Governors

Visitor

 

The Right Reverend, The Lord Bishop of Oxford

 

Members of Council   

 

Martin Young, Warden (pictured right). OB and former President of the Old Bradfieldian Society. Member of Council since 2000 and former Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Chair of Council.

 

Lady Ryder (Caroline Ryder)

Member of the Public Benefit Committee.

 

P G F Lowndes (Peter Lowndes)

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

 

J M Layton (James Layton)

Chair of the Board of Bradfield College Enterprises Limited. Member of the Financial and General Purposes Committee.  

 

Mrs M Riall (Mary Riall)

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

 

M A Jones (Mike Jones)

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

 

A H Scott (Andrew Scott)

OB and member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

 

D Shilton (David Shilton)

OB and Director of Bradfield College Enterprises Limited.

 

P B Saunders (Peter Saunders)

Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. Member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. Director of Bradfield College Enterprises Limited.

 

Lady Waller (Rachel Waller)

Former member of Bradfield's staff. Child Protection Governor.

 

Dr S Fane (Sarah Fane)

Chair of the Afghan Connection Charity.

 

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. Member of the Education Committee.

 

Mr I M Wood-Smith (Ian Wood-Smith)

OB and a Solicitor.

 

Mr P C H Burrowes (Paddy Burrows)

OB and Chair of the Bradfield Foundation.  

 

Mr H P Gangsted (Peter Gangsted)

OB and Chair of the Old Bradfieldian Society.

  

T M Sills (Tim Sills)

OB and a Solicitor. Clerk to the Council.

 

Role

 

The Council is legally responsible for the overall management and control of the College as a registered charity. 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.

  

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 and Risk 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.  

 

 Senior ManagemenT team

  

Simon Henderson

Headmaster

 

Trefor Llewellyn

Bursar

 

Stuart Williams

Second Master, Child Protection Officer, Master in Charge of Pastoral Care

 

Kevin Collins

Deputy Head - Academic

 

Alexandra Acton

Deputy Head - Communications and Admissions