I’m Helen, mum to former George Spicer boys James, now in year 7 and to Alex, now in year 11 and both are at Enfield Grammar.

During the time my sons have been at George Spicer it has had to grow and develop from a two-form, single site school to the 4-form entry, split site school.  The challenge has been huge for the whole school community – staff, parents, and children, and we have all learned a lot along the way and continue to learn more every day, and I bring that experience to my role as parent governor.

 In my professional life I am a civil servant and have worked at the Department of Health for a number of years.  In that role I led the programme to bring in the national child flu immunisation programme, and I was delighted to be able to come and see the children getting their first vaccinations when the programme began.  With this background I bring programme management, policy and strategy skills to the governors, working with the team to help every child be happy and successful in their time at George Spicer and beyond.