Meet the Governors

My background as a group leader in pharmaceutics brings experience with planning, analysis, and compliance, and I also have prior governance experience in the voluntary sector (including as Chair). When my children both attended the school in 2019 I became a parent governor to help transition OOSC from charity into school hands. Since then I’ve held a variety of roles, through joining Anglian Learning, school re-development and recruitment, and a successful OSTED inspection. I currently represent Inclusion/SEND, PE & Sports, as well as Co-Chair of the LGB as a recently re-appointed Trust governor.

Laura began her teaching career in a Middle School (years 5 to 8). She was seconded to the University of Cambridge as a Lecturer and Tutor on Primary and Middle Years Teacher Training Programme for five years and having completed her NPQH in 2011, she took on the Headship of a Hertfordshire Middle School. This led to working as an Executive Headteacher across two Middle Schools and in 2017 leading the transformation of the two middle schools and the upper school to create one all-through school. Laura’s Masters in Education focused on leading teaching and learning and she is particularly interested in the role of quality of talk and its impact on educational outcomes, including talk in the home.

I have been working as a Global Teacher Training Manager at Macmillan Education since 2020, having previously worked as a Product Marketing Manager at Cambridge University Press. Prior to working in publishing, I was a Director of Studies at Regent Language Schools in Cambridge for around 5 years, having taught English as a foreign language in several places around the world, including a 4-year stint in Surabaya, Indonesia.

I’m passionate about ensuring all students progress and all teachers have a consistent work-life balance.

Katie has lived in Stapleford since 2020 and was proud to join Stapleford Community Primary School as a Governor in 2022. Katie has a background in the NHS, working as both a project manager and clinic manager in services accessed by both adults and young people. More recently Katie has worked in central Government.

Edward has lived in Stapleford since 2016, and his two sons attend Stapleford School. He has a background in finance and operational improvement as a management consultant for 18 years. He became a Trust governor in 2019, and has been co-Chair of the LGB since July 2021.

I am a Solicitor having practised in-house for most of my career, presently as a senior lawyer at the University of Cambridge.

Joining as a Parent Governor in October 2022, this is my first school governance role.  However, I am extremely familiar with our lovely school with my three children having attended Stapleford since 2012.

My main focus on the Local Governing Board is health and safety, staff wellbeing, and supporting disadvantaged children.

Judith has lived in Stapleford since 1990 and her 3 sons all attended Stapleford School. She has an NHS background, having been a GP for over 30 years. She was safeguarding lead for her practice for several years until her retirement in 2022. She became a school governor in 2023.