Jim King

(Chair of Governors)

Co-Opted

After graduating from Kings’ College, London, Jim began his career as a teacher in grammar, secondary modern and comprehensive schools becoming a member of the senior management team. He then joined the UK civil and diplomatic services, representing the UK in the USA, Canada and Europe. Jim specialised in conflict resolution and was involved in the Irish Peace Process. Subsequently Jim worked as a managing director leading global security risk management in a US investment bank with additional senior management posts in retail banking and commerce. A resident in the village for 44 years, Jim’s children attended CSPI and he has a granddaughter in the school now. He is passionate about all round excellence in education.

Nick Smith

(Vice Chair of Governors)

Co-Opted

Nick has over 15 years experience in financial services, currently working at TSB Bank as their Head of Mortgages. The breadth of roles that he has had in his career means that he has insight in to how to make the most of analytics, meet and exceed regulatory standards, as well as applying rigorous financial standards to real-world practises. Nick's parents were both Primary Headteachers, so education has been in his DNA right from his early years growing up in the Lake District. Nick and his wife, Karen, live in the village with their two boys, with their eldest currently attending the infant school.

Sue Wallis

Local Authority

Sue has been Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Governor since 2017, also the Pupil Premium and Safeguarding Governor since 2020. She left CSP in 1968, trained to teach KS2 in Birmingham, working in inner city schools. The experience began a career long desire to enable every pupil, whilst giving insight into cultural differences. Sue was a supply teacher, with young children, returning to CSP in 1986. Her daughter attended CSPI, her son the Academy, where she taught for ten years, also as Special Educational Needs Coordinator. Her children went to University, she taught at a large, London prep school then Seer Green CofE Combined for ten years, also as SENDCo in both KS1 &2. Having retired in 2010 and been widowed in 2016, Sue moved back to CSP to be near family. One grandson is in Reception, the other in Reception at a London Primary. She Home Schooled them both throughout the Lockdowns!

Jenny Jobson

Co-opted

Jen joined the governing body in 2024. She has been a secondary school Geography teacher for over 20 years, taking on a variety of academic and pastoral leadership roles during her career, and currently serves as Head of Sixth Form. Jen is passionate about education beyond the classroom and has a particular interest in outdoor learning, which she champions through running her school's Duke of Edinburgh Award programme and through her belief in the value of resilience and independence in young people. She is also passionate about safeguarding, and is committed to ensuring children feel safe, supported and able to thrive throughout their time at school. Jen has three children who have all moved through CSP Infant school and are now settled into secondary education. Being a governor at CSPi means a great deal to her; it is a privilege to give something back to a place that has shaped her own children so positively, and to play a part in helping shape its future for the children who come after them.

Chris Thorne

Co-Opted

Chris is an educator with 18 years of teaching experience having taught Early Years and KS1 children in mainstream and independent schools. He is now Head of Years 3 & 4 and Head of English at Wetherby Prep School in Central London.

Katie Barr

Parent Governor

Katie Barr joined the governing body in 2019 as Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee. Katie is a secondary school English teacher and is particularly interested in the creation and implementation of the EYFS and KS1 curriculum. Katie’s three children all attended the infant school and she loves the school’s ambitious yet nurturing ethos, which has seen her own children thrive. Katie is a very keen sportsperson, and particularly enjoys running and playing netball. She is very proud to be part of the governing body at CSPI because the SLT and Governors are always striving to provide the best educational experience for the children who are lucky enough to be part of it.

Miggs Bowden

Co-opted

Alison Whittall

Staff

Janet West

Staff