Organisational Information

All parents/carers of children at Goldsworth Primary School are automatically members of the Friends of Goldsworth Primary School and welcome to attend all meetings and events.

Thank you to everyone who helps us.

Click on each bullet point to find out more:

Charity Status

The Friends of Goldsworth Primary School is a registered Charity and must comply with the relevant regulations of the Charities Commission and Inland Revenue. The elected Trustees of the Friends are responsible for making sure this happens and meet once a term. Their minutes can be viewed on the News Page.

The Friends of Goldsworth Primary School is a Registered Charity 1100437.

View details of The Friends of Goldsworth Primary School on the Charities Commission website.

From this website, you are able to view the accounts submitted to the Charities commission.

To view the Constitution of the Friends of Goldsworth Primary School, click here.

Some companies offer £ for £ matched giving to charities. If you are able to help us in this way or other forms of charitable donations, please get in touch.

List of Trustees

As a Registered Charity, Trustees are required. For a guide to the responsibilities of the Trustees, please click here.

The following people are currently Trustees (2009/10):

  • Neil McPherson (Chair)
  • David Wolfe (Vice Chair)
  • Micayla Barron (Joint Treasurer)
  • Emma Stanger (Joint Treasurer)
  • Jo Barber (Secretary)
  • Mrs Alexander (Headteacher)
  • Gill Osborne
  • Irene Holden

Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Friends.

Current Organisation

We would like to get as many parents/carers and friends involved as 'many hands makes light work'. You can do as little or as much as you want with no pressure.

  • We have an elected Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
  • Each class has one or more Class Representative.
  • The Class Representatives liaise with the parents, 'Friends' and teacher, to help make things happen.
  • All parents/ carers at Goldsworth Primary School are automatically members of the Friends of Goldsworth Primary School and welcome to attend all meetings and events.
Elected positions for 2009/10
ChairNeil McPherson
Vice ChairDavid Wolfe
SecretaryJo Barber
TreasurerEmma Stanger, Micayla Barron

Class Representatives

  • Each Class has one or more Class Representatives.
  • The Class Representatives liaise with the parents, 'Friends' and teacher, to help make things happen.

We would like to get as many parents/carers and friends involved as 'many hands makes light work'. You can do as little or as much as you want with no pressure.

The role of the Class Representatives includes:

  • Attending the Friends' meetings;
  • Organising a rota for manning the allocated stall at the Fayres;
  • Preparing for the allocated stall at the Fayre as per instructions;
  • Organising the food for the class Christmas party.

Please note that Class Representatives can delegate some or all of these tasks. In some classes, a couple of people organise the food for the class Christmas party, other people organise the Fayre stalls and different people again organise collections and Mum's night out.

Optional tasks include:

  • Organising Mum's nights out;
  • Sorting out collections.

Class Representatives - 2009/2010

Contact all Class Reps by emailing class.reps@goldsworthfriends.org.uk or click on the class names to contact individual groups of reps.


 ClassTeacherClass Rep(s)
 MiceMiss HartleyEmma Stanger
Joanne Baker
 HedgehogsMiss EastKarin Quinn
Jane Howell
 OwlsMiss SmithDianne Butler
Jane Webb
Karen Harris
 FoxesMrs PatersonTeresa Johnson
Louisa Turner
Angela White
Rachael Agliotti
 RabbitsMiss StenningSarah Taylor
Gemma Rose
 BadgersMrs WoodsJulie Hodkinson
Tessie Briant
Claudia Brown
 3OTMr Oram-TooleyJuliet Bennett
Geraldine Meldrum
 3BMrs BrewerYasmin Aslam
 4RSMrs SinhalTricia Davies
Sam Walker
Rhona Read
 4ASMiss SimpsonDani Longhurst
Susan Falconer
 5SMrs SavageWendy Denty
Maria Anson
Hilary Parkinson
Jenny Packett
 5GMrs GoultonPaula Grant
 6HMrs HarrupJulia Conner
Lisa Lewis
Gill Killin
 6KMrs KozlowskiClare Garbutt
Jackie Stewart
Alison Buddin

Main Committee

All parents/ carers at Goldsworth Primary School are automatically members of the Friends of Goldsworth Primary School and welcome to attend all meetings and events.

Please join us.

Meetings are advertised in newsletters and on the forthcoming events page on this website. Agendas and minutes are posted on the Friends News Page.

Event Co-ordinators

Events organised by the Friends tend to be run by small teams of people. For contact details of the various organisers, please see the Contact Us page.

Fayre Working Parties

The School historically holds two Fayres; Christmas and Summer.

A great deal of information on how to organise these events is held on the How Do I? page.

For fayre organisers contact details, please see the Contact Us page.