GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS Candidate Pack

Hampton School Governor Recruitment Candidate Pack – October 2020

Executive Summary is one of the country’s leading, most successful and best-resourced independent schools, and has been helping boys to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations for over 460 years. The School is part of the Hampton School Trust (the Trust), which also includes Hampton Pre- Prep and Prep School. The Senior School has a long tradition as a boys’ school; the Pre-Prep and Prep School welcomes boys in the Prep and both boys and girls in the Pre-Prep. The Schools each offer a lively, friendly and caring community, where innovative teaching is underpinned by strong shared values and complemented by outstanding pastoral care. Hampton aspires to enable its pupils not only to make sense of the world but also to want to go out and improve it. Pupils are expected to aspire to personal best while supporting those around them with kindness.

The Trust is seeking to recruit up to six Governors for appointment over the next 12 months (depending on candidates’ availability), to complement the Board’s existing experience and skills base, and to facilitate the retirement of some Governors due to step down in 2022. Governors are Trustees of the charity and contribute to the strategic leadership of the Trust; they provide support, advice and an appropriate level of oversight of The Headmaster and the Senior Leadership Team. The successful applicants will be expected to demonstrate an interest in education, as well as substantial knowledge and experience of executive and/or non-executive management in the private, public, or not-for-profit sectors. Hampton welcomes applications from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, however there is a particular need for individuals with expertise in business leadership, strategic finance and accounting, law, human resources, public relations/marketing and communications.

The Trust is committed to achieving greater diversity among its Governors and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability. Applicants with a disability should contact Society, Hampton’s executive search partners, in confidence to discuss whether any adjustments or support are required during the recruitment process, or the steps that can be taken to overcome operational difficulties presented by the role.

Applications should consist of a CV accompanied by a covering letter addressing the criteria in the Person Specification set out below on page 6 and motivations for wanting to join the Hampton School Trust. To upload these documents via Society’s website, click here.

The deadline for receipt of applications is midday on Friday, 11 December 2020.

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The Hampton School Trust The Trust consists of Hampton School and the associated Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep Schools on three sites in Hampton (close to Bushy Park and the River Thames). Hampton School is fortunate to have over 27 acres of playing fields within its spacious grounds. Facilities include a state-of-the-art 3G sportsground, a large Sports Hall and The Hammond Theatre, along with an excellent library and specialist facilities for Art, Music, Science, Technology, IT and Languages. In addition, the School has recently opened a new Sixth Form Study and Careers Centre. The Millennium Boat House, shared with Hampton’s neighbouring girls’ school, Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH), enjoys a prime location on the nearby River Thames and provides the focal point for its nationally renowned Boat Club.

Hampton School has undergone many transformations since its foundation in 1556-7 and, while always remaining in the Hampton area, has occupied several different sites. It moved to its current location in Hanworth Road in 1939. A state Grammar School 1910 to 1975, Hampton reverted to independent status on the latter date. The School is recognised as one of the leading schools in the UK with around 1,340 boys attending the Senior School. The Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep School became part of the Trust in 1999 and educates around 225 pupils.

Hampton’s examination results and university entrance record consistently rank among the best achieved anywhere, while an extensive range of co-curricular activities provides each boy with the opportunity to shine and the means to explore new interests. Nearly all Hampton leavers go on to undergraduate courses at Russell Group or equivalent universities. Between 20 and 30 Hamptonians are offered places at Oxford and Cambridge annually and 43 young men among the Class of 2020 have moved on to global top-10 universities; an increasing number go on to study at US Ivy League universities, often on academic and/or sporting scholarships. Hampton’s alumni network is extremely strong and former pupils remain passionate about and interested in their School, largely due to the exceptionally warm and mutually respectful relationships enjoyed between staff and pupils.

Visitors from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) concluded that Hampton’s academic and all- round excellence merited the rarely awarded ISI assessment of pupils’ achievements and learning being ‘Exceptional’. The inspection team’s findings in all other areas were similarly pleasing and the highest possible judgements were achieved across the board. The Schools were inspected in March 2019 by the ISA against the standards in the schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 and found to be fully compliant. Copies of these ISI reports can be found on the School website linked here.

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Values and Ethos of the Trust Hampton pupils are intelligent, friendly and unpretentious. The School is a community where success is based upon achievement rather than the pursuit of narrowly-defined targets. We welcome academically-minded pupils from both maintained and independent schools, irrespective of ethnic group and background, and of their religious or non-religious beliefs. While the Senior School has a long history as a boys’ school which continues to this day, Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep School educates both boys and girls.

Hampton aims to attract and educate:

• Boys and girls of academic and all-round ambition from a wide range of schools to provide them with:

• a challenging and stimulating education • a friendly and supportive environment to develop in its pupils:

• the desire to achieve their full academic potential • a participative but critical approach to learning • a helpful and committed attitude to their School and the community • respect for self and others • involvement in co-curricular activities • skills for life at university and beyond to achieve these aims through:

• a broad and balanced curriculum • an established system of pastoral care • a co-operative and collaborative relationship with the community • an extensive range of co-curricular activities • the recruitment and development of excellent teaching and support staff • the development and maintenance of our site and its facilities

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The Fitzwygram Foundation

Hampton has a long-established and cherished tradition of providing free places to families which could not otherwise afford a Hampton education. The Trust’s Governors, The Headmaster, teachers and staff are all whole-heartedly committed to ensuring that Hampton remains an inclusive, leading independent day school with a strong ethos of social responsibility. The School is determined to welcome many more pupils who would thrive at Hampton and beyond but who could only attend if given a completely free place.

In 2019-20, Hampton School provided over 61 Free Places, while providing financial help to another 32 boys’ families. It aspires to do a great deal more, but Hampton has no historic financial endowment and this limits the number of pupils it can currently support.

The Fitzwygram Foundation was established in March 2016 as a separate charity with one simple but transformative aim: to increase the number of Free Places available at Hampton School. In 2018, two Fitzwygram Scholars joined Hampton, three more in 2019 and a further four in joined 2020.

For more information on the Fitzwygram Foundation, please click here.

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Community Partnerships Hampton is committed to playing a full and active role within the local community as it recognises that cross-sector collaborations can provide better educational opportunities and outcomes for everyone. Meaningful and mutually beneficial partnerships with community organisations, charities, and schools are fundamental to Hampton’s community of pupils and staff.

For sixteen years, Hampton and LEH have built up a highly successful Independent/State School Partnership with five local maintained schools – Hampton High, Tolworth Girls’ School, , , and The Hollyfield School. Together, they have built up a lively and varied programme of educational and co-curricular opportunities enabling pupils and teachers across the partnerships to work collaboratively and to draw upon the strengths of each school.

Hampton has continued to broaden its school partnerships. Despite several partnership activities being postponed in the 2019-2020 academic year, Hampton continued to deepen its partnerships programme. It worked with 10 local maintained secondary schools and more than 40 different state primary schools on a varied and lively range of educational and co-curricular activities for over 1,900 pupils. More about Hampton’s community partnerships can be found here.

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Role Description The Governors are responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the Trust. They oversee the Trust’s aims and objectives in accordance with the governing document; they ensure that legal and regulatory requirements are followed. Details of the current Board of Governors are set out in ‘Appendix 2’. The role does not involve remuneration, although reasonable out-of-pocket expenses may be reimbursed in line with the Trust’s policy. The responsibilities of the Governors include: • understanding and supporting the aims and ethos of the Trust; • helping determine the overall direction and development of the Trust via good governance, due diligence, and clear strategic planning; • ensuring that the Trust and its senior executives function within the legal and regulatory framework of the sector, and in line with the Trust’s governing document; • providing support for The Headmaster and the Hampton and Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep senior leadership teams, providing appropriate scrutiny and challenge as/when relevant; • understanding and respecting the boundary between governance and management; • contributing expertise to the discussions of the governing body; • supporting the Fitzwygram Foundation; • acting in the best interests of the Trust, its beneficiaries and future beneficiaries.

Person Specification The Trust is keen to attract a range of individuals who bring one or more of the following: • senior executive leadership in the private sector or not-for-profit sector; • previous experience in a non-executive director role; • knowledge of safeguarding in an educational or other environment; • financial experience (e.g. a qualified accountant); • investment strategy experience; • human resources/employment law experience; • experience within the legal profession; • a professional background in PR, marketing or communications; • professional experience of leadership on environmental and/or sustainability issues; • a professional background in state education, independent education or higher education; • knowledge of the IT industry.

Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate evidence of the following capabilities and experience: • sound judgement and an ability to grasp complex issues quickly; • experience of working with the charitable sector or other regulated environments; • an understanding of the aims of the independent education sector and its opportunities and challenges; • empathy with the distinctive ethos and aims of the Trust; • excellent communication skills.

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Commitment The commitments required of a Hampton School Trust Governor are to:

• attend four full governing body Board meetings per year (these normally start at 7.15pm and finish around 9.30pm); • read governors’ meeting papers ahead of meetings and to contribute to Board discussions; • attend governors-senior leadership team strategy days (usually one per calendar year); • consider joining one of the governors’ sub-committees (Development and General Purposes, Finance, Pre-Prep and Prep School) or a working group of governors with a specific remit; • attend a reasonable number of School events per year; • set aside time to visit the Trust’s schools periodically during term time; • attend governor training courses/seminars as required.

Equal Opportunities It is the policy of Hampton School Trust to provide equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals, and to prohibit discrimination in employment on any basis protected by applicable law, including but not limited to race, colour, religion or belief, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, age, medical condition or disability. The Trust promotes equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment through positive employment policies and practices. The Trust will make reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabilities of both successful applicants and prospective applicants.

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Appointment Details and How to Apply The Hampton School Trust is being assisted in this appointment process by the executive search firm Society. Applications should consist of a CV, ideally accompanied by a brief covering letter addressing the criteria in the Person Specification set out on page 6. To upload these documents via Society’s website, click here.

The deadline for receipt of applications is midday on Friday, 11 December 2020, and shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview during January and February 2021

Governors will be expected to commence their roles within the next 12 months, depending on individual availability.

Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references, including an Enhanced DBS check.

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Appendix 1: Further Information • For the Hampton School Trust’s latest financial accounts, click here. • To read Hampton School’s Annual Review, click here. • ‘News from Hampton’ is the newsletter for Hampton School. The latest two issues are linked here and here.

Appendix 2: Current Governor Profiles Mr John Perry: Chair of Governors (Governor since 2003) A former Hampton pupil and parent, past Chair of the Old Hamptonians Association and the current Chair of Governors, John is a long-standing and highly valued member of the Hampton School community. A solicitor by profession, John is Senior Partner at Palmers Solicitors, Kingston upon Thames. He spent eight years on the Council of the Law Society of and Wales, and is the current chair of the Law Society National Charity – just one of many charitable and community organisations to which he devotes his time. He is Company Secretary of the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington, a member of Kingston Town Centre Management Board and a trustee of several local projects. A keen semi-professional singer, John has performed and recorded with many top choirs and runs his own choir, deputising for professional Cathedral choirs during holiday periods. A passionate cricketer, he played for Teddington CC for 41 seasons and is now a Vice President of the Club.

Mr Stuart Bull (Governor since 2012) Stuart is a retired chartered accountant. During his career, he worked for two FTSE 100 companies: BTR plc and Rexam PLC (formerly Bowater PLC). Stuart’s positions ranged from management accountant, through to chief accountant and financial controller. Among his many responsibilities, he oversaw the production of annual audited financial statements, mergers & acquisitions and related Stock Exchange documents.

Mrs Mona Choueiri (Governor since 2010) A former Hampton parent, Mona co-chaired the Hampton School Parents’ Association for four years and was active in fundraising for the School’s 450 Anniversary campaign. Joining the governing board in 2010, she has served on a number of committees and is now passionately involved with campaigning for the School’s Fitzwygram Foundation, which has been established to provide free places for bright children from poorer backgrounds. With an MBA from City’s Business School, Mona has had a successful career in IT and Customer Relationship Management mainly at IBM in Canada and PwC. She has recently been a director of two family businesses. Fluent in French and Arabic, Mona lives in Hampton.

Mrs Mel Ellis (Governor since 2007) An experienced educationalist, Mel has worked in the primary school sector as a class and special needs teacher in London, North Yorkshire and Richmond. For the past thirteen years, Mel has run a successful retail and internet business. Her links with Hampton School stretch over twenty years. Her three sons have all successfully been through the School, and she served as Chair of the Hampton School Parents' Association.

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Reverend Ben Lovell (Governor since 2017) Ben grew up in West London before going to the University of Manchester to study Aerospace Engineering. After university, he was sponsored by his local church to study Youth and Community Work with Applied Theology. This led to him being the Youth Pastor of St Cuthbert’s Church in North Wembley. While studying and training for ordination at St Mellitus College, Ben completed a Master’s degree in Theology and Ministry at King's College London. He served his curacy in South Harrow before becoming Vicar of Hampton in 2017. Ben champions youth ministry across the Kensington area, and is also Chair of Governors at St Mary’s Hampton Church of England School. He is married and has two children.

Mrs Helen Lowe (Governor since 2017) Helen Lowe is the Headmistress of Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in Hammersmith, and is an ISI Inspector. Prior to Bute House, Helen was Head of the Junior Department at King’s House School, Richmond, and Head of Curriculum and English at Lady Eleanor Holles Junior Department. Helen has worked extensively in state schools in Richmond and Essex and she was the Literacy Adviser for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Helen trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (LGSM) and Drama Studio, London, after gaining a BA Hons degree in English and Education from Oxford Brookes University. She has a special interest in supporting children who have English as an Additional Language, and runs training in English Literature for parents for whom English is their second language in order to enable them to support their children’s reading at primary school. Helen sits on the Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep sub-committee. Her son Josh is an Old Hamptonian and now works as a journalist.

Mrs Ruth Mercer (Governor since 2015) Ruth began her teaching career in her native North West as a History and Politics teacher at Wirral Grammar School for Girls. Subsequently, she taught in schools in West London, becoming Head of Year, Head of Section, Head of History and Politics and finally Deputy Head at The Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith. Her first Headship, in 2002, was at Northwood College before she returned to Godolphin and Latymer as Head in 2009. Ruth has two children, now in their twenties. She was an ISI inspector for many years and is an active member of both the Girls Schools’ Association and HMC.

Mr Andrew Munday QC: Vice Chair of Governors (Governor since 1996) With three sons who all attended the Prep and Senior Schools, Andrew is another long-standing member of the Hampton community. His current roles include Vice Chair of Governors and Chair of the Development and General Purposes Committee. He is also Lead Safeguarding Governor. A lawyer by profession, Andrew was a Member of the Bar for many years. He sat as a Crown Court Recorder and was appointed Standing Counsel to HM Customs and Excise. In 1996, Andrew took silk. Most of the latter period of his practice was dominated by prosecution work involving serious crime, and latterly VAT fraud and other advisory work for Revenue and Customs and the Serious Fraud Office.

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Mr John Roberts CBE (Governor since 2003) A former Hampton pupil, John is currently Chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee and Prep School Committee.

John was Chief Executive of Royal Mail Group and senior non-executive director on the Ofsted Board. A past President of both the European Foundation for Quality Management and Institute of Employment Studies, he has also served as Chair of the CBI Training and Education Committee and on various Government Task Forces. Until 2019, he was Chair of Pension Trustees for the Institute of Cancer Research. An Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College where he was a Governor for ten years, he is currently a member of the Royal Mail Stamp Design Board.

Mr Nigel Spooner: Vice Chair of Governors (Governor since 2001) Nigel Spooner, Vice-Chair of Governors, is a parent of two Old Hamptonians and has been a Hampton Governor since 2001, serving as Chair from 2012 to 2017. His initial career was in architecture before he took up Director and Vice President roles in large international ICT companies, focused on the marketing and consultancy of business services to the global energy and water sectors. More recently, he has indulged his life-long passion for aviation by working as a volunteer steward at Surrey’s Brooklands Museum. Nigel has been involved in the establishment of the Fitzwygram Foundation and is on its Board of Trustees.

Mr Floyd Steadman (Governor since 2020) Floyd is a former Headmaster of four prep schools in London and Surrey. He studied for his Teaching Certificate in Education at Borough Road College, and holds an M.Ed in Educational Leadership from the University of Buckingham. Floyd is a Vice President of Saracens, Vice President of Middlesex County RFU and a former ISI Inspector. His personal interests include travelling, reading and most sports.

Mr Robert Walker (Governor since 2007) Robert Walker attended Hampton from 1956-63; his younger brothers and his nephew are also Old Hamptonians. Robert read History at Magdalen College, Oxford and has a long career in business; over 30 years at Procter and Gamble, McKinsey and PepsiCo, where he was President in charge of the Company’s businesses throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and part of Asia; finally, as Group CEO of a FTSE 100 company. Since retiring, he has been Chair of eight well-known FTSE 100/250 and private equity owned companies, and a member of numerous Boards. He also chaired the School’s fundraising for the Hammond Theatre Appeal.

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Mr Leslie Welch (Governor since 2016) Leslie is an architect with extensive experience in all aspects of building design and construction in the UK and abroad. He was a founding director of the renowned HLM Architects, with proven expertise in the healthcare and educational sectors. Lead Consultant and Design Champion on many major projects, he has designed a number of award-winning buildings.

Leslie is particularly interested in the creation of a sustainable ‘social architecture’, which maximises the social and cultural impact that buildings can have in the communities they serve, and he is a strong advocate of evidence-based design and the integration of art in pursuit of this objective.

Leslie has judged numerous RIBA architectural competitions and has served on the executive board of Architects for Health, an organisation and lobby group established to promote good design in the healthcare sector.

Miss Alice Yandle (Governor since 2015) Alice is a solicitor at Farrer & Co. where she specialises in employment and education law, having read Law at Worcester College, Oxford. She has a busy and extensive legal practice, appearing in court on behalf of her clients up to and including the Court of Appeal. She has been a Governor at Hampton School since 2014, and plays an active role in oversight of safeguarding. She is a member of the Industrial Law Society and Employment Lawyers’ Association. Alice regularly lectures and provides training in employment and education law. Outside of work, she enjoys travelling, watching rugby and is a keen sportswoman.

Appendix 3: Trust Senior Leadership Team Profiles Kevin Knibbs: The Headmaster, Hampton School Trust Kevin was educated at a state grammar school in Essex and then read Modern History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he was an Exhibitioner and was awarded two Football Blues. Kevin is a career schoolmaster: history teacher, Head of Lower School and Senior Master at Bolton School, before joining Hampton School in 2007 as Deputy Head. He has served as The Headmaster of the Hampton School Trust since 2013. Kevin is national Chair of the HMC Sports Sub-committee, a member of the HMC Committee and Strategy Group, and sits on the Independent Schools FA Executive Committee. He is a governor at The Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith. Beyond life at Hampton, Kevin enjoys skiing, cycling, reading history and following the fortunes of Arsenal F.C. as a season ticket holder.

Tim Smith: Hampton Prep and Pre-Prep Headmaster Born and brought up in New Zealand, Tim completed his BA in French and Drama there, along with his teaching qualification, and taught for a short time in Wellington before relocating to the UK in 1992. Since then he has worked in a number of independent schools across London before joining Hampton Prep as Headmaster in 2015. Tim gained an MBA in Educational Leadership from the Institute of Education, University of London in 2014; he is an ISI inspector, and governs in two very different schools, one a large maintained primary school in central London and the other a stand- alone prep in Surrey. Tim is an active and engaged member of IAPS, currently sitting on the association’s finance committee. In 2018, he was admitted as a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.

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Mike King: Bursar, Company Secretary and Clerk to the Governors Following a state school education in Worcestershire and a degree in Civil Engineering, Mike joined the Army as an Engineer and spent time in Belize, Cyprus, and the UK. In 1990, he qualified as an Army Pilot and served in the Gulf War, Canada, Northern Ireland and Germany. Mike left the forces in 1994 and after a short period working in London, joined Hampton School in 1995 as Facilities Manager. In 2002, Mike was appointed Bursar, Company Secretary and Clerk to the Governors.

Owen Morris: Deputy Head Owen read History (and later completed a PGCE) at Pembroke College, Cambridge before beginning his teaching career at Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood. He was subsequently Head of History and then Head of Sixth Form during nine years at Magdalen College School, Oxford, before joining Hampton as Deputy Head in 2013. His main responsibilities at Hampton involve overseeing pastoral care (he is also Designated Safeguarding Lead) as well as the School’s co-curricular provision.

Pippa Message: Deputy Head Pippa is one of the three Deputy Heads at Hampton, where she has previously held the posts of Director of Studies and Head of Biology. Before joining Hampton, she was Head of Lower School and teacher of Science at the Glyn School, after which she worked at , Surrey. Pippa has been a governor at a local prep school, an A Level examiner and has coached junior rowing at school, national and international level.

Dr Sarah Hendry: Deputy Head Sarah moved from Glasgow - where she spent her under- and postgraduate university years - to London to gain her PGCE. She began her teaching career as a Biology teacher at King’s College School, Wimbledon in 2004. Sarah subsequently took on dual roles as Head of House and subject coordinator, establishing and leading the teaching of Environment Systems for the International Baccalaureate. She spent two years as Assistant Head (Head of Sixth Form) at King’s, then changed role to become Assistant Head (Head of Lower School) during the development, opening and early years of a newly-established Lower School. Sarah moved to Hampton in January 2017 as Deputy Head (Academic). In her spare time Sarah enjoys getting out into the countryside, and makes a point of returning to Scotland as frequently as possible.

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