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8th January 2020
Learn about Amanda Timcke’s first hand experience of becoming a school governor

Amanda Timcke is a commercial property solicitor at Birketts, Ipswich.  “I became a governor of a primary school in Suffolk in 2012 following a campaign to recruit governors by Suffolk County Council. However, even with my education and law interest, it took me a full academic year to understand…

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