Three Hares Cluster

The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust has a single governing body for the cluster of schools known as the 'Three Hares', which include:

Chagford Church of England Primary School
North Tawton Community Primary School
South Tawton Community Primary School

The Local Governing Body (LGB) is a Committee of the Board of Trustees and has delegated decision-making powers in accordance with the Scheme of Delegation and the Ofsted grading of its member schools. The LGB holds at least three meetings in every school year and may establish expert sub committees as it sees fit to ensure a full and detailed understanding of each school.

If you wish to contact the Three Hares Local Governing Body, please click the button below to email Carolyn George, Clerk to Governors.

Email Three Hares Local Governing body

Our Governors

Emma Neath
Co-opted Governor

Chair of Governors

Chair of resources committee

Contact Emma

I live in Okehampton with my family. I was a Parent Governor at South Tawton Primary School for 4 years whilst my son was a pupil there. I became a Co-opted Governor when the Dartmoor MAT was formed, and became Chair of Governors for the Three Hares Cluster in February 2019.

I am treasurer and also a regular helper for South Zeal Scout group so I am still an active member of the local community. I am a Chartered Accountant and have worked for both medium sized and national firms, mainly specialising in rural accounts and company tax.

In my spare time I enjoy family walks with our spaniel on Dartmoor and surrounding countryside.

Philippa Sims
Co-opted Governor

Chair of school improvement committee

Contact Philippa

We moved to North Tawton in September 2016. I have two children at North Tawton Primary School.

I volunteer at the school, helping with reading and general classroom support.
I work part time as an HR consultant. I am remote from the company that I currently work with. I manage the payroll, benefits and policies.

Any spare time I have is filled with house renovation, gardening and creative hobbies. As a family we also enjoy getting out and exploring Devon.

Lee Billinghurst
Staff Governor

Resources Committee member

Since becoming a staff governor in October 2015, I have had the privilege of supporting our school, Chagford Primary, through an ongoing, and initially turbulent, new-build program; an OFSTED inspection and perhaps most significantly, I have been a part of the discussions and decision-making process leading our school towards becoming part of the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust. Throughout this time, I feel I have been able to support my colleagues and provide reassurance or seek clarification when necessary. Since I have had a role and responsibility in our school joining the DMAT I feel a personal responsibility to help make this transition as successful as possible.

Sunita Chauhan
Staff Governor

Head of School, North Tawton

I began my deputy headship at North Tawton just over 12 years ago, becoming Head of School in 2018. My teaching experience across both Key Stages has allowed me to gain a broader and more in depth insight into the development and progress children make. Forming a new governing body within the MAT and having the school properly represented is paramount in my opinion. Having a secure working knowledge and understanding of the school’s operational systems, its regulations and policies provides me with the skills to ensure staff, pupils and parents are appropriately represented and heard.

Manus Home
Parent Governor

School Improvement Committee Member

I’m a full-time at-home father with three children, two of whom are at Chagford School. Having grown up in a school environment – my parents ran an alternative private school for 40 years and my father was an educational specialist – I have always recognized the importance of a vibrant school within a community; now, with children of my own, even more so. When I have a free moment I am busy with a small publishing company I run with my wife, Kitty, specializing in children’s books. Previous to this I worked for thirty years in the production of film and TV drama.

Chloe
Howard-Smith
Co-opted Governor

Veronica
Lloyd-Richards
Co-opted Governor

School Improvement COMMITTEE Member

Andrew
MacMillan-Scott
Parent Governor

safeguarding governor

Resources committee member

I was brought up in Sticklepath and went to Sticklepath Primary School (since closed) and attended Okehampton Community College.

Despite having spent a number of years living and working in London I returned to Sticklepath in 2005 and have since worked in Exeter. I am a Partner in the real estate team at Ashfords LLP (solicitors). As such I believe I have acquired the necessary skills set to serve as a parent governor.

I appreciate the role demands commitment which I am happy to give; the strategic direction of the schools is very important particularly in the context of the new Trust status.

Sarah Marvin
Staff Governor

Head of School, South tawton

I started teaching in Buckinghamshire in 1996. I moved to Devon with my husband in 2000 and I now have two children now studying at Okehampton College.
I taught years 5 and 6 at North Tawton Primary School for 6 years where I was science and P.E. coordinator before spending two years teaching in the Chulmleigh Academy Trust. In 2015, I returned to the Okehampton area and took up the post of literacy coordinator and year 6 teacher at South Tawton Primary School. I am now Head of School at South Tawton.

Lee Pascoe
Co-opted Governor

resources committee member

Originally born and raised in Exeter, I have lived in North Tawton since 2007 with my wife and two children. My daughter attended NTCPS and is now at Okehampton College while my son is currently still at the school. I have been a governor for two years. I was part of the board that voted to join the Dartmoor MAT and am committed to seeing that transition through for the benefit of the children at all three schools. I have worked in the Construction Industry for 25 years as both a Quantity Surveyor and more recently as an Estimator for a variety of Main Contractors.

Ione Rucquoi
Parent Governor

School Improvement Committee member

I currently have 2 children at Chagford Primary. I am a multidisciplinary artist exhibiting nationally and internationally. I feel strongly about the education of our children and how we can make it as enjoyable and inspiring for them as possible.

As an artist I am particularly interested in our children’s access to creativity developing both a string sense of self confidence and individuality. I hope to bring fresh input energy and vision to the schools.

Joanne Ware
Staff Governor

School Improvement Committee Member

I have lived in North Tawton for over 20 years and my children both attended the school as did their father, and grandmother!

Although I have been teaching for over 12 years, I have only been teaching at North Tawton for a year and a half. However, as a local person, I have a much longer association with the school having previously been a parent governor when both my children attended.

I am excited about the opportunities that the new MAT will offer but am also concerned with ensuring that North Tawton primary school is able to maintain its own community profile and individual character.

James Warner
Co-opted Governor

Resources Committee Member

Our family moved to Chagford in 1991, although we were frequent visitors before then. My career was initially in engineering and manufacturing management and then as an independent management consultant.

My daughter attended Chagford Primary School, and now my grandchildren also attend. I am really looking forward to being involved with them through their education and beyond. I also enjoy sailing, walking on the moor and cooking and help my wife run Chagword, Dartmoor’s literary festival.

Liz Wiseman
Staff Governor

Headteacher, Chagford

I have been the Head teacher of Chagford Church of England Primary School since 2014. An Early Years trained teacher, I have a passion for the Foundation Stage and upon joining Chagford in 2012 started the journey to integrate the existing Pre School into the excellent Foundation Stage Unit that it is today. I have a close connection to the local learning community and its families; living within the catchment area and with both my children successfully educated in their local Primary School and Okehampton College.

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