Name

Role

Date of Appointment

Expiry of term of office

Appointed By

Liz Kinnersley

Trustee

May 2024

May 2028

Member Approved

Chris Eades

Trustee

April 2021

April 2025

Member Approved

Kim Jiskoot

Trustee

July 2023

July 2027

Member Approved

Toby Fountain

Trustee

October 2022

October 2026

Member Approved

Victoria Tomalin

Trustee

September 2023

September 2027

Co-opted Trustee

William Varley

Parent Trustee

June 2023

June 2027

Direct Appointment

Robin Jones

Chair

November 2023

November 2027

Member Approved

Richard Booth

Headteacher

May 2023

ex-officio

Member Approved

Andrew Barnett

Parent Trustee

January 2024

January 2028

Direct Appointment

Alessia Ropkins

Parent Trustee

January 2024

January 2028

Direct Appointment

Jane Craigie-Payne

Trustee

February 2024

February 2028

Member Approved

Amelia-Jane Clark

Trustee

March 2024

March 2028

Member Approved

Saima Islam

Trustee

March 2024

March 2028

Member Approved

Gautam Sehgal

Trustee

March 2024

March 2028

Member Approved

Ben Katz 

Trustee

October 2024

October 2028

Member Approved

Rosanna Leeming

Trustee

November 2024

November 2028

Member Approved

David Bower - Member

Paul Martin - Member

Tim French - Member

Carmai Pestell - Member

Emily Leonard - Member

 

Committees

Leadership and Management - Chaired by Toby Fountain

Quality of Education - Chaired by Chris Eades (interim)

Safeguarding and Personal Development - Chaired by Liz Kinnersley

 

Lead Trustees

Safeguarding - Liz Kinnersley

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Trustees whose term of office has ended/have left in the last year:

Emily Barnett - 02.02.2022

Jane Gould - 13.02.2022

Anna Colombatti - 25.02.2022

Radhika Bajaj - 05.08.2022

Elizabeth Bone - 31.08.2022

Sian MacDonald - 13.09.2022

Helen Sparke - 03.10.22

Mital Patel - 17.10.22

Emily Leonard - 13.12.2022 (now sits on the Members' Board)

Richard Lloyd - 13.12.2022

Sarah Lancaster - 20.02.2023

Antonia Rubin - 20.07.2023

Jenny Salmon - 31.03.2023

Julie Carson - 03.07.2023

Steve Doyle - 29.09.2023

Nevita Pandya - 18.09.2023

Julian Hickey - 18.09.2023

James Hill - 04.12.2024

Contact Details

Clerk to the Trustees – clerk@wealdgs.org
Chair of Trustees – trustchair@wealdgs.org

Clerk to the Trustees
c/o Weald of Kent Grammar School
Tudeley Lane
Tonbridge
Kent TN9 2JP