Our 2025/26 Board of Governors

The principal responsibility of the board is to ensure that the School is run in accordance with its charitable objectives and that all the functions of the School are authorised by the powers provided by its Articles of Association, company and charity law and in relation to risk management and legal compliance. The strategy and development of the School is set by the Governors who approve the plans and budgets presented by the Headmistress and Bursar. The Full Board meets once a term and is supported by the Marketing, Admissions & Development, Education & Welfare, Finance & Resources, and Governance, Nominations & Compliance Committees. Each Committee meets at least once a term and submits reports and recommendations to the Board. Tudor Hall School Enterprises Ltd papers are submitted to the Tudor Hall board for consideration. External professional advice is sought as and when necessary. The Trustees are all volunteers and their support is essential in ensuring that Tudor Hall School continues to thrive.

The Board seeks to ensure that its members provide the breadth and depth of experience to carry out its duties effectively and efficiently. It is important that the trustees have empathy with the objects, aims and ethos of the School; to achieve this the board is made up of independent members, Old Tudorians, and current and former parents so as to maintain balance and perspective.

The day-to-day running of the School is delegated to the Headmistress and the Bursar who both attend the Board and relevant Committees. Other members of senior management attend relevant meetings as required.

Jennifer Scarfe is Acting Chair of Governors and Whole School Safeguarding Governor. She has worked in education in both academic and pastoral roles, including eleven years in single-sex boarding education. Before moving into clinical work, she was Deputy Head Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead at Badminton School in Bristol, where she developed a particular interest in adolescent mental health. She has previously taught Youth Mental Health First Aid courses for Mental Health First Aid England and remains closely involved in safeguarding practice.

Jennifer is retraining as a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She completed her preclinical training with the Tavistock and Portman and is now in the final year of her doctorate with IPCAPA, the Anna Freud Centre and University College London, while working clinically in CAMHS. In addition to her role at Tudor Hall, Jennifer serves as the independent listener for a girls’ boarding school, offering a confidential point of contact for pupils who wish to speak to an approved adult outside the staff body.

Jennifer sits on the Education and Welfare Committee.

Kerry Bartram. Kerry sits on the Finance & Resources Committee.

Georgina Cadbury is a co-founder and partner at Platypus Partners, where she provides capital-raising services to private equity, venture capital, and other investment firms. She is also a non-executive director of The Economist Group and a director of the LJC Fund, a benevolent company that supports smaller charities and worthwhile causes across the UK through substantial grants. Georgina is a former pupil of Tudor Hall.

Karen Coles is Headmistress of Sarum Hall School with over 20 years’ experience in the independent sector since graduating from Exeter University with a BEd (Hons) degree in education. Having worked at Port Regis, Fulham Prep, Cheam and St George’s Weybridge, Karen has a long history of recommending Tudor Hall as a first-class option for girls' education. A serving Army Reserve Officer in the Intelligence Corps, Karen is also an accomplished swimmer, skier and tennis player so champions the importance of sport and working with others to achieve a collective goal.

Karen is Chair of the Education & Welfare Committee.

John Dunston.

Ben Evans is Headmaster at Windlesham House School. He took over the Headship in 2020 following a very successful 8 years as Head at Edge Grove in Hertfordshire where he oversaw substantial growth of the school. Ben read History and Archaeology at Exeter, followed by a PGCE. He has taught in a variety of independent day and boarding schools both in the UK and internationally, taking up his first Headship at the British School in Colombo in 2008. Ben is a governor of two prep schools and sits on the advisory board for an international school in Sri Lanka.

Ben is Joint Chair of the Marketing, Admissions & Development Committee and sits on the Education & Welfare Committee.

Nick Holliday is General Secretary of the Dulwich Preparatory Schools Trust and, for fifteen years until his retirement in December 2019, he was also Bursar of Dulwich Prep London, one of the UK’s largest independent prep schools. He is a graduate of Oxford University and spent ten years as an army officer in The Life Guards before moving into financial services. For twenty years he worked for various asset management companies looking after pension funds, charities and other institutions, latterly at Schroders.

Nick has responsibility for Risk Management and Health & Safety in his capacity as Governor. He sits on Finance & Resources and the Tudor Hall School Enterprise sub-committee.

Iona Hutchinson is the Joint Chair of the Marketing, Admissions & Development Committee and sits on the Education & Welfare Committee.

Charles Newsome has worked in the finance industry for his entire career and is a Divisional Director within the Rathbones group. Alongside his professional responsibilities, he has held governance roles within the State Education Sector and previously served as Vice Chairman on the Board of a not-for-profit financial training organisation. Charles is also a former parent of Tudor Hall School.
He is Sports Governor and sits on both the Finance and Resources Committee and the Tudor Hall School Enterprise sub-committee. In addition, he manages a Men’s Premier League hockey team at Wimbledon, one of the leading hockey clubs in the country.

Rodney Style qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor in the City before joining Haines Watts as a partner in 1985. He ran the Oxford office for 36 years dealing with audit and tax matters. For ten years he was on the Group National Board chairing the Board for 6 years. He retired from Haines Watts in 2021 although he remains a Non Executive Director of a number of businesses. His daughter was educated at Tudor Hall.

Rodney is the Chair of Finance & Resources and the Tudor Hall School Enterprise sub-committee. He also sits on Governance, Nominations and Compliance.

Alexandra di Valmarana sits on the Finance & Resources Committee and the Tudor Hall School Enterprise sub-committee.

If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors, the postal address is:

c/o Clerk to the Governors
Tudor Hall School
Wykham Park
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 9UR

Or via email: chairofgovernors@tudorhallschool.com

Registered name: Tudor Hall School

Registered number: 2995266
Place of registration: England
Registered office: Wykham Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9UR
Charity number: 1042783