Governor Profiles
Robert Vaux
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Susie Blundell
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Ginnie Fairhurst
Chair of Governors,
Robert joined the Governing Body as a Foundation Governor in January 2015, soon after moving into the area. He is a parishioner at Sacred Heart, Tisbury. His first career was as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment, followed by a further 20+ years as a school bursar, spending part of this time in the maintained school sector and part in the independent sector. Robert is Chair of our Resources Committee, and also sits on the Pay Panel.
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.
Foundation Governor
Ginnie is a practising Catholic educated at Woldingham. Married and mother of two daughters and grandmother to 5. She attended the College of Estate Management in London and went on to work in property, currently running her own business in property management. She sits on Resources Committee and is a Safeguarding Governor.
Andy Bazen
Vice Chair, Foundation Governor
Andy has been working in Catholic Education for almost 30 years, specialising in teaching English Language and Literature to 11-18 year olds. He has experience as a Head and Deputy Head in three Local Authorities. Andy plays cricket for Fonthill Park and has played football semi-professionally. He continues to coach at Salisbury City. Andy is co -chair of Education Committee.
Helen Christie
Foundation Governor
Helen Christie is a practising Catholic, married to a soldier in the British Army, and has 3 children. She spent most of her childhood in Tisbury and was a pupil at Wardour for 4 years. Having moved house 14 times in 18 years, she has worked in many different environments and is currently a school secretary at Port Regis Prep School. Helen was appointed as a Foundation Governor in September 2018 and is currently Health and Safety Governor and sits on Resources Committee.
Roger Sheppard
Chloe King
Nick Wright
Rebecca Liddington
Katie Weston
James Greig
Patrick Craig-McFeely
Parent Governor
Roger Sheppard is a Parent Governor who has two children at Wardour. His career has taken him to the heart of major national celebrations, leading projects for both the UK and French Governments and working with cutting edge technology companies to showcase new products and concepts. Roger sits on the Resources Committee.
Parent Governor
Chloe King is a Parent 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 and Pupil Premium governor.
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 four grand children.
Foundation Governor
Rebecca Liddington is a Foundation Governor. She has two children who both attended Wardour and is Head of Pre Prep at Port Regis School. Rebecca is Literacy and EYFS link Governor. She co-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 Education Committee and is a safeguarding governor.
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.