Please contact the Clerk to the Governors via the school email address admin@malmesbury.wilts.sch.uk

Pen Portraits

Tamsyn Luggar – Co-opted Governor (Chair)

Tamsyn was elected to the Governing Body in July 2018. She has been a School Governor since 2012, initially at Lea and Garsdon Primary School and then at Westonbirt School. Tamsyn has a degree in Geography and qualified as a Chartered Mineral and Waste Surveyor. She is also a swim coach with Malmesbury Marlins ASC.

David Noon – Co-opted Governor (Vice Chair)

David became a Governor in 2024. He is a senior partner with the business advisors Deloitte LLP and currently serves as a Vice Chair with responsibility for Public Policy and Government Relations. In his career he had led major businesses within the Firm and served a four-year term as its Chief Operating Officer. He has significant board and governance experience, particularly in the areas of finance, IT and transformation. David is married to Kathryn and lives in Malmesbury.

Sally I’Anson – Parent Governor

Sally became a Parent-Governor in 2024. Sally has been a secondary school teacher for 18 years with experience in teaching Drama, English and SEND. She now works for the charity Read for Good which has a focus on children and young people reading for pleasure and raises money for books and storytellers in children’s hospitals. Sally has two children in Malmesbury Schools.

Florence Yu – Parent Governor

Florence joined the Governing Body in 2022. Originally from Hong Kong, she has a background in human resources management. She has also led a large number of programmes collaborating with schools, healthcare professionals, environmental groups, charities in areas covering nutrition education, active healthy living, D&I and sustainability projects.

Philip Atkins – Co-opted Governor

Philip joined the Governing Body in 2024 and has three children at Malmesbury School. He has worked at Rolls-Royce plc for 28 years, initially as an engineer and currently as Vice President Commercial. His career has included time living and working overseas in France, Singapore and the UAE.

Lara Farahar – Co-opted Governor

Lara Farahar joined the Governing Body in 2021 and has three children at Malmesbury School. Lara lives in Malmesbury with her family. She is a primary school teacher as well as a speech and drama teacher and examiner for LAMDA.

Brian Fung – Co-opted Governor

Brian joined the Governing Body in 2022. He has 2 children in Malmesbury school. He is originally from Hong Kong, having moved to the United Kingdom in 2021. Previously, he was one of the governors and PTA members of a primary school in Hong Kong. He has a background in Information Technology.

David Mitchell – Co-opted Governor

David became a parent governor in 2008 when both his daughters were at the school and became the first Chair of the Athelstan Trust in 2015. After a several years break, he returned to the Malmesbury Governing Body in 2021. He owns a brand consultancy working with a Formula 1 team , F1 drivers and various corporate clients. He is also a keen wildlife photographer.

Chris Osborn – Co-opted Governor

Chris Osborn joined the Governing Body in 2023, having been a local Primary School governor for 7 years. He has 2 children in Malmesbury schools. Chris works in Sustainability at Dyson having been an engineer there for 20 yrs. He is a keen cyclist as well as coaching junior Rugby and Cricket.

Catherine Oxtoby – Co-opted Governor

Catherine joined the Governing Body in 2022. She qualified as a vet and worked in local practices for 13 years before undertaking a PhD at Nottingham vet school. She currently works for a bespoke insurance company assessing and underwriting veterinary risk, and supervises 3 PhD students. She has two boys who both attend the school and is married to Tom – one of the directors at The George Vets in town.

Sue Poolman – Co-opted Governor

Sue joined the Governing Body in 2012. She practised as a solicitor in East London for over twenty years, specialising in Legally Aided Family and Criminal cases. After this she spent a decade living in Switzerland, where she took an active part at her daughters’ school. She moved to Malmesbury in 2009 and is now involved with various local organisations, including the Athelstan Museum, Carnival and Oxfam.

Liz Stethridge – Co-opted Governor

Liz joined the Governing Body in 2023. Liz is currently a School Business Manager in a local Secondary School and before this worked as the School Business Manager at Lea & Garsdon Primary School. She also has experience of operational management in both the charity and private sectors. She is a parent/step parent to 5 children who have all attended Malmesbury School.

Brett Jouny – Headteacher

Brett joined the Governing Body as an ex-officio member on his appointment in September 2021.

Emma Eagles – Staff Governor

Emma joined the Governing Body in 2024. Emma is the Data Manager at Malmesbury School.

Jonathon Brown – Staff Governor

Jon joined the Governing Body in 2024. Jon is a head of year, and Geography teacher at Malmesbury School.

How to contact the Governors
Any of the governors can be contacted by writing to them at the school address or emails can be directed to: admin@malmesbury.wilts.sch.uk marked FAO Clerk of Governors.