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Governors

New Hall School is a registered charity, owned by the New Hall School Trust.

Governors of New Hall School Trust

Professor Michael Alder FRAgS, DL. Chairman of Governors. Executive Director of the Federation of Essex Colleges. Former Principal of Writtle College. Director of several trusts, including Chair of InterAct, a Mental Health Charity.

Stewart Adkins BSc. Equity Research Analyst in the Pharmaceuticals sector at US Investment Bank, Lehman Brothers. Former New Hall parent.

Fr Michael J Butler. Parish Priest of Old Harlow (since 2001). Previously worked in Royal Air Force (1954 57). Ordained Priest for the Diocese of Brentwood in 1963. Former Chaplain to the Religious Community at New Hall. Currently: Chairman, Diocesan Liturgy Commission; Chairman, Diocesan Historic Churches Committee; Chairman, Art, Architecture & Heritage Sub-Committee of the Liturgy Commission.

Malcolm Earl. Born in London in 1958, one of 6 boys. Married 28 years, with a 12 year old son, and lives in Hadleigh, Suffolk. Educated in Hove Sussex. Joined the Royal Air Force in 1975 and served for 27 years as an aircraft engineer. Worked for Monarch Airlines, Essex County Council and, currently, Ipswich Borough Council in Health & Safety. A Governor at Hadleigh High School. Works as an external Health & Safety consultant to various educational establishments.

Rebecca Fell ACA MPhil MA(Cantab). Chartered Accountant. Director at Deloitte. Specialist in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), including accounting for financial instruments. Former student of New Hall (1984-1992); Head Girl (1991-92).

Katherine Jeffrey MA(Oxon) PGCE BA(Div) MA(EdMg) NPQH. Principal, New Hall School (since 2001). Former teacher, St Mary’s School, Shaftesbury; Head of RE, Woldingham School; Deputy Head, The Marist School, Ascot. Governor, St Mary’s School, Hampstead (since 2004). Institute of Directors’ East of England Businesswoman of the Year Award, 2005. Current New Hall parent.

Carmel Jones BEd. Chairman of Education & Staffing Committee. Headteacher of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Upminster. Previously, Headteacher of St Joachim’s Custom House.

Sister Teresa Lenahan CRSS. Prioress (since 2002). Joined New Hall in 1974 and the Religious Community in 1975. Qualified as a teacher at Roehampton University. Held various teaching and residential appointments at New Hall, including teacher of drama and Sixth Form Housemistress.

Vincent Marley Dip.LA CMLI MIH. Born and educated in Northern Ireland. A Chartered Landscape Architect since 1982, working in a variety of practices. Joined Writtle College in 1992 and currently a principal lecturer and design tutor (landscape architecture, garden design and interior design) within the Writtle School of Design.

Sister Angela Morris CRSS. Former New Hall student. Degree in geography and PGCE from University of London. Joined Religious Community in 1958. Second degree, in theology, from University of Kent, Canterbury. Taught geography & religious education and was a Housemistress at New Hall.

Rex Smith FCMA. Chair of Finance & General Purposes Committee. Director of Finance at Anglia Ruskin University (since 1989). Previously worked at the University of London for 9 years. Current New Hall parent.

Chris Stevenson FCIS. Chartered secretary employed in finance and company secretarial positions in the insurance and re-insurance sectors in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK for 30 years. Former New Hall parent.

Jennifer Tolhurst BA. JP. Vice Chairman of Govenors. Member of Essex Board of The Prince’s Youth Business Trust (1991-94); Chairman (1994-97). Magistrate (1998). High Sheriff of Essex (2005-06). Former New Hall parent.

Tony Tuckwell, MA (Oxon), MBA (Leeds Metropolitan), DipEd (Oxford).   Born 1943. Educated at Headlands Grammar School, Swindon. Graduated from St Peter’s College, Oxford, in Modern History. Married Kathleen 1967. Started teaching in Portsmouth at the Southern Grammar School for Boys; Head of History and Senior Teacher at St John’s College, Southsea, a De La Salle Direct Grant School; Deputy Head at Sale County Grammar School for Boys; and, 1984-99, Headmaster of King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford. 2000-2009 Director of the National Educational Assessment Centre and a consultant on headship appointment and development, working in over 100 schools. Author of A History of King Edward VI Grammar School 1551-2008 and New Hall and its School. Vice-Chairman of Chelmsford Cathedral Festival 2000-2007. Trustee and Governor of Cobham Hall, a Round Square School, since 2003. Member of the Essex Rural Commission 2008-9.

John Westnedge BA(Hons). Born in Sheffield in 1953. Graduated with a degree in Business Studies in 1975. Moved south to work in computing for Tesco in 1981. Now an IT Director for Tesco having, in recent years, managed large IT projects and change programmes in the UK and also in Prague and Tokyo. Married to Caroline, has two daughters, Julia and Honor, both of whom attended New Hall.

Governors can be contacted at the following address:

c/o Secretary to the Governors
New Hall School
Boreham
Chelmsford
Essex
CM3 3HS