School Governors required (Voluntary role)

Malmesbury School’s Local Governing Body are looking to strengthen our team and their effectiveness by recruiting new Governors with knowledge and skill in the following areas: Health and Safety, Education, and Diversity.  To ensure that we have sufficient parent voice we are also looking for an additional Parent Governor.  Just as important as qualifications and knowledge are enthusiasm and commitment to the education of all our students.   Applicants should be willing to support and challenge the school, be available to visit the school during the day on an occasional basis and would be expected to make attending meetings a priority.

Being a school governor is both interesting and rewarding and is an opportunity to make a real difference to the life of the students in our school and to support Malmesbury School in its process of continuous improvement.  Training is provided and the time commitment is not overly onerous.

If you have any questions about these roles, and/or would like to find out more and apply to be a Malmesbury School Governor  please contact Admin@malmesbury.wilts.sch.uk and mark it FAO Pat Wilkinson 

Malmesbury School Local Governors

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Justin Davies – Parent Governor

Justin was elected to the Governing Body in July 2018. He and his wife have lived in Malmesbury since 2008 and they have a daughter in Malmesbury School.  Justin heads up the Europe and Middle Eastern arm of a global managed services company working within the re/insurance industry.

Deborah Gray – Co-opted Governor

Deborah joined the Governing Body in September 2000 and she served as Chair of Governors from 2004 until 2018. Both her children attended Malmesbury School, where they did extremely well academically and enjoyed a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Her son went to Bournemouth University and her daughter, went to Kings College London. Deborah works part-time as a freelance non-fiction book editor/writer and enjoys gardening, yoga, literature, live music and theatre in her spare time.

Rachael Jenkins – Co-opted Governor
Rachael joined the Governing Body in February 2018. She has two children at Malmesbury School. Previously she spent 8 years as a primary school governor with 4 of these in the role of Chair of Governors.  Rachael has a degree in Environmental Science and has worked in both this field and Sales and Marketing.  With a passion for dinghy sailing and racing, Rachael runs the youth section of a local sailing club as a volunteer.

Tamsyn Luggar – Parent Governor

Tamsyn was elected to the Governing Body in July 2018. She has two children – one at primary school and one at Malmesbury School.  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, with a particular interest in the planning and development of facilities.  She is also the Assistant Group Scout Leader for the 1st Crudwell Scout Group.

Sharon Millar – Co-opted Governor

Sharon joined the Governing Body in 2008, having just moved to the area from Northern Ireland where she worked as 6th Form Study Manager with one of the Province’s leading Grammar Schools. She now lives and works in Malmesbury running her own Recruitment and Management Consultancy business. She has until recently been a Childline Volunteer involving support for children in long term residential or foster care. She has three sons, one of whom attended Malmesbury School and a stepson who attended the school.

Rupert Moreton – Headteacher

Rupert joined the Governing Body as an ex-officio member on his appointment in September 2020.

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.

Hayley Twist – Staff Governor

Hayley joined the Governing Body in 2016. She teaches Science at Malmesbury School.

Mark White – Co-opted Governor

Mark joined the Governing Body in 2004 having previously been a governor at Brinkworth Earl Danby’s Primary School. Mark is link advisor for the Sixth Form. Both of his daughters attended the school. Mark has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and previously served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force before joining British Airways where he is also involved in pilot recruitment. Interests include running, swimming, triathlons and gardening.

How to contact the Governors
Any of the governors can be contacted by writing to them at the school address or through the clerk to the Governors, currently Pat Wilkinson. Alternatively, emails can be directed to: admin@malmesbury.wilts.sch.uk