GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES
Email us @ governors@brantwoodschool.co.uk
John Boyington CBE - Chair
John is Deputy Director
General for Health and Care Partnerships within the Department of Health
in England. He is also Director of Health and Offender Partnerships, a joint
post working across the Department of Health and the Home Office, a unique
cross Government appointment.
Since 2002 he has also been Director of the Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) European Regional Health and Prisons Project and also acts as a consultant to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva on matters related to people held in detention across the world.
John is married with a daughter and grandson and a step daughter who attends Brantwood. In his spare time John has an enthusiasm for supporting youth music activities. He is Chairman of a national charity that brings together youth marching band organisations across the UK and is Chairman of a local community activities centre in the city.
John received a CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours List
Shelagh Woolliscroft - Deputy Chair of Governors
Shelagh Woolliscroft trained in careers guidance after competing her degree. She worked with Surrey and Sheffield LEAs, ultimately as Chief Executive of Sheffield Careers Guidance Services ( now known as Sheffield Futures ).
For the last ten years Shelagh has undertaken a variety of management consultancy
roles and is also a governor of Fir Vale School. She has three children,
two of whom went to Birkdale School.
David Watson
David Watson,
aged 59, has been a Governor and Trustee of Brantwood School since 1990
and is currently working as a Chartered Accountant in Practice. Formerly
Finance Director of Hallamshire Investments plc, a property development
company, and Record Holdings plc, an international tool manufacturing group.
Educated at Durham School, a public school in the North East of England, David’s outside interests include walking his two labradors in Derbyshire & Scotland and sport, specifically cricket, football & rugby union.
Amir Afzal
Amir Afzal
was raised and educated in Sheffieldand attended local schools before going
to Nottingham University to study medicine. He qualified in 1986 and worked
in and around Nottingham for the next four years.
Amir returned to Sheffield in 1990 and after working in the Sheffield Children’s Hospital and then Rotherham District general finally settled as a partner in general practice in the centre of the city.
He is also involved in undergraduate teaching as an honorary lecturer with the University of Sheffield Medical School and is an appraiser of colleagues in South East Sheffield, an aspect of his job which he particularly enjoys.
Amir also gained a law degree in 1999 although has not practised in the legal profession.
His daughters aged 14 and 9 are currently at Brantwood and have been since year 3 and he has a son at Birkdale. Having a parent perspective can occasionally be difficult and Amir well aware of any potential conflict of interest. However, he acknowledges that generally, this does not arise.
Amir is passionate about good education and feel that Brantwood has a great deal to offer in a small and friendly environment.
Sue Dunk
Sue Dunk joined
the governing body in the summer of 2003, just before Mrs Swynnerton’s retirement
as headteacher.
She taught Science at Brantwood for over twenty years and it was felt that
with her intimate knowledge of the workings of the school that she could
make a valuable contribution.
Sue also serves on the Staff and Curriculum sub-committee which advises
and provides support in these matters to the Head.
She has three grown up daughters but still remembers well the anxieties that adolescent daughters can generate as well as the rewards that they bring .
In retirement her main interest (some would say passion!) has been training her beautiful dressage horse. Sue is an active member of her local riding club and chair of the Camp sub-committee. Each year she organises a summer camp for members and their mounts.
Tina Powell Wiffen
Tina
has been a governor at Brantwood for over 5 years now.
It all began when she was still running her own nursery school and she felt
that she wanted to be involved in the education of children, not just before
they started school but also as they grew up and matured into the young
people we all want them to be. Tina feels that being a governor at Brantwood
gives her just that opportunity.
She is also a Lay Reader in the Church of England and hopes to be of help,
if asked, with the spiritual side of life as well. Tina believes that being
a governor is challenging and rewarding and is honoured to serve Brantwood
in this role.
Tim Alderson
Tim has recently joined the board of Governors at Brantwood. His home town is Stockton On Tees and went to Stockton Grammar School before coming to Sheffield University 1977-80, studying Accountancy and Financial Management.
After graduating he joined Grant Thornton in Sheffield and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He is still with them after 27 years! Tim specialises in computer auditing and forensic IT.
He is married to Gill and has two daughters Emmie and Phoebe who are at Brantwood. They have lived in Castleton for 18 years.
Tim's main interests when time permits are cars and driving, hill walking, music and the arts
Roger Steele
Roger Steele was born, raised and educated in Sheffield. After an initial grounding in engineering, a mid-life career change saw him gain a teaching degree at what was then Sheffield City Polytechnic and enter teaching – initially in middle schools, graduating to secondary with some special needs experience. Currently he is manager of a busy city centre community centre.
Roger has been involved in voluntary youth work most of his life – beginning with Scouts and Air Cadets and now helps to run a very successful youth marching band. He is a keen gardener and is currently studying Garden Design part-time at Sheffield College. He is married to Cathy and has one grown-up son and a 5 year old granddaughter.