Governing Board Committee Members

A list of Governors is set out below:

* Governor Term of Office ended within last 12 months

Key: Committees

APP – Admissions and Pastoral and Personal Development
PP – Pay and Personnel 
RM – Resources Management
QE – Quality of Education

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Current Members of the Governing Board

Louise Edwards - Chair

Louise has been a Foundation Governor at Archdeacon since 2008, vice Chair of the Governing Board since 2016 and Chair since 2023. She is currently a member of the Resources Management and Pay & Personnel Committees. After leaving university Louise worked for 12 years for Esso holding a variety of roles - business development, business sales, operational and supervisory - in both the UK and abroad. She joined the Governing Board after taking a career break from Esso. Louise has 4 children, all of whom have attended Archdeacon from Nursery to Year 6. Louise was also a member of the Steering Group for the Richmond Parent Carer Forum until 2023.

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Reverend Simon Couper

Rev. Simon Couper is the vicar of Holy Trinity Twickenham.

The school and church have enjoyed a close relationship since 1842. His role is to champion this connection, celebrating the school's distinctively Christian ethos, whilst extending a warm welcome to families and pupils of all faiths and none. Much of his ministry revolves around education in one guise or other: regionally, he supports the formation of priests-in-training within the diocese of London, and he is pursuing a doctorate in philosophy with the University of Oxford. As the local vicar, he visits Archdeacon Cambridge's at least once a week, delivering an assembly designed to reinforce the curriculum. As a governor, he sits on the Admissions, Pastoral and Personal Development Committee.

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Roger Clark (Vice Chair)

Roger has been a Parent Governor since October 2021 and has two daughters at Archdeacon. Education is in his blood as the son of two teachers. He has lived in Twickenham for 12 Years, having grown up in Hampshire and studied at Leicester and City Universities. Roger has over 20 years experience of working for and leading charities and is Chief Executive of West London Mission, a 135 year old Christian charity which delivers community, counseling and criminal justice services across London. Roger is also on the Executive Board for the National Approved Premises Association (NAPA), which supports organisations helping people who have left prison. Roger dedicates most of his spare time to supporting his daughters' Stagecoach, ballet, swimming and football interests. He is a passionate Harlequins rugby season ticket holder and very keen but very amateur bodyboarder and mountain biker.

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Sarah Dyke

Sarah has been a Foundation Governor at Archdeacon since November 2021, having previously been an associate member. Sarah is a member of the Resources Management and Pay and Personnel committees. Having attended schools in Richmond Borough for primary, secondary and sixth form and also having a daughter at Archdeacon, Sarah is passionate about quality education for all children and equipping children with the skills to achieve their ambitions whatever they may be.

Sarah has over 20 years experience as a specialist banking and finance lawyer and is a partner in a City law firm. She has previously been responsible for her firm’s graduate recruitment programme and training contract programme and was very focused on improving access to the legal profession for people from all backgrounds.  Sarah provides legal and non-legal support to a number of charities such as The Children’s Air Ambulance and The Air Ambulance Service as well as The Whitechapel Mission. In her spare time, Sarah enjoys cycling, swimming, reading, baking and going on relaxing beach holidays. 

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David La Bouchardiere

David La Bouchardiere is a retired Maths Secondary school teacher. He has lived in Twickenham for over 40 years and has three children who were all educated in local primary and secondary schools. He is a regular church goer and a firm believer in Christian education. David’s role includes working with the Maths Department to provide support and encouragement. He is also a member of the Praying Parents group.

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Ruth Livesey

Ruth Livesey was first appointed as a Parent Governor in 2015 and now serves as a co-opted Governor. She sits on the Quality of Education Committee and has contributed to middle leadership development in English and Early Years .

 All three of her children attended Archdeacon and local secondary schools. Ruth has had a 20 year career in Higher Education and her passion is enthusing all learners with the belief that they can flourish through the Arts and Humanities and transform the world as a result. She is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Head of the English Department at Royal Holloway, University of London and serves at a national level in UK government research funding councils.

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Elen Ody

Elen first became a Governor  in 2007 at which time both her children were pupils at Archdeacon.

During her 5 year term she  was a member of the Pupil Personal Development and Wellbeing  committee, as it was then known.

In September 2015, after a 3 year break, Elen joined the governing body again as a Local Authority governor and is a member of the Admissions, Pastoral and Personal Development committee.   She is  one of the named  governors with responsibility  for Safeguarding and Child Protection and the named governor for Looked After Children. Elen also chairs the Pay and Personnel  committee.

In her professional life Elen is a solicitor and has practised family law for the last 35+ years, now specialising in public law children work.  She ran her own law firm for 17 years, prior to a merger with a larger firm in 2013.

Elen finds the role of school governor both stimulating and challenging and strives to make a worthwhile  contribution to the school and to the education, safety and wellbeing of the pupils at Archdeacon, by supporting the aims of the governing body and the senior leadership team. 

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Emily O'Farrell

Emily has been a PCC Governor since January 2022 and sits on the Quality of Education committee.  She has been a secondary school teacher for over 15 years and worked in a variety of roles including Head of Year, Professional Tutor and Assistant Headteacher.  In 2015 Emily worked to develop the Teach SouthEast SCITT.  She later went on to lead it as Director and during this time was responsible for the recruitment and training of secondary teachers in schools across Surrey and the neighbouring counties.  Emily is currently the Assistant Headteacher, working to lead Quality of Education, at St. Paul’s Catholic College in Sunbury on Thames.
As a parishioner at Holy Trinity since 2014, Emily supports the welcoming, reading, prayer and Sunday school team.  She has two children at Archdeacon Cambridge’s and is passionate about supporting the school to ensure that students at Archdeacon grow in their faith and love life and their learning.  Emily wants to help continue to build the strong link between the school and Holy Trinity for the children and parents and wider community in Twickenham.
Whilst not at school or being a Mum Emily enjoys exercise, reading and being with her family and friends.

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Past Members of the Governing Board

Clare Horscroft

Clare was a Parent Governor from November 2020 to November 2024 and has two daughters, one who is currently at Archdeacon in the Juniors and another who moved onto secondary school in 2022. Clare was a member of the Admissions, Pastoral and Personal Development Committee (APP). The daughter of a teacher who previously taught at Archdeacon Cambridge's, Clare attended Archdeacon as a young child herself and is keen to ensure that children thrive and enjoy their time at the school as she once did. Clare grew up and continues to live in Twickenham and has strong links to Holy Trinity where she is an active member of the congregation, frequently leading Sunday school and volunteering on the rota. Clare has been a Police Officer for 20 years and enjoys the variety of roles she has experienced during her career. Clare spends most of her free time driving her daughters to their various clubs and activities but when time allows she enjoys running, baking, entertaining and travelling.

Catherine Chevallier

Catherine was a Foundation Governor at Archdeacon from 2016 to 2024 and is a member of St Mary’s Church in Twickenham.  Her three children all attended Archdeacon and she was first appointed to the Governing Board as a parent Governor in 2010.  A retail career at Marks & Spencer saw her undertake a number of HR and commercial roles from where she moved into business coaching and consultancy, working with organisations to develop their strategy and deliver effective and lasting change. Catherine is passionate about education, the opportunities it brings to transform the lives of young people and the need for schools to work in partnership with parents and families.

She was  Chair of the GB 2017 to 2023 and has previously chaired the Pay and Personnel committee.  She is an enthusiastic lover of theatre and live music, supports Bath rugby and joined Twickenham rowing club once all her children were at secondary school, proving you’re never too old to learn a new sport.  She is a governor at Kingston Grammar School, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a Trustee at the suicide prevention charity CALM.