SKPS Local Governing Body - Governor Profiles
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Governors have voting rights on the SKPS Local Governing Body Committee and serve a four year term of office unless otherwise indicated.
Below are profiles of each of our Governors, including details of which committees they serve on. |
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Annabelle Baird
Position: Chairman Foundation Governor (appointed by The Skinners' Company) Appointed 24th March 2015 Profile: Annabelle read law at Cambridge and was a Solicitor in a large city practice, before leaving to bring up her two children, who are now teenagers. She returned to education by attending art school as a mature student at that time. She was a governor of The Judd School for 17 years, and as chair of the SKPS Local Governing Body, is also a member of The Skinners' Kent Academy Trust. She lives in London and is a member of the livery and court of The Skinners' Company. |
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Joanna Challis
Position:
Associate Governor (appointed by The Skinners' Company)
Appointed from 15th January 2018
Profile:
Joanna Challis is a mum to three teenage daughters. Joanna's eldest daughter has just started University and the other two are at school in Tunbridge Wells. She works part time (3 days a week) as a SENCo in three schools in East Sussex having previously worked as a classroom teacher across all year groups but mainly in Years 5 & 6 and then in Reception. Prior to training to be a teacher 15 years ago, she worked in London for a Management Consultancy firm as an Senior HR Manager.
Position:
Associate Governor (appointed by The Skinners' Company)
Appointed from 15th January 2018
Profile:
Joanna Challis is a mum to three teenage daughters. Joanna's eldest daughter has just started University and the other two are at school in Tunbridge Wells. She works part time (3 days a week) as a SENCo in three schools in East Sussex having previously worked as a classroom teacher across all year groups but mainly in Years 5 & 6 and then in Reception. Prior to training to be a teacher 15 years ago, she worked in London for a Management Consultancy firm as an Senior HR Manager.
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Jonathan Evans
Position: Vice Chairman Foundation Governor (appointed by The Skinners' Company) Link Governor SKA Finance and General Purposes Committee Appointed 14th January 2014 Re-appointed 18th January 2018 Profile: Jonathan Evans was educated at Sevenoaks School and Bristol University. He worked in the Security Service for many years and was Director General of the Service until his retirement in 2013. He is an Honorary Professor at St Andrews University, a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Kent, Director of HSBC Holdings, a Liveryman of The Skinners' Company and Patron of West Kent YMCA.He is a Governor at SKPS and of The Skinners' Kent Academy Trust, Jonathan is also a Cross Bench Peer in the House of Lords. |
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Nadine Lunn
Position: Parent Governor (elected by parents) Appointed from 15th January 2018 Profile: Nadine grew up near Lewisham in London and went to Boxhill School. She has been happily married for eighteen years and has three wonderful children, a daughter in Year 9 at SKA, another who is hoping to join the SKA community in Sept 2018 and a son in Year 3 at SKPS. Nadine has lived in Tunbridge Wells for fifteen years and works as a funeral celebrant. Being a Parent Governor, her wish is that every child, teacher and parent has a voice and can work together as a team to ensure the continued success of SKPS (and SKA). It is Nadine’s dream that every child grows and is as happy as her children are, and that every parent feels as confident in the education, ethos and values of the school as she does. |
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Jamie McKerchar
Position: Foundation Governor (appointed by The Skinners' Company) Appointed 18th September 2017 Profile: Jamie was educated at Tonbridge school and read Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He works at the Bank of England, having previously worked as a management consultant and in a private bank. He lives in London with his wife and one year old daughter, and is a Member of The Skinners' Company. |
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Past Governors
Henny Greville-Collins
Appointed 10th October 2016
Resigned April 2018
Caroline Callaway
Appointed 1st January 2016 (2 year term of office)
Resigned 18th September 2017
Henny Greville-Collins
Appointed 10th October 2016
Resigned April 2018
Caroline Callaway
Appointed 1st January 2016 (2 year term of office)
Resigned 18th September 2017
To see The Skinners' Kent Academy Governors' Profiles click here
