Meet Our Governors

After spending all of my working life in education I am delighted to be Chair of Governors at Peel Hall Primary School.

Although I do not live in Salford, I was Head of a local secondary school for many years and so know the area well and I am committed to improving the life chances of the young people in the area. I have extensive experience of being a governor in several schools and see this as an opportunity to share my time and skills with the staff and children at Peel Hall.

As a mum myself, I know how important it is for a school to be a happy place as well as a place of learning and the Governing Board will work hard to ensure that your child receives the education they deserve.

My name is Mark Thornley and I am the Vice Chair at Peel Hall Primary School.

Peel Hall is a very special place to me; I initially started as a Teaching Assistant at Peel Hall in 2006 and then, through the graduateteacher programme, trained to be a teacher at Peel Hall. I then left the school and returned as Deputy Headteacher in 2014.

I am now the Headteacher at Heathfield Primary School in Bolton.

It is a privilege to be part of the school's continual journey of school improvement and to use my knowledge and experience of school leadership, pedagogy and curriculum design to support the strategic direction of the school.

Hi I’d like to introduce myself, I’m Farah Furnival, one of Peel Hall Primary School’s Parent Governors.

I have had this role for many years and I have really enjoyed it.

I have five children, my eldest being 15, and we have had our full primary school journey with Peel Hall with two of my children still attending.

I work alongside my husband running our rental properties in the local area, as well as running a number of hotels / apartments in Greece, Cyrus and Blackpool.

I have lived in the local area my whole life so understand our families and community very well, the past few years I have seen many changes in our school but I see a very bright future ahead. I am extremely proud of our children and staff at Peel Hall, we are now in an amazing place and cannot wait to see what the future holds.

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I am currently working in school improvement for Manchester City Council, but also have 25 years’ experience as a Secondary Science Teacher, 15 Years experience in school leadership, including Assistant Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher and Head.

I have over ten years’ experience as a school governor in the maintained and academy sectors and am passionate about improving outcomes for young people.

I am a regular runner, and am currently enduring Manchester United induced pain.