Governors

Dominic Mika

Dominic is a parent governor at St Kenelm’s, both of his two boys attends the school. Dominic is also a school governor at a school in the West Midlands. He works as a manager with the West Midlands Fire Service and also serves as a reservist with the Royal Marines. He holds a Masters degree in Business Continuity, Security and Emergency Management and has a further post graduate qualification in Emergency Planning.

Steve Eccleston

Steve was elected as a Parent Governor at the school in 2010, and since his two daughters moved on to Haybridge he has remained as a co-opted Governor. Steve has chaired the Staffing Committee for several years, is a member of the Finance Committee, and is also the Safeguarding Governor.

Steve is a serving police officer, and his current role includes that of Head of Child Protection for Warwickshire and West Mercia.

Steve is keen to be involved with the school in his role as Governor as it is such an important part of the local community, which provides a friendly and supportive environment in which the local children can begin their education.

Lois Swift

Lois was appointed as the school Local Authority Governor in 2012 and serves on the Staffing and Finance & Premises Committees. As the mum of two grown up children, Lois has lived in Romsley for 18 years and has worked for over 30 years in the NHS as a nurse, midwife, health visitor and senior NHS manager. Since her retirement, Lois has taken on a number of voluntary roles and in 2014 she was appointed as a Trustee and Non Executive Director of the National Childbirth Trust. 

Lois has a passion for ensuring that all our children get the best possible start in life, both from a health and education point of view and has recently become the school’s lead Governor for special educational needs. Lois is a regular face around the school and uses her experience in charity and public sector management to further the aims of the school as much as she can. In her spare time, Lois enjoys quilting and other creative pursuits as well as walking with her dogs around the local area.

Bev Harrison

Bev has lived in Romsley for 8 years and was elected as a parent governor in March 2014. She has two children, one now at Haybridge and one still in attendance at St. Kenelm's, which provides a great opportunity for regular visits to school. 

Bev has worked in the Financial Services Industry for nearly twenty years and currently works part time as a corporate banking manager for a Swedish Bank.  Bev brings her invaluable experience as a finance manager to the Finance & Premises Committee and is Chair of the same.

Cathryn Overall

Cathryn Overall was appointed as a Foundation Governor by the Diocese in 2010 and has thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the children, teachers and staff of this vibrant, friendly school.  With the school and the church at the heart of the local community, Cathryn feels privileged to be making a contribution towards strengthening those links.  She is currently Chair of the Foundation Committee and the Curriculum Committee with specific governor responsibility for Literacy and Early Years.

Cathryn and her husband have been living in Romsley since 2003.  Their daughter is now in upper KS2, although it only seems like yesterday when she was attending Romsley's pre-school nursery!  A regular performer in the Romsley village pantomime, Cathryn values the sense of friendship and community which the village offers and she has loved making Romsley her home.

Since 2001, Cathryn has worked at the University of Birmingham as a Programme Manager.  She currently runs Academic English support for the University's 4,000 international students and manages a large group of EAP (English for Academic Purposes) teachers.  Although the HE environment is a world away from primary education, her job routinely involves the same areas of educational management, e.g. assessment, curriculum design, resources and staffing, which underpin school life.  Despite this, Cathryn learns new things every time she goes into St Kenelm's...and long may this continue!

More Governor details coming soon......