Governance, Leadership & Management
The Ringwood Waldorf School collaborative leadership and management structure consists of three groups:
The Board of Trustees (BoT)
The School Leadership Team (SLT)
The School Management Team (SMT)
Adrian Dunford - Chair of Trustees, Quality of Leadership, Finance, Early Years, Estates, Compliance, Assessment and Progress Tracking, SEND
Anna Mantzouratou - Safeguarding, Anti-bullying
Gustav Patrick - Data Protection, Legal
Harry Vekria - Finance, Fundraising
Steve Crook - Upper School, Visiting Students, HR, Health and Safety, Diversity
Davina Samann - Communications, Marketing/PR, Health and Safety, Estates
Geli Patrick - School Lead
Syenna Lister - Deputy School Lead and Early Years Lead
Jenny Drake - Lower School Lead
Marika Bjerström - Upper School Lead
The Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is responsible for governing the legal aspects of Ringwood Waldorf School in accordance with the laws governing educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the requirements of the Charities Commission. It upholds the ethos of being a Waldorf School as a matter of principle.
The Trustees vet school policies, processes, guidelines and procedures for legal compliance and hear regular reports from various bodies in the school. The Trustees approve the Annual Plan for the school and ratify all staff appointments. The Trustees have a supportive role in the strategic direction of the school. The Trustees are bound by the ethos and social indications given by Rudolf Steiner appropriate to a Waldorf School and the arbiter of this is vested with the School Leadership Team. The Trustees are therefore bound to consult with the School Leadership Team before making any significant decisions.
You can contact members of the Board of Trustees directly by email or via the School Office.
The School Leadership Team
The School Leadership Team (SLT) is accountable and responsible for the overall vision, management and decision making for the school.
The School Lead carries responsibility for the whole school.
Leadership accountabilities in the three phases of the school - Early Years, Lower School, and Upper School - lie with the phase leads. Together with the School Lead, this group is the SLT - School Leadership Team. The leads provide a channel of support and represent their phase in management and strategic decision making. SLT report to the Trustees.
The School Management Team
The School Management Team (SMT) is responsible for the management and administration of the school on a day to day basis.
The SMT meets weekly or more often if needed. The SMT mandates a number of individuals and groups to carry out the various day to day tasks.
Key areas (portfolios) include:
- Statutory Duties including Safeguarding
- Quality of Education
- Behaviour
- Administration
- Finance
- HR
- Public Relations
- School Community
Ringwood Waldorf School
School offering Steiner Waldorf education to children aged between 3 and 18 years. Covering Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire.
Charity number: 1158673
Registration: 25 September 2014
Organisation type: Charitable company
Gift aid: Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Land and property: This charity owns and/or leases land or property
Memorandum and Articles
Incorporated 09 Aug 2013 as amended by special resolution registered at Companies House on 05 September 2014
Company number: 08645246
Registered office address: Ringwood Waldorf School, Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN
Company type: Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption
Nature of business (SIC)
85100 - Pre-primary education
85200 - Primary education
85310 - General secondary education
Incorporation: 09 Aug 2013
Incorporation
Full accounts up to 31 August 2021
Full accounts up to 31 August 2020
Full accounts up to 31 August 2019
Full accounts up to 31 August 2018
Full accounts up to 31 August 2017