The governing body has a range of duties and powers and a general responsibility for the conduct of the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement. Its responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  •  overseeing the school’s finances
  •  making sure the curriculum is broad and balanced
  •  appointing staff
  •  reviewing staff performance and pay

The governing body has considerable decretion as to how to discharge its responsibilities but is required to constitute itself in line with the regulations and to appoint a chair and vice chair.

Kinoulton Primary School is part of the Equals Trust. A link to the Equals Trust governance page can be found here.

Events and Meetings

The governors are involved in numerous activities in the school both formal and informal.

These are our current and future meetings dates:

Academic year 2025/2026

1 October 2025 – Full Governing Body meeting

26 November 2025 – Governors development meeting

21 January 2026 – Full Governing Body meeting

11 March 2026 – Governors development meeting

24 April 2026 – Full Governing Body meeting

1 July 2026  – Governors development meeting

Minutes

If you would like to view minutes to the any governor meetings please contact us.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about your child, please speak in the first instance to his/her teacher or the head teacher.

If you wish to contact the governing body to make any comments or suggestions relating to the school, you can now contact us by email

ptownsend@kinoulton.notts.sch.uk

Meet Our Governors

KPS governors meet every half term.

Below is our governor diversity data:

Ethnicity – 11 x White British

Gender – 5 x Male and 6 x Female

Age – 2 x 30-39 years, 5 x 40-49 years, 1 x 50-59 years, 2 x 60-69 years and 1 x 70-79 years

Disability – None

Governor Attendance, Conflicts of Interest and Terms of Office:

Mr Paul Townsend - Trust Governor and Chair

Paul is a trust governor and has held the role of Chair, since Summer 2021. Now retired, Paul was a mining engineer spending over 15 years in the local coal industry before moving into various senior leadership roles in some well known food businesses.

  • Third term
  • Current term of office:01/09/25 to 31/08/29

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 5 out of 5 meetings

Mr Simon Paramore - Headteacher

Simon is the Head Teacher at Kinoulton Primary.

  • Originally appointed: 19/04/2021

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 4 out of 5 meetings

Mrs Abi Huntingford - Staff Governor

Abi is the Deputy Headteacher at Kinoulton Primary School.

  • First term
  • Current term of office: 17/10/24 to 16/10/28

Possible conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 5 out of 5 meetings

Mrs Janet Eyers - Staff Governor

Janet is one of our co-opted governors who currently works at Kinoulton Primary School as the School Business Manager. She had spent the last 25 plus years working in school finance and administration

  • Third term
  • Current term of office: 24/09/25 to 23/09/29

Possible Conflicts of interest: current staff member

Attendance 2024/2025: 4 out of 5 meetings

Mr Antony Stevens - Trust Governor

Tony is a Trust governor and lives in Kinoulton. He is Director of Central Services at a midlands-based facilities management company. Tony has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business and is a fellow of the chartered management institute.

  • Second Term
  • Current term of office: 01/09/25 to 31/08/29

Possible conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 1 out of 5 meetings

Mrs Ella Sanders - Trust Governor

Ella is one of our Trust governors who lives locally. She was a Primary school teacher, with some 40 years of experience and is now retired and enjoying volunteering at Kinoulton Primary School.

  • Second term
  • Current term of office:01/09/25 to 31/08/29

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 4 out of 5 meetings

Jaqueline Gibson - Trust Governor

Jackie is a Trust governor who lives in Kinoulton. She is a retired teacher with 38 years’ teaching experience, predominantly in Key Stage 1.

  • Second term
  • Current term of office:01/09/25 to 31/08/29

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 5 out of 5 meetings

Katherine Blades - Trust Governor

Katherine is a Trust governor and lives in Kinoulton.  She has 4 children who have been to / attend Kinoulton Primary School.  She has a background in science and project management.

  • Second term
  • Current term of office:01/09/25 to 31/08/29

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 1 out of 1 meeting

Mrs Alexandra Hudson - Parent Governor

Alex is a parent governor, who lives in Kinoulton and whose son started at Kinoulton Primary in September 2022. She is the finance chair of the governors and professionally is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor.

  • First term
  • Current term of office: 05/04/23 to 04/04/27

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 2 out of 5 meetings

Mr Mark Tinsley - Parent Governor

Mark is a parent governor who lives in Kinoulton. He has two children at Kinoulton Primary School. Mark is a PE teacher at Toot Hill School in Bingham, where he has worked since 2007. He brings with him a wide range of middle and senior management

experiences at both department and whole school levels.

  • First term
  • Current term of office: 17/10/24 to 16/10/28

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 5 out of 5 meetings

Matthew Gent - Parent Governor

  • First term
  • Current term of office:17/03/25 to 16/03/29

Possible Conflicts of interest: None

Attendance 2024/2025: 2 out of 2 meetings