Governor List
Who are we?
2019-20
The governing body of East Sheen Primary School consists of 2 parent governors (elected), 1 local authority governor, 1 headteacher, 1 staff governor (elected) and 13 co-opted governors (at least 2 of which will be parents). 18 governors in total.
Liz Page
Headteacher
September 2015 - ongoing
Co-opted Governor March 2015-March 2019
Full Governing Board
Teaching and Learning Committee
Children, Families and Community Committee
Resources Committee
Liz has worked at the school since 2001. A Cambridge graduate with an MA in Classics, Liz completed a PGCE and has worked in the primary sector for over 20 years. She was Head of the Junior School at Teesside High before taking time out of the work place to raise her three sons. Liz returned to work at East Sheen Primary School where she taught in both KS1 and KS2 and joined the Senior Leadership Team. Liz was appointed Deputy Headteacher in 2011 and completed NPQH in 2013 before taking on the headship in 2015.
Susannah Milligan
Co-opted Governor
March 2019- March 2023
Full Governing Board
Children, Families and Community Committee (Vice Chair)
Teaching & Learning Committee
Susannah is currently Vice-Chair of the CFC Committee; she has been a governor of ESPS since 2006, including 5 years as Chair. Her two sons both attended East Sheen. Susannah's professional background is in brand consultancy and brand name development, and she currently works as a freelance brand writer. In her spare time she writes poetry and is the trustee of a poetry magazine.
Chris Styles
Co-opted Governor
March 2019- March 2023
Full Governing Board
Children, Families and Community Committee
Joint Link Governor - eSafety and Website
Chris has been a Governor at ESPS since 2003 and has had the privilege of helping guide the school through periods of significant change and development to be the successful community school it is today. Originally, he was elected as a Parent Governor and saw both his children progress through the school and into secondary. He has contributed to the Resources Committee (and was particularly involved in developing external sports and play areas) and chaired Image & Marketing (during development of the school website).
Chris is a Management Consultant with a background in large scale change programmes enabled by enterprise IT systems. More recently he has been developing Green-Tech energy saving solutions.
Graham Dyer
Co-opted Governor
March 2019 - March 2023
Full Governing Board
Resources Committee (Chair)
Graham is a Chartered Accountant, and worked for many years with a well-known local outsourcing company in a variety of roles including as both a finance director and a head of commercial. Graham has 3 children, now all in their 20’s each of whom spent seven very happy and successful years at ESPS. Graham first joined the ESPS Governing Body what seems like a very long time ago and although he left the governing board for a few years has now returned as a co-opted governor.
Helen Wrigglesworth
Co-opted Governor
December 2017 - December 2021
Full Governing Board (Chair)
Children, Families and Community Committee
Teaching and Learning Committee
Resources Committee
Safeguarding Link Governor
Link Governor for Looked After Children
Helen is a Chartered mechanical engineer and Sainsbury Management Fellow, with a background in product development and project management. She attained an MBA whilst living in Hong Kong and subsequently founded Monster Proof Limited, a baby safety products company. Helen is mother to three boys, the eldest of whom started at ESPS in 2014. Helen joined the ESPS Governing Body as a parent governor in 2015 and was co-opted in 2017.
Debbie Canner
Co-opted Governor
October 2018 - October 2022
Full Governing Body
Teaching and Learning Committee
Children, Families and Community Committee
Resources Committee
Debbie was appointed Deputy Headteacher at ESPS in October 2015. She joined the school as a teacher in 2007 and specialised in early years, teaching in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. She became part of the senior leadership team in 2012 as Literacy Coordinator. Previously, Debbie worked as a Business Appraisal Manager for a retail bank and has a BA in Economics. After taking a career break to raise her 2 children (who both attended ESPS), she retrained as a teacher, gaining her PGCE qualification in 2007.
Andrew Miller
Co-opted Governor
March 2020- March 2024
Full Governing Board
Teaching and Learning Committee (Chair)
Andrew joined the ESPS governing body as a parent governor in May 2016. He now has two children at the school, in Year 2 and Year 4, with his eldest child having left for secondary school in the summer. He is a lawyer, formerly working in the City with a stint in Moscow. He now works in-house with an international energy company, focusing on projects in Mozambique. Before qualification, he taught English in Poland and has travelled extensively. He seeks to play a full and active part on the governing body and contributing to the continued success of the school.
Nathalie Townley
Parent Governor
March 2017 - February 2021
Full Governing Board (Vice Chair)
Teaching & Learning Committee (Vice Chair)
SEND Link Governor; Joint PPG Link Governor
Early Years Special Interest Governor
Nathalie is a stay-at-home mother to her three children. She has a daughter at ESPS in Year 5 and a son in Reception. Nathalie's professional background is as an Employment Lawyer, working for a number of years in the City and in Oxford. Nathalie was thrilled to join the ESPS Governing Board in March 2017 and is looking forward to working alongside the Leadership Team to make ESPS the best it can be.
Mark Pring
Co-opted Governor
October 2017 - October 2021
Full Governing Board
Resources Committee (Vice Chair)
Health and Safety Link Governor
Joint PPG Link Governor
Mark was delighted to join the ESPS governing body in October 2017. He has two children, a son of 22 and a daughter of 20, who spent many happy years at the school.
Mark is a disputes lawyer in the City and his work has taken him to many countries, including a two-year stint in Dubai.
Mark is a season ticket-holder at Fulham FC and loves rugby and tennis. In his spare time, he also reads history books (the subject that he studied at university many years ago ...).
Emmet Regan
Co-opted Governor
March 2018 - March 2022
Full Governing Board
Children, Families and Community Committee (Chair)
Emmet is a management consultant, specialising in public service reform and improving outcomes in the public sector. He has worked on reforming the adoption system for the past two years and has extensive experience of working across local and central government. Emmet also spent several years as a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police. Emmet holds an MBA from Warwick Business School. Emmet has two children in the school.
Sebastian Keany
Co-opted Governor
December 2018 to December 2022
Full Governing Body
Resources Committee
Special Interest Governor - GDPR
Seb is a management consultant and a Chartered Management Accountant, working with banking clients to design and lead operations transformation and product / service change. He also holds a Masters in Biochemistry, and spent six months in research on tuberculosis - still a leading global health issue. Seb feels fortunate to have had a terrific experience in education both academically and beyond, and is delighted to have the opportunity to ensure the same for the ESPS community.
Lindsey Kavanagh
Co-opted Governor
March 2019- March 2023
Full Governing Board
Children, Families and Community Committee
Safeguarding Link Governor
Lindsey joined the governing body in March 2019 and was previously a governor when her two children were pupils at ESPS.
Lindsey has worked in the education sector for almost 10 years in a number of marketing roles - for a marketing consultancy, an independent school and currently for an assessment provider.
She feels her children, now both at secondary school, got off to a flying start at ESPS both in and out of the classroom, and feels honoured to continue supporting the school.
Simon Hegarty
Local Authority Governor
March 2019 - March 2023
Full Governing Body
Resources Committee
Special Interest Governor - Funding and Grants
Simon has two children aged 12 and 15, who both spent many happy years at East Sheen Primary. He graduated from Bristol University with a degree in Psychology and after a few years with PricewaterhouseCoopers moved into Headhunting, eventually setting up his own firm in 2010. Following a bit of a rethink, he is currently retraining to become a teacher.
Jessica Zayouna
Co-opted Governor
October 2019 - October 2023
Full Governing Body
Children, Families and Community Committee
Joint Link Governor - eSafety and Website
Jessica has 15 years' experience in marketing across different channels, sectors and organisations from financial services to museums to charity. Jessica has two children in Reception and one in Year 3. Jessica believes that ESPS is the unsung hero of local schools and looks forward to supporting the school to be the best environment for children to learn, flourish and be happy.
Helen Haworth
Co-opted Governor
October 2019 - October 2023
Full Governing Body
Teaching and Learning Committee
Helen has two children at ESPS, in Year 2 and Reception. She has a Doctorate in Maths, spent 5 years as a fund manager in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Canada, and 8 years as a research analyst in the city before leaving corporate life to bring up her children and run a cycling holiday business with her husband. Helen was impressed with the ethos of ESPS on her first tour of the school, and as a passionate believer in the value of education is delighted to join the governing body.
Harry Page
Staff Governor
October 2019 - October 2023
Full Governing Body
Children, Families and Community Committee
Harry has been a teacher at East Sheen Primary since 2014. Having completed a Cell Biology degree at Durham University, Harry achieved his PGCE in London, gaining valuable experience in a variety of schools in the city. Harry has taught in both Key Stage 1 and 2 and has been leading English since 2017, having previously led Science and Computing. A passionate believer in thinking skills, well-being, inclusivity and the importance of high aspirations, Harry believes this is a very special school to be a part of indeed and loves working here with the staff, pupils and community. Outside school, Harry enjoys walking and anything performance-based – he even had his own radio programme!
Carol Hawkins
Co-opted Governor
October 2019 - October 2023
Full Governing Body
Teaching and Learning Committee
Carol is a deputy head teacher who has spent the past 30 years working in the field of education. Her experience of teaching, senior leadership and governance includes a range of educational settings in the maintained and independent sector, both in the UK and overseas. Carol appreciates both the rewards and challenges that school life brings and is looking forward to contributing to the continued success of East Sheen Primary School. Her lifelong love of learning and passion for education stems from her own teachers at primary school. While living overseas, Carol supported educational initiatives through fundraising, outreach and mentoring.
Nicky Dorman
Associate Member
March 2020-March 2021
Resources Committee
Nicky graduated from Manchester University and her career in the development and construction industry has taken her to Australia, Kenya and the UK. Nicky played a key role in the design and development of the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Olympic Games and since then has been instrumental in the growth of the UK superfast broadband market. Nicky has two children at ESPS.
Penny Nugent
Clerk to the Governors
From September 2018
Penny has a business background in marketing and business development and has a degree in Chemistry from Oxford University. Penny offers governance support to other local primary schools and was delighted to join the ESPS team as Clerk. In her spare time, Penny is an experienced volunteer for a charity which provides support for local young families.
GOVERNORS WHO HAVE LEFT DURING LAST 12 MONTHS:
Hanen Osman
Associate Member
October 2019 - February 2020
Children, Families and Community Committee
Ravindhi Murphy
Co-opted Governor
October 2018 - July 2019
Full Governing Body and Teaching & Learning Committee
Francis Gooding
Co-opted Governor
July 16- July 19
Full Governing Board and Teaching & Learning Committee
Previously Associate Member
July 15 - July 16
Teaching and Learning Committee
Amy Reynolds
Co-opted Governor
June 17-July 19
Full Governing Board and Resources Committee
Previously Associate Member
Resources Committee
July 15-July 16 & July 16-July 17
Claire Bracey
Staff Governor
Sept 18-Jul 19
Full Governing Board
Children, Families & Community Committee
Michael Robeson
Local Authority Governor
Jan 2018- Feb 19
Full Governing Board
Resources Committee
Rebecca Prowse
Co-Opted Governor
October 2017- March 2019
Full Governing Board
Children, Families and Community Committee
POSITIONS AVAILABLE - One Parent Governor position
• Accounting/finance
• Building/facilities management
• Working with the local authority (in planning or otherwise)
If you are interested in learning more, please do get in touch via clerktogovernors@eastsheen.richmond.sch.uk.
- Parent governors have a child in school at the time of their election and are elected by the parent body.
- Staff governors are members of staff at the school and are elected by their colleagues. This category includes the headteacher (who serves in an ex-officio capacity), teaching and non-teaching staff.
- Co-opted governors are appointed by other members of the governing body because they come from a specialist group or because they possess a particular skill which can contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.
- Local authority governors are nominated by the local council and appointed by the governing body.
- Associate members are not actually governors but can be appointed to serve on committees. They do not have the right to vote at meetings of the full governing body.
The ESPS Governing Body reconstituted in 2017. A copy of the Governing Body’s Instrument of Government can be found here.