Julie Lamb (Chair of Governors, Safeguarding Governor)
I have been a school governor at Corbets Tey since 2006 and Chair of Governors since 2013.
Prior to my retirement in 2016, I held senior management positions within the NHS for 18 years leading multidisciplinary teams, managing a workforce of between c500 – 1,400 staff and budgets of between £29 – £118m. I contributed to strategic decision making and policy formation at executive level firmly believing that effective collaboration and partnership with internal and external stakeholders would be of mutual benefit to all concerned.
I have been a member of the Local Authority Overview & Scrutiny Sub-Committee for Children & Learning, and later the Sub-Committee for People Services, representing Special Schools since 2008.
In October 2016 I opened a small supported living home, with another following in February 2023, where each home supports four young adults with learning disabilities and our mission is to treat all our service users as valued individuals; to assist them in making their personal choices, support them in leading happy and fulfilling lives in a comfortable, modern home within the community and to continue to develop their maximum level of independence through lifelong learning.
Lastly and most importantly I am mum to Beth and Tom. Tom is a delightful young man who has Fragile X Syndrome, autism and complex learning disabilities.