Governing Body

The Governing Body at Sutton College is made up of members from the business and local communities, the local authority and staff.

There are appointed members plus the College Principal who is ex officio. Membership is voluntary and Governors are selected according to the skills, experience and expertise they can offer.

The main role of the Governing Body is to provide advice, support and challenge to the Senior Leadership Team and ensure effective management and use of resources. The Governing Board meets six times a year and is responsible for the strategic direction of Sutton College Adult Education.

If you are interested in getting involved with the future of Sutton College please contact yourvoice@suttoncollege.ac.uk

 

Membership

 

Jenny Sims
Business and Community Governor (Chair of Governors)

Jenny has worked in the further education and skills sector for more than 30 years in colleges and training centres, both teaching and managing. She has worked with a range of different award bodies, focusing on quality assurance. In the past, Jenny has been a part time Ofsted inspector and managed at a senior level in colleges, including here at Sutton College.

In the past 5 years she has worked within adult education in a variety of roles, including interim management of different curriculum areas, observing teaching and looking at how quality assurance and quality improvement work together.

Jenny is heavily involved with schools in Sutton as a governor, as well as working with Community Action Sutton on the Board of Trustees.



Charlotte Sallabank
Business and Community Governor (Vice-Chair of Governors)

Charlotte has lived in Sutton since 1999 and her five children all attended schools in Sutton.

Charlotte grew up in Edinburgh and graduated from King’s College, London with a degree in Mathematics and Chemistry.

After working for three years in corporate finance for an international bank, Charlotte retrained as a solicitor, specialising in corporate tax. Charlotte is a chartered tax advisor and is a partner in the London office of a US law firm.

In addition to advising on tax, Charlotte is the pro bono chair of the firm’s London office and is a member of the steering committee of the firm’s Women’s Leadership Forum which supports the advancement of women lawyers at the firm through mentoring and career development programmes.

Charlotte has always had a keen interest in adult education and values the importance of accessibility to learning for adults of all ages. In addition to being a governor at Sutton College, Charlotte is a member of the governing body of a local school.



Elspeth Clarke, MBE
Business and Community Governor (Vice-Chair of Governors)

Elspeth’s background is in entertainment – TV, theatre and commercial radio, with a stint in publishing and book printing. At the end of 2004, she took early retirement and was able to continue with one of her “passions” – modern foreign languages. As a non-achiever at school (“only 3 O levels to my name”), she decided it was time to see if her little grey cells were functioning and, thanks to adult education, achieved GCSEs, AS and A levels. “Thank you, Sutton College”, she says. She is also on a variety of NHS-related committees. She enjoys gardening, seeing friends and looks forward to going back to the theatre. She has been a governor at Sutton College since 2012.



Catherine Winslow
Business and Community Governor

Catherine has lived in Sutton for twelve years and has been a member of the Sutton College governing board since 2013/4. After a career in brand and communications which took her round the country and abroad, Catherine has retired from full time work. She was previously marketing & communications director for an insurance company and is a judge for the Financial Services Forum Marketing Awards.

She has completed a Level 3 Diploma course at Sutton College and has seen the top-quality teaching and support for herself. “I am a great believer in adult education to build a better future for yourself,” she says.

Catherine is married with an adult son, loves reading, dog-walking and coffee with friends.



Raywen Ford
Business and Community Governor

Raywen started her career as a secondary school art teacher, and following a pottery course at Sutton College with Brian Starkey, she taught pottery at a Merton high school. She then became the Merton Borough Advisor for Art Craft and Design running courses for teachers across the borough and working in classrooms with children from 4 to 18.

As the size of LEA’s was reduced in the 1980’s, she left Merton and became Head of Art Education at, the then, Roehampton Institute (RI) training both primary and secondary student teachers in Art, Craft and Design.

Following 6 years in that role she was appointed Deputy Principal of Froebel College (one of the 4 constituent colleges of RI) a post she held for 13 years. This role not only involved college management, but also the welfare of the 2,000 students assigned to the college. Raywen became Director of Student Services in 2005, responsible for the welfare of the 10,000 students across a range of university services at Roehampton University, a post she held until she retired in 2011.

During her working life, Raywen was a governor of a Sutton primary school for 6 years, a Sutton secondary school for 6 years and a member of Council, the governing body of the university. She has been a member of the Sutton College governing body since March 2018 with a special interest in diversity issues and equality.

In retirement Raywen has returned to her first love of art, craft and design, visiting museums and galleries, sewing quilts and travelling following course at Sutton College in Italian and quilting. She is married with 3 children and 9 grandchildren – who keep her busy.



Cllr Ed Joyce
Co-opted Governor

Ed is a councillor for Beddington South Ward of the London Borough of Sutton, where he has been a councillor since 2010. He is also a member of the People Committee of LBS, which deals with education.

Ed is a secondary PGCE qualified state school teacher and has taught in two local schools, Wallington County Grammar School and Cheam High School. He was a teacher of Computer Science and Economics.

Ed has been running an 11+ tuition facility, Learner League, since 2017.



John Dodds
Student Governor

John has been a student at Sutton College and its predecessor SCOLA for many years studying and attending courses as diverse as Guitar Playing, Keep Fit Classes, Creative Writing and Italian.

He’s a great believer in lifelong learning particularly in what used to be called Evening Classes as a means of not only offering opportunities to learn new skills and develop new interests but also to potentially gain qualifications alongside the chance to meet a wide range of people from varied backgrounds and interests.

He became a Governor to better represent the Student experience to the College Board.

He’s lived locally for over 30 years and is currently employed as a Director at a large Multi-National Hospitality Business.



Susan Aldridge - Staff Governor

Susan Aldridge
Staff Governor

Susan has been in Adult Education for over 21 years as a Sessional Tutor, Senior Lecturer and manager.    Her subject specialism is Adult Literacy and she has a Certificate in Post 16 Education and a Foundation Degree in Education and Training; Susan has also attained QTLS status and is a member of the Society of Education and Training.  Currently Susan is the Community Learning Coordinator for the college working with organisations and schools across the borough.

Susan is married with one daughter, a cat, a dog and in her spare time Susan enjoys amateur theatre, crafting, catching up with friends and pub quizzes with her husband. 



Richard Choi
Business and Community Governor

Hong Kong-born award-winning designer Richard Choi has worked in various design fields. The Hong Kong government announced in 2007 that Richard is among the best Hong Kong designers in the book “Very Hong Kong 9707”. He is honoured with 22 design awards and 26 patents. After working in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Dubai, he is now based in London.

Richard is the founder of the Sutton Hongkongers group. As a community organiser, he encourages Hongkongers to support Hongkongers. He holds regular meetings with authorities to reflect on the latest situation and helps Hongkongers make informed decisions and facilitate social integration via partnerships with local organisations like churches and charities.


 


Dates of Governing Body Meetings:

Mondays at 5.30pm unless otherwise specified.

Instrument & Articles of Government (pdf link, opens in a new window)

Governing Body Code of Conduct (pdf link, opens in a new window)

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