Governors
The Governing body of Kelmscott is made up of local people (parents, school staff and residents) who care deeply about the children here and the community in which we live and work. We feel very honoured to be governors of this school where we know that the staff do their utmost to help the students achieve their full potential and where students make the most of the opportunities they are given.
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Kelmscott always has the interests of the whole child at heart and works hard to give them a breadth and range of subjects and experiences. Our job as governors is to help make strategic decisions about the school and its future, and we will always do this by focusing on the best interests of the students and the school.
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This section of the website will enable you to understand the role and make-up of the Governing Body of the school, gain access to minutes of our meetings and encourage you to consider becoming a governor of our school. We are a friendly group and always keen to welcome new people!
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Dr Susan Thomas - Chair of Governors
Type of Governor - Co-opted
Committee - Finance, Personnel & Premises
Link Governor for - Careers, Eco & Sustainability
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​​Susan is a parent governor and has two children at Kelmscott School. She's been a governor since 2023. Susan is a doctor by training and is currently Director of Google Health, where she has responsibility for bringing the best of Google to the NHS and other health systems. She has always worked in and around the public sector and is passionate about ensuring that children can get the very best from their local state schools. Being a part of the community that is Kelmscott School is, therefore, a real privilege.
Harry Bradwell - Vice Chair of Governors
Type of Governor - Co-Opted
Committee - Learning
Link Governor for - Numeracy, Global Schools
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Harry lives locally in Leyton. He is a civil servant at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, where he focuses on reducing the impact on the climate from heating and buildings. He previously worked for an international NGO focussed on effective governance. He is proud to serve on Kelmscott’s governing body and committed to helping the school deliver its mission to support all our students to reach their fullest potential.
Alanna Molloy
Type of Governor - Parent
Committee - Finance, Personnel & Premises (Chair) + Pay
Link Governor for - Higher Attaining Students
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Alanna is a parent governor who has 2 children who attend Kelmscott.
She leads Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust tobacco addiction services and has a passion to reduce health inequalities. Walthamstow has always been her home and Alanna wants to support Kelmscott to be a caring, inclusive, highly attaining school in the community that gives students a fantastic start to their secondary school careers and a lifelong love of learning.
Brian Pomeroy
Type of Governor - Parent
Committee - Learning
Link Governor for - Health & Safety, Website & Communications
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Brian has lived in Walthamstow for 13 years and has a son at Kelmscott. Brian works in heath and social care with an operational background in delivering drug and alcohol services. Brian currently works as an internal auditor of a national charity where he supports quality improvements in governance and client safety. Brian is proud to support Kelmscott in providing the best learning experience for all its students in a safe and inclusive environment.
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Brodie Cunningham
Type of Governor - Staff
Committee - Finance, Personnel & Premises
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A lifelong resident of Waltham Forest, Brodie currently works as the school’s Cover and Examinations Officer. A former student at Kelmscott, Brodie has seen the school change for the better over the years and is passionate about giving back to the community that shaped his early education as its Staff Governor.​​
Hanan Al-Najjar
Type of Governor - Co-Opted
Committee - Finance, Personnel & Premises
Link Governor for - Safeguarding
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Philip Naylor
Type of Governor - Co-Opted
Committee - Learning
Link Governor for - Teaching & Learning
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​Until he retired in 2016, Phil taught adults as a lecturer in English as a Second Language, in Further and Higher Education and was active in UCU, the lecturers' union. Since then, he has worked a few weeks a year as an exam invigilator at Kelmscott, which is very near where he has lived for the past 13 years, getting to know and like the school and its ethos. Previously a parent governor in Tottenham while his son was growing up, and a member of Haringey Council's Education Scrutiny Committee. As well as being a co-opted governor at Kelmscott, he is also a trustee of the Markfield Centre, a local charity that provides services and support for children and adults with learning disabilities, their families and carers.
Thomas Burnside
Type of Governor - Parent
Committee - Learning (Chair)
Link Governor for - Behaviour & Attendance, Character Development
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Tom has raised his family in Walthamstow, and his two sons who joined Kelmscott from a local primary. Tom has around 20 years’ teaching experience in a wide variety of educational settings in the maintained, independent, and international sectors, and is currently Deputy Head Pastoral at an independent school in Essex. Kelmscott School is at the heart of the local community and Tom believes passionately in the school's vision and its aim to ensure that every student can reach their full potential and truly flourish in a fast-changing, dynamic world.
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Ezra Neil
Type of Governor - Co-Opted
Committee -
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Stephanie Rochford
Type of Governor - Co-Opted
Committee - Finance, Personnel & Premises
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Yvonne Eba
Type of Governor - Co-Opted
Committee -
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