Outstanding Governors Awards 2019

As usual, the Winners of the Hertfordshire Outstanding Governor Awards were presented at the Governors Annual Conference – this year on Saturday 16th November 2019 at Robertson House Stevenage. Because of the strength of the field this year the Awards committee agreed an additional Runner-Up and also an additional Award to a Special School Governor. (Equivalent to Runner-Up).  The Winners’ schools receive a prize of £1,000 and each of the Runners-Up’s schools a prize of 250.

Winners

• Sally Laflin – St John’s C of E Primary School
• Simon Mundy – Sir John Lawes School

Runners-Up

• Marion Brown – Verulam School
• Helen Simpson – Bridgewater Primary School
• Mike Newman – Hunsdon JMI School
• Gillian Knibbs – The Reddings Primary School
• Rosemary Charsley – St Mary’s Junior School

Special School

• Michael Wheeler – Brandles School

The group photo shows (left to right):

• Michael Taylor – Chair HASG
• Special-School: Michael Wheeler
• Runner-Up: Rosemary Charsley
• Runner- Up: Mike Newman
• Winner: Simon Mundy
• Runner- Up: Gillian Knibbs
• Winner: Sally Laflin
• Terry Douris – HCC Executive Member, Education
• Andrew de Csilléry – Managing Director HfL

The two individual photos show the other two Runners-Up: Helen Simpson & Marion Brown

Nomination Statements

You can read their original nomination statements in the following document:

• HASG Awards 2019 Winners Nomination Statements.