Governors
Governing Body Structure
Each governor is a member of the Full Governing Board. The Board operates under a flat structure in which there are no committees, but each governor takes on two areas of responsibility.
Meet the Governors
Who's Who
Mr Darryl Evans - Chair of Governing Body
Term of Office - 9 September 2019 - 8 September 2027
Mr Evans is the Chair of the Governing Body. He was co-opted as a governor in 2019 having had no prior connection to the school. He is also a governor of Barnes Primary School in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. He is a retired solicitor who ran his own legal practice, specialising in employment law, and prior to that was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal. He now only works voluntarily, in the education and prison sectors.
Ms Ruth Harper - Co-Vice-chair of Governors, Co-opted Governor
Term of Office- 25 September 2017 - 24 September 2025
Miss Harper has lived in Hanwell since 2009 and enjoys getting involved in the local community. Miss Harper is a Department Manager at University College London and has range of Higher Education management experience including HR, Finance, Estates and Teaching Management. She sits on the Oaklands Teaching and Learning Committee. Miss Harper has two children at Oaklands.
Mr William Blanchard - Co-vice-Chair of Governor
Term of Office -9 September 2019 - 8 September 2027
Mr Blanchard works within the education sector, providing compliance and legal advice to both primary and secondary schools, predominantly relating to data protection and privacy. It is as a result of this that he first became involved with Oaklands Primary School. Previously he worked in asylum and human rights law in Gray’s Inn, on the Hillsborough Inquest and for the Treasury Solicitor.
Ms Tzaddi Allick-Hamilton - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office -18 December 2023 - 17 December 2027
Ms Allick-Hamilton has a long background in Arts, Wellbeing and Education, having trained in creative fields with a focus on Theatre and Music, including at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She holds a professional mini MBA from SOAS University of London. She has worked and taught in London, New York and Paris. Today, she is an active member of the borough of Ealing where she was raised, running her business at the same time as being a parent, a governor and a member of the Caribbean and African Collective Ealing and actively supporting various initiatives to improve maternal health outcomes and wellbeing equity.
Ms Ros Brooks - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office -15 January 2024 - 14 January 2028
Ms Brooks has been a teacher for 20 years and has been at Oaklands Primary School since 2016. She is currently the EYFS phase leader and also leads the school's work on oracy. She is a member of the school's PSA. Ms Brooks has a passion for providing early years education and inspiring a love of learning in everything the school does.
Ms Anna Chmiest - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office- 26 April 2021 - 25 April 2025
Ms Chemist has been a teaching assistant at Oaklands Primary School since 2016. Over this period she has worked with children with special needs in every year group. She has lived locally since 2005 and enjoys the strong sense of community at Oaklands.
Mr Nicholas Clark – Parent Governor
Term of Office – 25 March 2024 – 24 March 2028
Mr Clark has one, soon to be three, children at Oaklands and has lived in the area for just over a decade. He works in strategic planning in Brunel University, concentrating on data analytics, strategic positioning and the oversight of annual plans. As well as his governorship at Oaklands he sits as a magistrate in west London and is involved in local club cricket.
Mr Tyson Evans - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office - 12 June 2023 - 11 June 2027
Mr Evans has been a governor at Oaklands Primary School since June 2023. He is currently a Deputy Headteacher for two Primary Schools based in Hammersmith, West London and has been working as a teacher for the last ten years.
Ms Tessa Hodgson - Headteacher
Ms Hodgson joined Oaklands as head teacher in September 2014, and enjoyed it so much she applied for the permanent job! Ms Hodgson has had a varied teaching career across London for the last 25 years. Her experience includes previous headships in Hammersmith and Fulham and in Ealing and she has also worked as a Consultant Head Teacher, a School Improvement Partner and a Local Authority Advisor on the inclusion of vulnerable pupils. Ms Hodgson is passionate about ensuring that all pupils love school and get the best education they can. Ms Hodgson wants every child to leave Oaklands with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in life combined with a passion and excitement for learning and the confidence to seek out new opportunities and rise to every challenge.
Mr Nicolás Hopson - Citizen Governor
Term of Office - 21 November 2023 - 20 November 2027
Mr Hopson has a rich background in finances and operations spanning both the private and public sectors. He has over 20 years of experience in global organisations, focussed on fostering growth, collaboration and innovation and applying his fluency in Spanish as well as English to navigate multicultural environments. He is now a senior school business manager in Ealing, bringing his extensive expertise in service delivery, data analysis, finance, and compliance into Oaklands Primary School and help the school achieve its aim to deliver the best possible learning experience for the children.
Mr Uzair Hussain - Parent Governor
Term of Office - 14 December 2022 - 13 December 2026
Mr Hussain brings to his role as governor a vast expertise in commercial strategy and finance as well as an understanding of the community, having grown up in the area. This helps provide a unique perspective on the school’s role within the neighbourhood and the specific needs of its students, his own child being one of them.
Mr Andrew Liles - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office - 6 October 2012 - 14 December 2024
Mr Liles is a former Chair of the Governing Body. He is passionate about ensuring that every pupil gets a rich and varied life experience at Oaklands so they are independent learners for the following stages of education. Beyond school, Mr Liles is an IT Director of a Heath Startup business in London. He had two children at school; one is in secondary education and the other in university.
Ms Jessica Major - Co-opted Governor
Term of Office- 13 September 2021 - 12 September 2025
Ms Major has been a teacher at Oaklands Primary School since 2019. She has worked as a class teacher in Reception and more recently as Inclusion Assistant supporting the SENCo. Ms Major has led as a Curriculum Lead in Design and Technology for four years and is working alongside Ms Brooks as a Curriculum Lead for the Outdoor Play and Learning project (OPAL), improving playtime experiences for all of the children.
Mr Edward Rowley - Parent Governor
Term of Office - 14/12/2022 - 13/12/2026
Mr Rowley is a parent governor and has lived locally since childhood and in Hanwell since 2009. Mr Rowley is a senior manager at Transport for London and manages London Underground’s Tube Trains, he has a range of experience including engineering, finance and HR as well as health and safety and estate / asset management. Mr Rowley has two children at Oaklands.
Mr Alan O'Neil - Clerk to the Governing Body
From 24 November 2022
Alan has been undertaking clerking duties for Ealing Schools since 2010 and has been working with Oaklands since November 2022.
By clicking these links you can inspect the governors':
- Register of Governors and their relevant Interest 2023-2024 (updated to July 2024)
- Governor Attendance 2023-2024