Grafham Grange Governors

Colin Young (Chair)

Colin Young is chairman of Cranleigh Freight Services and has over 30 years experience of the international transport industry. He has a lifelong commitment to the local community and the development of young people for which he was awarded the MBE in 2003.

He has been a Governor of Grafham Grange since 1997 and a Director of the GGSET since that time. Colin has, for the past 11 years, been mentoring in mainstream schools for Surrey Education Business Partnership to year 10 and 11 students.

Colin is also actively involved in St. John Ambulance and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Ray Winn (Vice Chair)

Ray Winn was head teacher of a special residential school (EBD) for 23 years, with qualifications in education and psychology.

He is now retired from education but works for the Care Standards Tribunal and is actively involved as a magistrate in West Sussex (Deputy Chairman of Northern Division). He is trained as an appraiser of CST members and magistrates.

He is now Vice Chairman of GGSET Directors, Vice Chairman of Grafham Grange School Governors and Governor of Brantridge.

Lynda MacDermott

Lynda MacDermott is a linguist and founder partner of an internet-based translation and internet web marketing company. Communication, by a variety of media, has been an all pervasive thread throughout her career. At first this was in the field of education where her main interest was the development of teaching expertise.

After leaving teaching in 1997, she became editor of an on-line language learning service and subsequently manager of an international market research centre.

She has considerable experience of selecting and managing personnel from a wide array of cultures in her present and previous roles in international communications. Within wider society, she plays a leading role with a variety of campaigning groups.

She became a Director of Grafham Grange Educational Trust in 2000 and is a Governor both of Grafham Grange and Brantridge schools.

John Page

John Page was, for 40 years, in the shipping industry with over 20 years' experience as a Director of a Greek shipping company, responsible for the chartering of dry cargo vessels and tankers.

After retiring in 1999 he is mainly active in charity work. He has been a Governor and Director of GGSET since 2000.

Richard Norman (Head Teacher)

Richard Norman has been with Grafham Grange School since 1987 when he joined from an independent EBS establishment in Essex as Deputy Head. He has been through all the major changes experienced by the school:

The closure of ILEA and transfer to Lewisham
The move from maintained to non-maintained status in 1994 and the beginning of his headship.

Richard has been an instrumental part of the development of the concept of GGS Trust over the past 13 years.

Richard has two sons, one who's just completed university and the other on a gap year and about to go to university.

In his spare time he coaches Guildford Ladies 1st Team hockey and under-18 boys and is about to become involved in Coach Education with England Hockey in the summer of 2007.

Caroline Howard

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David Benjamin

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Keith Mansfield

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Sue Shaylor

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Sue Mellor

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Sue Tresman (CEO)

Formerly Director of the Retention Programme at the Open University and Education Director, then Chief Executive Officer at the British Dyslexia Association, Susan Tresman is the Chief Executive of Grafham Grange Special Educational Trust.

A Fellow of the HESDA Top Management Programme specialising in Leadership for Effective Change, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Susan holds the position of Visiting Professor in Inclusive Learning at the University of Sunderland 2005 - 2010. Previously she held Visiting Chairs in South Africa and Romania promoting access to learning for disadvantaged learners.

Passionate about empowering those with additional needs to realise their full potential, Susan is qualified in the teaching of Learners with Special Needs and holds a PGCE from the University of Cambridge. Her first degree was from Sheffield and her PhD from University of London; Kings College. Susan is a co-opted member of the Council for the National Association for Special Schools.

Brantridge Grange Governors

Lloyd Richards (Chair)

Lloyd Richards is a Chartered Banker of over 30 years experience within the NatWest/RBS Group. His career focus has been on people and change management, having spent 20 years in HR management and the balance of his career in leading national change programmes covering systems, performance and behavioural issues.

Lloyd is highly community service oriented and has been actively involved in charitable activities for a quarter of a century, culminating in joining Brantridge School as a Governor in 2000 and becoming a Director of Grafham Grange Special Education Trust in 2002.

He holds two other Directorships.

Pete Miles (Vice Chair)

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Tamsin Gent (Acting Head Teacher )

Tamsin Gent is the Acting Head Teacher at Brantridge School. She brings with her a wealth of experience to the post, having previously been Deputy Head Teacher at Cornerstones Independent School. Tamsin (Tammy) is highly experienced in the management of staff, communication strategies, school development and management of challenging pupils.

Tammy holds a B.Ed from The University of Northumbria at Newcastle in Primary Education with Qualified teacher status. She has completed the learning schools programme, various management and equality/diversity courses and holds an advanced child protection qualification.

She is currently engaged in working towards her NPQH and in her spare time enjoys spending time with her family, eating out, travel, music, cinema and theatre.

Paul Kenny

Paul Kenny is currently a director of the IT management group at British Telecom where he has worked for 27 years. During his career Paul has been responsible for the development and implementation of some of the major computer systems that underpin BT service and products. He is currently working on BT's 21st Century Network project, which will bring about the replacement of the UK telephone Network.

Paul is married with four grown-up children. He came to the trust via his role as a Governor at Brantridge School, where he was deeply involved with the transfer of the school from Greenwich LEA to the Trust.

Peter Samuels

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Lynda MacDermott

After leaving teaching in 1997, she became editor of an on-line language learning service and subsequently manager of an international market research centre.

She became a Director of Grafham Grange Educational Trust in 2000 and is a Governor both of Grafham Grange and Brantridge schools.

Richard Fihosy

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Tony Lees

Tony Lees was head teacher of a special residential school (MLD/EBD) for 25 years and worked for the ILEA and Tower Hamlets. Until recently he was a long serving magistrate with the Sussex Magistracy and has maintained close contact with special education in both training and school governor capacities.

He is extensively involved in charitable concerns and is Chairman of an East Sussex hospice as well as holding a Paul Harris Fellowship in Rotary. Tony is a director with GGSET and a governor to Brantridge School.

Kathy McNicol

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Phil Peterson

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Victor Frost (Staff Governor)

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