Lt General David Leakey CMG, CVO, CBE
Chairman of the Governors
David became a Governor in 2017. He is a member of the Estates and Infrastructure Committee.
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George Marsh
Governor
George has been a Governor of Sherborne School since 2009 and is Chairman of the Academic Committee and a member of the Pastoral Committee
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Robin Leach
Governor
Robin became a Governor of Sherborne in 2008 and is now the Designated Safeguarding Governor.
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Dr Ruth Newman
Governor
Ruth has been a Governor since September 2022 and sits on the Pastoral Committee.
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Angela Lane
Governor
Angela became a Trustee of Sherborne School Foundation in 2007 and has been a Governor since November 2015. She has been Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee since September 2022, and is currently non-executive director of Sherborne Schools Trading and Leisure companies.
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Anthony Pralle
Governor
Anthony became a trustee of the Sherborne School Foundation in 2005 and a Governor in 2023. He sits on the Finance and General Purposes and Remuneration Committees.
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Aubrey Capel
Governor
Aubrey has been a Governor since December 2018 and sits on the Estates and Infrastructure Committee.
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Elaine Stallard
Governor
Elaine has been a magistrate since 2007 and is a Governor of Sherborne Qatar.
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Gilly Staley
Governor
Gilly became a Governor in March 2015 and holds special responsibilities for health and safety.
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Guy D.J Hayward-Cole
Governor
Guy became a Governor at the start of 2020. Guy is a member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
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John Pocock
Governor
John is a trustee of the Sherborne School Foundation and was chairman from 2009 to 2019.
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Matthew Whittell
Governor
Matthew is a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, and is the Staff Nominated Governor.
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Dr Max Jonas
Governor
Max sits on the council for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
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Michael Wilson
Governor
Michael Wilson joined the Sherborne Board in April 2017. He is an Old Shirburnian.
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Nigel Jones
Governor
Nigel is a Chartered Surveyor and has been practising primarily in commercial property and development land matters in the area for 35 years.
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Reverend Fr Martin Lee
Governor
Martin moved to Sherborne in 2021, having spent 13 years as the incumbent of a large parish in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Vicki Cotter
Governor
Vicki has been a Governor since March 2014 and is Chair of the Estates and Infrastructure Committee.
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Nick Isaac
Governor
Nick was educated at Sherborne (School House 1974 to 1978) and Durham University, from where he graduated with a BA Hons in English.
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Mark Spearing
Governor
Mark Spearing is a Professor of Engineering Materials and Vice-President for Research and Enterprise at the University of Southampton. After leaving Sherborne (h) in 1982 he studied Engineering at Cambridge and completed a Ph.D at the same University in 1989. He then undertook postdoctoral research at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
read moreIf you would like to contact the Chair of Governors, please write to:
Dr David Cole c/o The Bursary, Sherborne Schools Group, Abbey Road, Sherborne, DT9 3AP.