Wardour Catholic Primary School

Chair, Foundation Governor

Patrick was a Foundation Governor at Wardour until 2012 and re-joined the governing body in September 2022.  He regularly attends Sacred Heart Church in Tisbury.  He and his wife are GPs who ran Hindon Surgery from 2003 until their retirement in October 2021.  He attended Wardour school from 1963 to 1969.  After secondary education, he had a medical career in the Royal Navy and as a GP in Hampshire before moving back to West Hatch.  As a GP he trained junior doctors and medical students, was a Research Fellow in drug safety and chaired South Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group.  Three of their four daughters attended Wardour School as did his siblings and niece.  He plays cricket for Chilmark CC and tennis socially and is on Resources Committee.

Vice Chair, Foundation Governor

Susie has been on the Governing Board since March 2013 and is a regular worshipper at Sacred Heart, Tisbury. She was Chair between December 2014 and 2017. Her background is in the arts, charity sector and event fundraising. Currently, she is Chair of the Art Fund Wiltshire fundraising committee and also works in membership at the V&A and is a Honorary Steward at Wimbledon.  She previously worked at the Tate Gallery and the Institute of Fundraising and had a past career in the agricultural industry as an economist and marketing strategist in various agricultural commodities and British food.  Susie sit on Education Committee and is RE and Maths Link Governor and co Vice Chair.

Co-opted Governor

Chloe King is a co-opted Governor who has seen three children through the school over the course of the last decade.  She has been writing professionally for twenty years and her journalism work regularly appears in national newspapers.  Chloe sits on Education Committee and is attendance Governor, link governor for SEND, Pupil Premium and Attendance.

Foundation Governor

Nick Wright became a Foundation Governor in December 2019, as the representative of the Wardour Chapel Trust, of which he is a trustee.  He is a regular Altar server at Wardour Chapel.  He served in the Royal Navy from 1968-2002 when he joined the Royal Household based at Buckingham Palace.  He retired from full time palace employment in 2019, although he is still employed part time there.  He is married with four children and many grand children.

Foundation Governor

Rebecca Liddington is a Foundation Governor.  She has two children who both attended Wardour and teaches at Port Regis School.  Rebecca is Literacy and EYFS link Governor.  She chairs Education Committee.

Staff Governor

Katie has taught at Wardour for over 10 years.  She currently teaches Year 3 and 4 and is Science and PE lead.  Katie sits on Education Committee.

Local Authority Governor

James is a qualified solicitor.  He worked in a City law firm (Linklaters) from 1985 to 1991, specialising in corporate law/M&A law for firms in the financial services sector. He was then was one of the 4 founder partners, setting up the law firm associated with Arthur Andersen. Following the collapse of AA, in the Enron crash, James worked as a partner for US firm Wilmer Cutler, based in Washington DC, USA. He joined Barclays where he heads the regulatory relations team for Barclays Bank.  James is married, to Celia and has 3 children.  He sits on Resources Committee and is a safeguarding governor.

Parent Governor

Chloe has lived in Wiltshire since January 2022 and her daughter started Wardour in 2022. A St Mary's Ascot alumna, she is actively involved with Friends of Wardour in their school fundraising endeavours. Chloe works as a career coach and communication trainer, and has previously worked in the adventure travel and charity industries. When not running around with her daughter and equally energetic husband Hugo, Chloe loves her veg patch, seasonal cooking, cold water swimming and long hilly walks with her terrier Tizzi.  Chloe sits on the Education Committee.