Chair: Anne Clark

I have lived in Naburn since 2001 and have 3 grown up children, the youngest of whom went to school at Naburn Primary. Until recently I worked as a Specialist Early Years Assessment Teacher for the City of York Council and have spent my career teaching children with special educational needs. In my spare time I enjoy singing, playing the guitar and kayaking. I am a member of Naburn Parish Council and am very honoured to serve as a Local Authority Governor for our wonderful village school.

Richard Atkinson

Mike Beresford

I have lived a few yards away from the school since 1992.  Our children loved every minute of their time at Naburn Primary School.  After spending over 20 years as an engineering project manager in the petrochemical industry, I became full-time director in 2012 for a Christian organisation called Zambesi Mission.  I lead regular Open the Book assemblies in the school where we and the children act out Bible stories and learn lessons for today.  I also help the children understand about faith in a very different context by running occasional Malawi Clubs and assemblies.  As Foundation Governor I am keen to uphold and share the Christian faith and promote the schools core values of hope, perseverance, community and compassion.

Clare Burton

Rowan Johnson

I’ve been a Parent Governor since September 2023 and I live just a short distance from Naburn School. I work for an international humanitarian organisation, as head of global safety and security training and crisis management. I've held extensive safeguarding responsibilities professionally that I aim to also bring to the role of Parent Governor. Having always had a passion for technical search and rescue, I’m a volunteer member of the Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team and a Trauma Risk Manager for the RNLI. I care deeply about our inclusive and friendly village school and our values of aspiration, respect and community. I welcome any and all conversations about how to further deepen our Naburn community ties and the long-term sustainability of this wonderful school which provides such a great educational foundation for all its children.

Kevin Merrison

Settled in York since 2013, this is the second school at which I have been a governor. Experienced with working with boards and committees in small and large organisations and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, I spent the first part of my working career in the military serving with the Royal Air Force, the United Nations and NATO. I have three children, aged between 16 and 36 who attended over 20 different schools between them. That probably provides me with the most valuable experience of all. I aim to support the fellow governors, school head and teachers, parents and pupils in achieving a balanced, sustainable and positive education. 

Vicki Patterson

I come from a small town in Northumberland where I lived in the grounds of my primary school, as my dad was the caretaker. After venturing south for university, I then moved to the USA to work as a research scientist at universities in Connecticut and then New Jersey. There, I discovered my love for teaching and dislike of shovelling snow. After ten years abroad, I moved to York in 2022 to become a lecturer in biology. As the first in my family to attend university, I know first-hand how important teachers are in helping children to achieve their potential and I am glad to join the governors at Naburn Primary School to help support the school. I also enjoy reading, playing computer games and board games, and going on rollercoasters.