Governors
Professor David Butcher - Coopted Governor & Chair, Term of Office 10/11/2018
Dave is currently Emeritus Professor of Upland Hydrology at the University of Essex.
He was previously Principal of Writtle College and Dean of a faculty at Nottingham Trent University.
His research interests include reservoir sedimentation and upland water quality.
Kate Wagner - Parent Governor, 18/01/2021
profile coming soon....
Paula Grant - Co-opted Governor, 02/05/2022
profile coming soon...
Dr Emma Norling - Foundation ex-officio & Vice Chair
Emma is a senior university teacher at the University of Sheffield, and a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) ambassador, aiming to engage more young people in scientific activities of all types.
Both of her children have attended Bradwell Infant School during her tenure as governor.
Dr Andy Johnston - Coopted Governor, 02/12/2019
Andy is the Chief Operating Officer of the LGiU and the CEO of Local Energy, a social enterprise of the LGiU. He is responsible for the finance, HR and support for the membership of the LGiU. He leads on local sustainability and is currently running programmes on the green deal, ECO, the CRC energy efficiency scheme and adaptation to climate change, including an EU Interreg NWE project called Raingain which looks at flooding across the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
In the past he has led programmes on sustainability in higher education for Forum for the Future and the OECD. He ran the groundbreaking Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development and was a lecturer in Business for Sustainable Development at the University of Hertfordshire. For eight years he was a councillor, chairing planning, highways and waste committees.
Foundation Governor
vacancy - contact Debbie Hobson @ the school for more details re this role.
Colette Holden - Parent Governor, 12/10/2018
Colette has one little boy at Bradwell Infants and another at Bradwell
Juniors. She was previously chair of Bradwell Teddy Club and is now vice
chair of Friends of Bradwell Schools (FOBS).
She is a publications editor for various United Nations bodies.
She spends her spare time running on the local fells.
Rob Caig - LA Governor, 08/07/2018
Rob works as a professional engineer at a large pharmaceutical company.
He has 2 children, one at Bradwell Infants and the other at Hope Valley College.
