Meet our Governors

Patrick Carey - Chair of Governors

Patrick lives in Southborough with his wife and 3 young children - the eldest of which attends our school. He’s previously worked in education as both a primary school teacher and a school governor, and now works as a civil servant in the Department for Health & Social Care. Outside of work he enjoys swimming, walking, watching football and being a parent!

Jason Reeves - Vice Chair

Jason lives in Southborough, both his children are alumni of the school, now both at University.  Jason is a technical programme manager at Vodafone and is a keen runner and cyclist. Jason is currently on Southborough Town Council and is Deputy Mayor. Our longest serving governor, Jason believes our school is a central hub for our town's community, supporting our children and their families to be the best they can be, and making Southborough a vibrant place to live.

John Geenty

John works in London running an events and media company. He enjoys reading, writing, most sports and spending time with his family. He lives in Southborough with his wife who previously attended the school. They have two children and the oldest is now a pupil at Southborough. 

Luci Austin

Luci lives in Southborough with her husband and two children, both of whom attend the school. Luci works in the world of Low Carbon energy, investing in new build production projects alongside helping customers understand their own decarbonisation options. Luci would love to have more time to have hobbies, but does manage to get out for Nordic Walking as often as possible, and loves spending time outside with the kids- even more so if it's helping her in the garden.

Nick Cornell

Nick is vicar of Christ Church, Southborough and also the parent of a former Southborough pupil. He lives locally with his wife and has two sons at secondary school. Before ordination, he trained as a Chartered Tax Advisor. Nick has prior experience as governor of three church primary schools as well as time as a part-time university chaplain. In his spare time, he likes music, gadgets and learning languages.

Catherine Root

Catherine has lived in Tunbridge Wells all her life an indeed attended Southborough as a pupil! She has a daughter in the school and two other children at university. A trained secondary teacher she worked most recently as a Vice Principal in a local secondary comprehensive before moving into her current role for Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub working with schools on implementing induction for early career teachers.  She is involved in St Philip's Church Tunbridge Wells and enjoys singing, cake decorating and spending time with family and friends. She is passionate about supporting education to enable all young people to be the best version of themselves that they can be.

Matt Errington

Matt lives in Tunbridge Wells and works as a music industry consultant and educator with over two decades of experience advising governments, major labels, and artists on growth and technology in the music business. As Co-Director of SMB: The School of Music Business, he leads an online school that helps students prepare for careers in the global music industry. In his spare time, Matt enjoys learning about new music technologies and being active in his local community.

Jane Spurgin

Jane lives in Tunbridge Wells close to her daughter, who previously attended the school, and two grandchildren - the eldest of whom is happily at the school and the youngest will hopefully join Reception next September.  She has worked in the further education sector for over 30 years and currently provides consultancy support wherever she is needed, alongside attempting an OU degree in English Literature.  In her spare time, she loves gardening, reading, sunshine and playing with her grandchildren.

Richard Lambert

Richard is a graduate Chartered Accountant (FCA). The majority of his career has been spent in Senior Financial roles, mainly in the food and drinks sector.

In 2002 he developed an interest in Education, in particular sponsored academies. In 2007 he was appointed as Financial Director, St Matthews Academy Lewisham. A Roman Catholic all through Academy with 1200 students from age 3 to 16. He was part of the DfE committee that looked at Future funding for schools that formed the basis of schools' transitions to Academies.

Wilson Tse Kwok Chun

Wilson served as a Secondary School Headteacher in Hong Kong for 9 years, where he passionately advocated for curriculum innovation.

Last year, he relocated to the UK with his family, and his two children now attend Southborough School. Currently, he is pursuing a master's degree in Music Education and Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Les Padfield

Les is a retired senior teacher, having taught English and P.E. for many years at Secondary School.
He is actively involved at Christ Church and joined the governing body in 2023 as a Foundation Governor.

Lin Hutchinson

Lin is a Foundation Governor and very involved in the life of St Peter’s Church.  She has lived in Southborough with her husband for forty-three years and is passionate about the community here.  She has worked in the NHS, the Ministry of Defence and taught locally.  She enjoys gardening, music, reading and spending time with her five grandchildren.

Rebecca Large

Rebecca is a Foundation Governor and also a teacher at Southborough. Her 3 children are all former students of the school. Her teaching career included many years at a local special needs school and she and her husband are now respite foster carers for special needs. Rebecca particularly enjoys going to the theatre and the ballet as well as spending time with family and friends.

Emma Savage Headteacher

Emma Bootle Deputy Headteacher

Joy Miller Assistant Headteacher and Head of Lower School

Henry Gibson Teaching Partner / Higher Level Teaching Assistant