Who's Who
Mrs Linda Young: Co-opted Governor
I have worked in Education for many, many years and I am now enjoying my retirement. I play a lot of Golf (still not very good though!!) and enjoy visiting my daughters in Australia. I am also a member of a local Rotary Club and volunteer for Chestnut Tree House and The Sussex Wildlife Trust.
My first role was as a PE teacher in Hove and then as Head of Department in a Secondary School in Chailey. After that I moved into the Primary sector and taught at Cradle Hill Primary School before becoming an Advisory Teacher in East Sussex. I was lucky enough then to be offered a job at Bangkok Patana School in Thailand where I worked for an exciting 8 years. On returning to England I took up post at Chiddingly Primary School becoming the Acting Head for one year and then finished my teaching legacy at Moira House Girls School in Eastbourne as Head of the Junior School.
I was very pleased to be invited to be a Governor at Alfriston Primary School and I have enjoyed becoming involved in the day to day life of the school.
Mr John Windsor: Co-opted Governor
I started as a volunteer helper at Alfriston School in 2008. Initially I listened to readers and led booster maths groups before I was fortunate enough to be employed as an Individual Needs Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the school in the autumn of 2009.Since then I have qualified as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant and regularly cover Key Stage 2 classes. I have always found the school staff, pupils and parents to be very welcoming and friendly, fully encompassing the school vision, Fair, Friendly, Fulfilling and Fun. Previously I worked for 30 years in Wealth and Corporate Finance and currently serve the community as a member of Seaford Martello Rotary Club. I am pleased to be a governor and hope that I use my experience to work together with my fellow governors to maintain and develop the high standard of this exceptional school.
Mrs Geraldine Page: Local Authority Governor
My long career in teaching began in a Primary School in Hertfordshire where I taught years 5/6. I then moved into Secondary teaching where I held senior leadership roles in three very different Surrey schools. I have a wide range of interests and hobbies including music, art and golf. I moved to Seaford two years ago, so I am now settled here and very much look forward to my role as one of your governors.
Mrs Alison Forshaw: Co-opted Governor
Although I do not have a teaching background, I was Headmaster’s Secretary at a Boarding School for boys for a number of years, where I had contact with parents, staff and pupils in many aspects of school life. Later I was able to help not only with secretarial tasks but also extra-curricular and sporting activities when my son was at primary school. Recent years of my working life have been spent in the medico-legal sector as Practice Manager for an Orthopaedic Surgeon, and I am now approaching retirement. Primary education, is I believe a vital part of preparing young people for life, and I am happy to have been asked to join the Governing Board of Alfriston School, where my great-nephew has just begun his school career.
Ivor Fabb: Co-opted Governor
I first became a School Governor in 2006 at a local school where I lived in Hove, and remained so until I moved out of the area in 2012. A further move brought me to Seaford and I am pleased to have been able to join the governing body for Alfriston. I enjoy working within a dedicated team whose aims and goals are to edify our children, helping each of them develop their own potential. Most of my career has been as a Police Officer but along the way I have also been self-employed managing my own business. Since retirement I have been able to follow my own agenda and spend the winters skiing and the summers travelling, as well as becoming more involved in the community. To that end I am delighted in being member of the governing body.
Linda Salway: Co-opted Governor
I am an arts strategist, project manager, workshop leader and drama teacher. I have an MA in Arts and Cultural Management alongside my teaching qualifications and am presently Head of Partnership and Head of the Arts Award programme at Eastbourne College where I also teaches drama.
I have worked as a theatre education director and young people’s theatre producer. I was arts manager for Waverley Borough Council from 1997- 2005 and the co-ordinator of Arts Partnership Surrey. I am Gold Arts Award assessor, a trustee of Lewes Live Literature, a board member of Culture Shift, a director of the Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce and the chair of the Eastbourne Schools Partnership. I have also been an advisor for the Arts Council on young people’s work and a board member of Creative Future.
Pam Follett: Co-opted Governor
My work career started in the late 1970s when I started work for Lewes District Council. In the mid 1980s I moved to employment at East Sussex County Council and my work was heavily involved in School Admissions, Home to School Transport and School Meals/Pupil Premium until I took early retirement recently. I now feel ready for another challenge and feel I will gain greatly in working as a School Governor alongside such a motivated and dedicated team. I feel very fortunate that I have been offered this position.
Mrs Tanya Fitzgerald: Staff Governor
I have worked at Alfriston School for a number of years and was thrilled to be elected Staff Governor in March 2020.
I am able to bring to the Governing Board the perspective of the staff and hope that my experience working in education enables me to contribute to the direction of the school and to our Fair, Friendly, Fulfilling and Fun vision.