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Board of Education

This is a statutory body established under the Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 2021.

The functions of the Diocesan Board of Education include: the promotion of education consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England; the promotion of religious education and religious worship in schools and academies; the promotion of Church schools and academies in the diocese; and advice to school governors on any matter affecting Church schools and academies.

The Board meets three times a year and has four subgroups / committees:

  • Christian Distinctiveness group (meets three times a year)
  • School Estates and Capital Funding (meets six times a year)
  • Strategic Oversight Committe

 

DBE Members 

Name

Status

Committee / Group

Mark Allbrook (Chair)

Bishop (or nominated rep)

All (Chair of Strategic Oversight Comm.)

The Rt Revd Ian Bishop (Bishop of Thetford)

Bishop’s nomination

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Dr Father Harri Williams

Bishop’s nomination

Christian Distinctiveness Group

Revd Derek McClean

Elected

Christian Distinctiveness Group

Jennie Vere

Elected

Christian Distinctiveness Group (Chair)

Teresa Osborne

Elected

School Estates & Capital Fin. Comm (Chair)

Revd Andrew Whitehead

Elected

School Estates & Capital Fin. Comm

Caroline Hutton

Elected

Christian Distinctiveness Group

Emily McMillan (Headteacher Heartwood VC Primary school)

Co-opted

Christian Distinctiveness Group

Mat Tuckwood (Headteacher Whitefriars primary academy)

Co-opted

Strategic Oversight Comm.

John Neenan (Headteacher – St Michael’s, Aylsham)

Co-opted

School Estates & Capital Fin. Comm

John Crowley (Norfolk Children’s Services)

Co-opted

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Jan Pierson

Co-opted

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Vacancy

Co-opted

School Estates & Capital Fin. Comm