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Our Governing Body

Name

Position

Type of Governor

Skill Set

Penny Riddle

Chair of Governing Body

Date Appointed: 10/01/2025

Appointed by Directors

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Company Secretary for Nine Elms Computing Ltd and consultant with NextGen Makers

Governance roles in other educational institutions:

Hanbury First School

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: 6 of 6

Co-opted Education

Nikki Wnuk

 

Vice Chair of Governing Body

Date Appointed: 26/11/2018

Resigned: 27/11/2025

Appointed by Directors

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests: 

Lecturer & Tutor at HOW College and Barracudas Activity Day Camps

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: 6 of 6

Parent  
Paul Nimmo

Date Appointed: 15/12/2022

Appointed by Parents

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Head of Management Accounts and Business Planning to;

Director of Commercial Finance

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: NA

Parent Accounting

Nicole Craddock-Zhang

 

Date Appointed: 22/11/2022

Resigned 21/11/2024

Appointed by Directors

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

 Programmes and client manager for an UK Top-10 university in the midlands, following a career in International Relations, Marketing Communications, and Business Development.

I enjoy fitness, playing the piano, travelling with my family, learning new things and trying new food.

Co-Opted  

Sam Ammar

Date Appointed: 29/03/2023

Appointed by Directors

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Managing Director at Velvet Marketing and Elected Councillor and Chairman of Bromsgrove District Council. Chair of Bromsgrove Labour Party amid a Trustee for Citizens Advice Bureau.

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: NA

Co-Opted  

Helen Colcombe

Headteacher

Date Appointed: 27/01/2021

Appointed by Directors

Term of Office: NA

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests: NA

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: 6 of 6

Ex-Officio Education

Rebecca Radway

Date Appointed:

Resigned:

Appointed by staff

Term of Office: 4 years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Member of staff at The Vaynor First School

 

 

James Walker

 

 

 

Date Appointed: 20/12/2023

Appointed by Staff

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Deputy Head at The Vaynor First School

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: 6 out of 6

Matthew Hartles

Date Appointed: 20/01/2025

Appointed by Parents

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Senior Manager for NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board

Volunteer for Redditch Borough Football Club 

Holly Phipps

Date Appointed: 26/11/2024

Appointed by Staff

Term of Office: 4 Years

Business, Personal and Pecuniary Interests:

Member of staff at The Vaynor First School

Governance roles in other educational institutions: None

Meetings attended in the previous academic year: NA