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

Caroline Hutton (Chair)

Bishop (or nominated rep)

Strategic Oversight Comm.
Christian Distinctiveness Group (Chair)

The Rt Revd Ian Bishop (Bishop of Thetford)

Bishop’s nomination

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Vacancy

Bishop’s nomination

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Revd Derek McClean

Elected

School Estates and Capital Finance Comm.

Revd Andrew Whitehead

Elected

School Estates and Capital Finance Comm.

Jan Pierson

Elected

Christian Distinctiveness Group

Revd Coryn Stanforth

Elected

Christian Distinctiveness Group

Revd Carl Melville

Elected

Christian Distinctiveness Group

John Neenan
(Headteacher – Drayton CofE Junior School)

Co-opted

School Estates and Capital Finance Comm.

Mat Tuckwood
(Headteacher –  Whitefriars CofE Primary Academy)

Co-opted

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Nicola Rowland
(Headteacher – Corton CofE VA Primary School & Nursery)

Co-opted

Christian Distinctiveness Group

James Wilson (Norfolk County Council)

Co-opted

Strategic Oversight Comm.

Teresa Osborne

Co-opted

School Estates and Capital Finance Comm. (Chair)

Weiwei Cossey

Co-opted

Christian Distinctiveness Group