My name is Craig Appleby and I am currently a senior leader in secondary education with 14 years teaching experience. My background is predominantly centered around pastoral care and support, behaviour, attendance, Pupil Premium, internet safety and transition. I hope I can use these skills to support and challenge the school accordingly to be the very best it can be in these areas. I am a proud parent to one girl who currently attends the school and I look forward to watching her and all of the other children grow and develop in such a thriving and positive environment.

I am the Headteacher at Acomb First School in Northumberland. Prior to beginning my teaching career, I worked as a volunteer teaching English in Sri Lanka for one year, which gave me my first insight into working with children who have English as an additional language. I have worked in teaching for 14 years in the North East and within that time have had the opportunity to be a Leading Maths teacher for Newcastle Local Authority, a Deputy Headteacher in Newcastle and Sunderland, and I continue to be a regular lecturer at Durham University on both the Primary BA and PGCE courses. I have taught across the Primary phase and in Key Stage Three. My career has always been dedicated to working with children in order to make a significant difference, which is why I am strongly committed to working as a governor at Morpeth First School. I have a real passion for teaching and learning and am completely committed to ensuring every child is provided with the best education.

I am a mum of two boys at the start of their school experience with Morpeth First School. We live locally and I am a part time GP at one of the local surgeries. I enjoy spending time with my family exploring new things and laughing together. I love nature and enjoy spending time outdoors, but if inside I also enjoy craft and baking. I am passionate about ensuring every child is given the very best opportunities to learn and develop and I am therefore very grateful for the opportunity to be on the governing board for Morpeth First School. I have the pleasure of being a Governor Lead in the areas of Nurture and Eat Well to Learn Well. These areas dovetail together nicely with oversight for how school meal provision and how nutrition/healthy living is embedded within the curriculum; as well as emotional wellbeing provision within the school. I am fortunate also to be a Governor Lead for Character Education, something in which I believe passionately, as it supports the qualities I hope my children and in fact future colleagues/neighbours would possess, for the enrichment of society.

My name is Rachael Blackett. I am a Parent Governor with two children in Morpeth First School, and a younger child who will hopefully follow. I live in Morpeth, and having also grown up here, I am keen to support the school. I work as a Planning Consultant for a global engineering firm. I believe in being able to use my professional workplace skills for the benefit of the school. I have a wide ranging interest, and I am currently a Governor Lead for both Maths and Nuture, which gives a balanced overview of academic and wellbeing elements within school. I also sit on the school’s Resources Committee.

I am an architect working mainly on historic buildings in the North East. I am a parent to two boys, both of whom went to Morpeth First School, one is now at KEVI, the other attends Newminster Middle, so I have had many years of association with Goosehill. I have been a governor since 2016, first as a parent governor, now as a co-opted governor.

I have been part of the staff at Morpeth First School for 14 years. I am also a mum of two boys and live locally. I love spending my time exploring the outdoors, mainly walking and cycling. I coach a local rugby team and my other interests include science and lots of creativity.

I am a Parent Governor with two boys who attend Morpeth First School. Although originally from Teesside, I have lived in Morpeth for nearly ten years with my husband (who grew up here). I was previously a solicitor specialising in Employment Law but I left my career in law to become a homemaker when my eldest son was born. I enjoy spending time with my family, exploring the outdoors, socialising with friends and, when I have the energy, going to bootcamp. I am passionate about ensuring children have a positive learning environment which enables them to thrive - something I believe Morpeth First School already offers. I look forward to supporting the school and playing a part in influencing and shaping its direction.

I have been a teacher at Morpeth First for 13 years and have worked across all three key stages in my time here. Prior to moving to Northumberland I worked in various cities across England and Germany and also spent two enjoyable years teaching in Guernsey. I have always felt that it is a real honour to work as a teacher and to be part of so many young lives. I have three grown daughters who still keep me very busy. I enjoy cycling,walking and travelling. I love learning new things and over the last few years have taken up fossil hunting, crochet and silversmithing.