Chair of Finance, Personnel, Premises and Health & Safety Committee
secretary@mawnanschool.com14/03/23
Vice Chair & Chair of Curriculum and Standards Committee
mfox@mawnanschool.com06/12/2020
Parish Priest - Vacancy
Finance, Personnel and Premises: | |
Ruth Rawley (Chair) | |
Rachel Stevenson | |
Helen Hickman | Jilly Pridmore |
Curriculum and Standards: | Rachel Stevenson |
Matthew Fox (Chair) | |
Helen Trelease | Helen Hickman |
Jilly Pridmore |
Admissions: | |
Rachel Stevenson(Chair) | Ruth Rawley |
Helen Hickman | Anna Hart |
Jilly Pridmore |
Rachel is an award-winning news journalist and has spent the past 20 years working for major media organisations such as the BBC, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Observer and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. She has reported on many subjects including business, politics, miscarriages of justice and human rights, as well as conflict and humanitarian crises in the Middle East and West Africa. She has won a Bar Council reporting award and an Amnesty International Media award.
She grew up in Durham, went to Manchester University and via London and Beirut, now lives near Maenporth. An experienced communicator, she likes to cut through complex issues to get to the heart of what really matters - at Mawnan, that means ensuring the best possible education and learning environment for all pupils.
With four children at the school, she has a long-term interest in seeing it thrive. Her children all have different needs and abilities, but all benefit from the special character, ethos and values that run through every aspect of Mawnan School life.
Her goal is to ensure that every single child at Manwan is encouraged to be the very best they can be.
Helen Hickman was born in Worcestershire where she spent her childhood and, in addition to Birmingham and Solihull, much of her adult life. She was awarded a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Birmingham in 1982. Helen worked for 33 years with children from birth to 18 years and their families in Birmingham and Worcestershire, initially in Local Authority residential children’s homes and day nursery provision, and subsequently in primary schools. She has been privileged to have held the position of headteacher in three schools over a period of 15 years, her final headship being for 10 years at a highly regarded and successful 3-form entry Church of England Voluntary Aided Infant School in the south west of Birmingham.
Following retirement Helen and her husband Gary moved to Cornwall in April 2019. They live in the village of Gunwalloe. Prior to retirement Gary was the Director of Social Work Education at the University of Birmingham. Now enjoying living in ‘paradise’ they spend lots of time with family: their daughter Ruth, her partner Josh and their grandchildren Loke and Zennor. Loke joined Oppie class in September 2022 and Zennor is two years younger. As well as being Nanny and Gramps, Helen loves spending time at the beach, walking and gardening, and Gary is an avid triathlete.