governors

Visitor

 

The Right Reverend, The Lord Bishop of Oxford

 

Members of Council 

 

Sir Colin Lucas, Warden (pictured right). Former Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, former Warden of Rhodes House and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Chairman of Council. Member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and the Education Committee.

 

Lord Iliffe (Robert Iliffe)

Former Warden of Bradfield College. Member of the Estates Committee.

 

T N Clark (Tim Clark)

 

Lady Ryder (Caroline Ryder)

Member of the Public Benefit Committee.

 

P G F Lowndes (Peter Lowndes)

Chair of the Estates Committee. Member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

 

M H Young (Martin Young)

OB and Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

 

J M Layton (James Layton)

Chair of the Board of Bradfield Commercial.  

 

Mrs M Riall (Mary Riall)

Chair of the Staff/Council Liaison Committee. Member of the Education Committee. 

 

M A Jones (Mike Jones)

OB and current parent. Member of the Estates Committee.

 

A H Scott (Andrew Scott)

OB and member of the Audit Committee.

 

D Shilton (David Shilton)

OB and Chair of the Bradfield Foundation.

 

P B Saunders (Peter Saunders)

Chair of the Audit Committee. Member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

 

Lady Waller (Rachel Waller)

Former member of Bradfield's staff. Member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

 

Dr S Fane (Sarah Fane)

Chair of the Afghan Connection Charity and current parent.

 

G W P Barber (Gerald Barber)

Former Headmaster of Ludgrove Prep School. Member of the Education Committee.

 

Professor D Paterson (David Paterson)

Professor of Physiology at Oxford University and tutor in Medicine at Merton College.

 

T M Sills (Tim Sills)

OB and Clerk to the Council. Also serves on the Finance and General Purposes Committee.

 

Role

 

The Council fosters the development and prosperity of the College. The Council ensures the College abides by the provisions of its statutes and the constitutional arrangements the charity is subject to. Furthermore, the Council checks that the College abides by the legislation and regulation laid down for Independent schools by the Department of Education.

 

The Council has membership of the Association of Governing Bodies in the same way as the Headmaster is a member of HMC, the Bursar is a member of the Independent Schools Bursars’ Association, and the College is a corporate member of the Independent Schools Council and the Boarding Schools Association. Copies of the Statutes of the College and other governing regulations are available on request from the Bursar.

 

The Warden, currently Sir Colin Lucas (pictured right), the distinguished historian and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, is Chair of the Governing Body (known as Council in Bradfield speak). The Chairman of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, Martin Young, an Old Bradfieldian, would deputise for the Warden in his absence.

 

Committees

 

Besides often visiting the College and attending meetings of the Council, all members of the Governing Body are involved in the structure of committees which helps the governance of the College. These are:

 

(i)  The Finance and General Purposes Committee: this decides on major spending projects, authorises all spending by the Management of the College and has responsibility for the expenditure, cost controls and financial prosperity of the College;

 

(ii)  The Estates Committee has overall responsibility for the buildings, lands and other Estates matters that the large campus at Bradfield entails;

 

(iii)  The Audit Committee supervises the financial reporting, auditing and methodology; it also monitors risk and health and safety at the College;

 

(iv)  The Education Committee advises on academic policy and curricular development;   

 

(v)  The Staff/Council Liaison Committee aims to help good communication across what is a complex organisation and to address staff ideas on the formation of strategic policy;

 

(vi) The Public Benefit Committee monitors and supports the College's Community Outreach Programme which includes the Primary Schools Partnership; support of College charities; and the joint  efforts of the Bradfield Club in Peckham.