Meet the Governors
Ed Shire
Ed studied Physics at the University of Bath. He worked in the private defence sector for 8 years before moving into the public sector joining the Ministry of Defence (MoD). In his current role he manages and leads an MoD facility as Deputy Head of Establishment - responsible for finance, health and safety, security, procurement and contract management. He has lived in Kington Langley since 2016. In his personal time he is a board gamer, cyclist, juggler and circus skills entertainer who runs workshops and events for children.
Category: Local Authority Governor nominated by the Local Authority and appointed by the Board of Governors on 3 November 2020
Term of office: 3 November 2020 – 2 November 2024
Chair of Governors
Committee membership: Finance & Resources
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Ed attended 6 of 6 FGB Meetings and 4 of 5 Finance & Resources Meetings during 2023/24
Adrian Cole
I have proudly served as a governor at Stanton for 7 years, serving as Chair of the Governors for 4 years of that time. I have lived in Kington St Michael for 15 years and my 3 children have all attend Stanton Primary School. As part of the governing body for the new federation I’m looking forward to being able to use my experience to help support both schools through the coming years. I’m particularly keen to ensure that the federation is able to continue to offer a small village school experience for those families who live in the local villages and for those who wish to travel from the local towns in order to benefit from what we can offer.
Category: Co-opted Governor appointed by the Board of Governors on 3 November 2020
Term of office: 3 November 2020 – 2 November 2024
Committee Membership: Teaching, Learning & Resources (Chair)
Pupil Premium Governor and Link Governor for Maths
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Adrian attended 5 of 6 FGB Meetings and 5 of 5 Teaching, Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24
Fiona Farquhar
Fiona is a practicing barrister based at Albion Chambers. Fiona was called to the Bar in 2002 and specialises in all aspects of public and private law children matters. In her spare time she enjoys sailing, open water swimming and being in the great outdoors.
Category: Co-opted Governor appointed by the Board of Governors on 1 January 2021
Term of office: 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2024
Committee Membership: Teaching, Learning & Resources
Safeguarding/Child Protection/Looked After Children Governor
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Fiona attended 4 of 6 FGB Meetings and 1 of 5 Teaching, Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24
Richard Priest
Category: Foundation Governor appointed by the Diocese of Bristol on 15 July 2021
Term of office: 23 September 2021 – 22 September 2025
Committee membership: Teaching, Learning & Development
Joint Equality & Diversity (Including Community Cohesion) Governor and Link Governor for English and RE
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Richard attended 5 of 6 FGB Meetings and 5 of 5 Teaching, Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24
Tom Stables
Category: Foundation Governor appointed by the Diocese of Bristol in September 2021
Term of Office: 23 September 2021 – 22 September 2025
Committee Membership: Finance & Resources
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Tom attended 4 of 6 FGB Meetings and 3 of 5 Finance & Resources Meetings during 2023/24
Kyle Hutchings
Category: Parent Governor appointed by the Board of Governors following nomination process on 24th November 2022
Term of Office: 24 November 2022 - 23 November 2026
Committee Membership: Finance & Resources
Health & Safety Governor
Declared business interests - None
Kyle attended 5 of 6 FGB Meetings and 5 of 5 Finance & Resources Meetings during 2023/24
Amber Batson
Category: Parent Governor appointed by the Board of Governors following nomination process on 24th November 2022
Term of Office: 24 November 2022 - 23 November 2026
Vice chair of governors
Committee Membership: Teaching, Learning & Development
Link governor for Relationship Sex & Health Education (RSHE) and Science
Declared business interests - None (save for being parent of child at the school)
Amber attended 5 of 6 FGB Meetings and 5 of 5 Teaching Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24
Georgina Adams
Category: Co-opted Governor appointed by the Board of Governors on 25 January 2024
Term of Office: 25 January 2024 - 24 January 2028
Committee Membership: Teaching, Learning & Development
Link governor for Early Years Foundation Stage
Declared business interests - None save for parent of children at the school (also director of legal consultancy business and former governor of a school in Nottingham
Georgina attended 4 of 4 FGB Meetings and 2 of 3 Teaching Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24 (having joined in January)
Luke Facey
Category: Co-opted Governor appointed by the Board of Governors on 25 January 2024
Term of Office: 25 January 2024 - 24 January 2028
Committee Membership: Finance & Resources
Link governor TBC
Declared business interests - TBC
Luke attended 2 of 4 FGB Meetings and 0 of 2 Finance & Resources Meetings during 2023 / 24 (having joined in January)
Karen Winterburn
Karen is Executive Headteacher of the recently formed LFSSQ Federation. Prior to this she was Headteacher at Stanton St Quintin. She has taught in Swindon and Wiltshire for over 20 years. Karen studied Education and Sports at Edge Hill, Lancashire and continues to enjoy sports – although is a little slower these days! She champions sports and PE in schools being an Ambassador for the Youth Sports Trust. In her spare time she likes to be outside – walking, gardening and when possible being near the sea.
Term of office: whilst in post (ex officio)
Committee membership: Attends all meetings in the capacity of Executive Headteacher
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Karen is also a governor of the federated schools
Karen attended 6 of 6 FGB Meetings and 4 of 5 Teaching Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24
Associate: Despoina Chatzikyriazi
Category: Associate Member
Committee Membership: Finance & Resources
Declared business interests - None
Despoina attended 1 of 6 FGB Meetings and 1 of 6 Finance & Resources Meetings during 2022/23
Joint Staff Governor: James Osler
James completed a PGCE at Bath Spa in 2002 after a Music degree in Southampton University some years before. He relocated from Hertfordshire to Corsham nine years ago and lives with his wife and three children. James has enjoyed spending the majority of his teaching career in small schools and has been with Langley Fitzurse for the past seven years. He loves listening to music and playing the piano, spending time in the park with his family and cooking curries.
Category: Staff
Head of School Langley Fitzurse C of E Primary
Committee membership: Teaching, Learning & Development (Presenter and voting rights on committee)
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
James attended 0 of 3 FGB Meetings and 1 of 2 Teaching, Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24 (having become staff governor in January)
Joint Staff Governor: Sarah Matthews
Sarah studied for 4 years at Bath Spa University and gained BSc (Hons) with QTS and has been teaching for over 20 years. Recently she completed her NPQH qualification and is now Head of School at Stanton. She has a passion for Maths and supports schools around the country with a mastery approach. In her spare time she likes to walk her fox red lab, cycling, reading and Pilates.
Category: Staff
Committee Membership: Teaching, Learning & Resources (Presenter & voting rights on committee)
Head of School Stanton St Quintin Primary
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Sarah attended 3 of 3 FGB Meetings and 2 of 2 Teaching, Learning & Development Meetings during 2023/24 (having become staff governor in January)
Michelle Hocking (Clerk to Governors)
Category: Clerk appointed by the Board of Governors
No business interests or relationships with staff or governors declared
Michelle can be contacted at Clerk@lfssq.wilts.sch.uk
Previous Langley Fitzurse Stanton St Quintin Governors
Chris Steen – stepped down as a Co-opted Governor on 18 December 2020.
David Bloomer – stepped down as a Foundation Governor on 18 March 2021
Harriet Wilkinson – stepped down as a Foundation Governor on 27 April 2021
Huw Solly – stepped down as a Foundation Governor in June 2021
Dan Cornwell – stepped down as Co-opted Governor in July 2021
Sarah Matthews – stepped down as a Co-opted Governor in September 2021
Luke Matthews – stepped down as a Parent Governor in July 2022
Wendy Goodswen – stepped down as a Parent Governor in July 2022
Johanna Nathanson – stepped down as a staff Governor in September 2022
John Dawson - stepped down as a Co-opted Governor in September 2023
Gemma Hector - stepped down as a Co-opted Governor in February 2024
Huw Solly - stepped down as a Foundation Governor in August 2024
