The school is part of the Company of Mary Our Lady, a 400-year-old international charitable Order. Its governing body includes representatives of the Order.
Russell Granat
Chair of the Finance & Business
- Russell Granat joined the Governing Board in September 2020 and is Chair of the Finance & Business Committee. Mr Granat is a Chartered Accountant and has been a partner in accountancy practices for the last twenty years, and finance director for the ten years prior...
Sr Patricia Grady
ODN – Lestonnac Committee
- Sister Patricia re-joined the Governing Board in November 2019 and sits on the Lestonnac Committee . Sister Patricia has many years of experience teaching Food Technology and Theology in both the state system and at Notre Dame. She was also School Chaplain at Notre Dame...
Mr Gerard Owens
Chair of the Education & Staffing
- Mr Owens joined the Governing Board in October 2019 and became Chair of the Education & Staffing Committee in June 2021. Mr Owens has been the Head master at Salesian College, Farnborough since September 2014. He studied History at St Andrew’s University and trained to...
Mr David Gair
Safeguarding Governor
- Mr David Gair joined the Governing Board in September 2019 and sits on the Education & Staffing Committee as Safeguarding Governor. Mr Gair retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2013 after 31 years’ service as Chief Inspector in the Sutton and Kingston Boroughs where he...
Sr Nieves Escalada
ODN
- Sr Nieves Escalada served on the Governing body from January 2006 to June 2012 and re-joined the Governing body in November 2014 Sr Nieves has taught in and been Headmistress of Company of Mary Our Lady Preparatory and Senior Schools in Logrono and Tudela, Spain,...
Sr Anne Gill
Chair of Lestonnac
- Sister Anne has been on the Notre Dame Governing Body since January 2003. She is Chair of Lestonnac Committee, she also sits on the Finance & Business Committee and Education & Staffing Committee. Sister Anne has taught at Notre Dame and in London, she then...
Sr Kathy Schneider
ODN
- Sister Kathy joined the Notre Dame Governing Board in November 2018. Sister Kathy Schneider currently lives in California and ministers at the Catholic Center of the University of Southern California. She has been in education for over 30 years, teaching at the primary and secondary...
Mr Simon Frost
Vice Chair of Governors
- Mr Simon Frost joined the Governing Body in September 2017 and sits on the Finance & Business Committee as Health & Safety Governor. Mr Frost became Vice Chair of Governors in June 2021. He has worked for over 35 years in the commercial and the...
Mrs Wanda Nash
Chair of Governors
- Mrs Wanda Nash joined the Notre Dame Governing Body in October 2011, was Chair of the Education & Staffing Committee from June 2013 – June 2021 and became Chair of Governors in June 2021. Mrs Nash has been a schools’ inspector for Catholic schools in...
