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Collaborative leadership
Collaborative leadership
At Ringwood Waldorf School, the Board of Trustees, School Leadership Team and School Management Team work in close collaboration to guide and nurture the school’s continual development and performance.
The Board of Trustees provides thoughtful oversight, ensuring the school’s mission and values remain at the forefront of everything we do.
The School Leadership Team, alongside the Faculty, is dedicated to supporting our students’ educational journeys, working together to create an environment where each child can flourish.
The School Management Team ensures that our day-to-day operations run smoothly, fostering a space where both students and staff feel supported and valued.
Together, we unite our strengths and purpose to create an ever evolving educational environment that is focused on the holistic well-being and success of every individual.
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 by email via this page, or by writing to Adrian Dunford, Chair of Trustees, Ringwood Waldorf School, Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN.
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, Lower/Middle School
Pete Coote – Finance, Assessment and Tracking, Complaints
Lucinda Dawes – PR, Communications
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.
Geli Patrick – School Lead
Marika Bjerström – Upper School Lead
Jenny Drake – Lower School Lead
Suzie Hornby – Acting Early Years Lead
Liz Tomkins – School Administrator and DSL
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:
Geli Patrick – Chair
Marika Bjerström
Laura Carvalho
Lucy Cooper
Yvonne de Leeuw
Jenny Drake
Hajnalka Hernadi
Suzie Hornby
Ben Houghton
Pankaj Sulodia
Louise Tiley
Liz Tomkins
Ringwood Waldorf School is a school offering Steiner Waldorf education to children aged between 3 and 19 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
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
Telephone number: 01425 472664
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
Full accounts up to 31 August 2023
Full accounts up to 31 August 2022
Full accounts up to 31 August 2021
Full accounts up to 31 August 2020
Full accounts up to 31 August 2019
If you have any questions or suggestions for the School Leadership Team or Board of Trustees, please get in touch.
For concerns and complaints, please refer to our Complaints Policy and Procedure.
In 2023/24, 1 complaint was registered under the formal complaints procedure.
We recognise that choosing a school is a big decision. We invite you to visit us and learn more about how a Waldorf education at Ringwood Waldorf School can benefit your child.
Address
Ringwood Waldorf School, Folly Farm Lane,
Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN
Open Term Time
Monday – Friday
8.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
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