Wincheap Foundation
Primary School
Developing skills for life and celebrating individuality
Meet the Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Governor Status | Name | Position | Skill set | Declarations of Interest | Term of office (end date) |
Local Authority Appointed Governor
| Dr Alison Cogger BA (Hons), PGCE, MA (Ed), Ed D
| (Governor 1997 - Chair of Governors 2004 - continuing)
Link Governor:
| Academic
SFHEA: Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
Principal Lecturer and Associate Head of the School of Teacher Education, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education. CCCU
FSET: Fellow Society for Education & Training
CCT: Member Chartered College of Teaching
| None | 27/03/2025 |
Co-Opted Governor
| Dr Kirsty Horsey LLB PhD PGCHE | Vice Chair of Governors. Chair of Pupil and Personnel Committee.
Link Governor:
| Legal – Reader in Law / researcher (law) University of Kent – teaching and learning development
| None | 31/01/2026 |
Partnership Governor
| Mark Evans | Chair of Curriculum Committee
Link Governor:
| Academic Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education (primary phase), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education. CCCU | None | 27/09/2026 |
Parent Governor
| Michael Rose | Link Governor:
| Engineering and Project Management | None | 16/05/2026 |
Co-Opted Governor
| Philippa Pickford LLB (Hons) | Link Governor:
| Economics, legal policy development and strategic thinking. Associate Partner, Wholesale Markets at Ofgem.
Member of senior civil service – experience of using wide range of qualitative and quantitative analysis - financial and non to develop policies
| None | 31/7/2023 |
Staff Governor
| Erica Kokle BA (Hons) French MA (French) PGCE primary PGCE Post-Compulsory |
| Deputy head – staff development, curriculum, Pupil Premium
Teaching in primary, Further Education and Skills and Higher Education
| None | 31/07/2025 |
Parent Governor
| Dr David Gould | Link Governor:
| Medical | None | 31/01/2026 |
Headteacher | Nicola Dawson |
| Headteacher
| None | |
Co-Opted Governor
| Reverend Stephen Carter PGCE Secondary RE, MEd, MA Theology, Ministry and Mission | Link Governor:
| Associate Vicar, St Mary Bredin Church
Archbishop's School Sixth Form Chaplain | None | 16/05/2026 |
Clerk to the Board of Governors: Lena Seed |
Governors' attendance 2022-23
