Local Advisory Board

The Governing Body is known as the Local Advisory Board (LAB).

The Cumbria Education Trust Board Directors delegate to the LAB members its responsibility and powers as the Governing Body of the School. These responsibilities are discharged by the LAB members in accordance with its constitution, any Cumbria Education Trust Policies and advice from the Department for Education (DFE) and Ofsted.

View the Trust Board Membership here: http://www.cumbriaeducationtrust.org/about-us/leadership/

The Local Advisory Board (LAB) is crucial to helping the School to raise standards.

Some of the roles of the LAB are to:

provide the information required by the Trust and not to withhold any information which the Trust reasonably requires;
refer certain decisions to the Trust for approval as set out in the Scheme of Delegation;
report to the Trust Board Directors on the outcomes and progress within a one-week period of each meeting;
act in accordance with the LAB Protocols.

All members of the LAB complete a Register of Interest annually, which details any relevant business and pecuniary interests (see below).

The LAB can be contacted via the Cumbria Education Trust Office – please email Lucy Hewson (Clerk to the Trust Board and LABs): lhewson@cumbriaeducationtrust.org or telephone: 016977 45300.

Composition of Local Advisory Board (LAB) members:

Local Advisory Board Members:

Lorrayne Hughes – CEO

Lorrayne is a successful and outward facing CEO of Cumbria Education Trust. Cumbria Education Trust is one of the first school based MATs in North Cumbria.

Lorrayne passionately believes in inclusion and that all children deserve a high quality education – children are firmly at the heart of all her strategic decision making.

Lorrayne took up her first Headship at William Howard School in Cumbria in 2007. In January 2014 she was commissioned by the Local Authority to bring about rapid improvement in two special measures schools in Workington, Cumbria. One of the schools was removed from Special Measures within 20 weeks. Ofsted commented on Lorrayne’s success in December 2014 “Your vision is clear: to build sustainable improvement across the schools for the long-term benefit of students and the Workington community”.

Following this secondment Lorrayne took up the role as CEO of the Trust.

Lorrayne believes in a school led system for school improvement based around autonomy and accountability. She was Chair of CASL (Cumbria Alliance of System Leaders) for many years and is passionate about system leadership and what that can bring to the school improvement agenda. She strongly believes that schools are better working together and that collaboration can make a difference to all involved.

Kimberley Smith – Acting Assistant Headteacher
Longtown Primary School Staff LAB member

Kimberley is currently Acting Assistant Headteacher and teaches Year 6 at Longtown Primary School, as well as leading on Inclusion. Kimberley previously taught in the London Borough of Newham. She has had heavy involvement with safeguarding, leadership and management in a primary school setting. She has a keen interest in the welfare and education of children, particularly in the field of Social, Emotional Mental Health.

Raising attainment, ensuring all pupils progress and achieve is one of Kimberley’s fundamental beliefs.

Kimberley hopes to bring a fresh insight to the LAB as well as an opinion from the ‘front line’.

Wendy Robson – Parent LAB member – Term of office ended on 13 November 2020

Longtown Primary School is Wendy’s school of choice. As a child she attended the Infant and Junior Schools and despite living out of the catchment area for the last 14 years, each of her 5 children have been or are currently pupils here. The community where she grew up has suffered many losses over the years and the Primary School is one of the remaining constants, providing education in a suitably sized environment.

Wendy is keen to see the School move forward and improve, this can only happen if everyone moves in the right direction, being a Parent LAB member allows her to ensure her parental opinion is heard and that balance is considered when making changes.

Wendy’s work experience is varied, currently she is Transport and Finance Manager for a local business. Previous employments include the Disability Association and Education Finance. Wendy was also an original Trustee of Pear Tree Nursery and served 4 years building a strong childcare provision in Longtown as part of that team. She believes the varying roles have given her a good platform to develop within the LAB for Longtown Primary.

Kerry Atlinski – LAB member

Kerry is a mum to three children whom all currently attend Longtown Primary School, as did she as a child. Kerry has lived in Longtown since 1992 aside from a four year stint which was spent travelling with a horse and circus production company. After settling down back in the town with her husband she then began her career in retail management before starting their family.

Kerry is a registered Licensed Chaperone with Cumbria County Council, which she has used to chaperone her daughters’ dancing shows involving up to 150 children.

Kerry is a fully qualified Girlguiding Unit Leader. She currently runs the local Longtown Rainbow and Brownie Units. Experience gained from doing this will benefit her role in the LAB.