Meet the Governors

The role of the Board of Governors is to work closely with the Headteacher and staff to provide the very best education that we can for the children of Abbots Farm. We are responsible for monitoring and evaluating the performance and effectiveness of the school, for ensuring that the budget is managed effectively and for supporting our excellent staff. Our Governing Body have a wide range of skills and expertise that allow them to perform our role effectively.

We have co-chairs at the head of our Governing Board at AFJS meaning we are very lucky to have the combined knowledge and skills of Deb Short and Lynne Mehta at the helm. They both have a long history at AFJS so know all too well the importance of our school motto ‘Learners for Life, Farmers Forever‘. Deb’s children both attended AFJS and she has served as a Governor at both AFJS and AFIS over the years and while her children are now all grown up, she still supports the work of our school in this very important role. Lynne is fairly new to governance at AFJS but brings with her a wealth of experience from her teaching career, which saw her take on many roles as a teacher, an SLT member and as a lead moderator for the Local Authority. Her final years of teaching were spent here at AFJS and now she is enjoying retirement and being ‘Nanny Daycare’ for her growing brood of grandchildren but was keen to join our Governing Board to continue her work as a ‘Farmer Forever’.