the school and strongly believe in the importance of a high quality education for all. I am a parent of two students currently at Stocksbridge High School and I feel that parents and carers must feel confident their children will thrive here and receive a first-class teaching, learning, pastoral and extra-curricular experience during their time at SHS. As a Governor, I am looking forward to working with the school to support and develop this to its full potential.

My professional background is in Primary Education and its wider fields. I worked in the Environmental and Heritage Education Sector for 14 years, working extensively with schools, teachers and within the local communities. I remained at home to support my children through their early and primary years and more recently have been working as Co-Director of our two growing family companies.

Tania Freeman

Staff Governor

I am extremely proud to be part of the Local Governing Body at Stocksbridge High School. I have worked for the school for the past 7 years in a support role. For me, it is important that school is more than just a place of learning…it is a community which I feel passionately about. I want to support the school in its journey of improvement.

Steve sykes

Staff governor

I am extremely pleased to become Staff Governor for Stocksbridge High School and help the school develop towards an outstanding school. Over the past eighteen years I have taught a variety of age groups from KS2 to KS5 in all situations from mainstream schools to ESBD and SEND schools. I have also been staff governor for a school in Calderdale from 2006 to 2009. Prior to my work in education, I worked in the engineering sector for 16 years from ground floor to management.

Nicola Widnall

Community Governor

I was absolutely delighted to join the SHS governing body from Spring 2022. Having moved recently to the area, I was keen to play a role within the community and feel very proud and humbled to be able to do so at the school that three generations of my husband’s family attended. It is a real privilege to have been co-opted into the role and I am excited to see how my experience as both educationalist and governor of primary and secondary schools across Yorkshire can support the fantastic work of SHS colleagues and students.
I have worked in education throughout my career. I am currently one of the Trust Vice Principals for a Multi Academy Trust based in Leeds. A Modern Foreign Languages teacher at heart, I have been fortunate to experience wider school and trust life through my senior leadership roles within the Quality of Education Teams at both academy and MAT-wide level. My current role sits within our Central School Improvement function, and I also have responsibility for trust-wide staff professional and personal development – a real passion of mine and something I am determined to get right.
I am a firm believer that regardless of starting points and backgrounds, that every child can experience success - I know that this aligns fully with the ethos and values of SHS and I look forward to meeting you all and working with Stocksbridge High School as you continue on your journey to outstanding and beyond.

Richard Bullock

Parent Governor

It's with great pleasure that I am able to share my experience of working as a secondary school teacher and leader for the last 21 years as well as my 10 years experience as a primary school governor at Royd Nursery Infant School in Deepcar.
In this challenging world that we find ourselves in, it is more important than ever to have governors involved at Stocksbridge High School that are experienced, supportive and are able to hold the school to account over the issues that face the school, teachers and pupils on a daily basis. As a parent governor I am able to support the school and look forward to working with the school for years to come.