Governors

Chair of Governors – Damian Haywood 

I am the Operational Lead for clinical trials in SITU in NDS at the University of Oxford. My volunteering work includes being a governor at Mabel Prichard School, and Treasurer of the Cri du Chat Syndrome Support Group UK.

I am also the Labour Party candidate for Iffley Fields and St. Mary’s in the upcoming County Council by election.

Co-opted Governor – Jonathan Fisher (Link governor for Key Stage 3)

I have been a social worker since 1978 and have worked in a variety of children related areas including managing Sycamore Resource centre, Banbury, (supporting disabled children and their families). I was head of service for Looked After Children in Hertfordshire until 2011 when I left to become a lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, where I taught social work students. I am retired but remain active in children’s services as a member of the adoption panel, safeguarding trainer and trustee with One-Eighty.

Parent Governor – Paul Litherland (Link governor for 14 – 19)

I have been a Governor since the start of 2022, I have spent my entire adult working life in children’s publishing, my last role was with Oxford University Press which I left in 2019 to spend more time with our son Jacob.

Jacob has been at Mabel Prichard since he was 2, he is now 6.  He has a rare genetic condition and learning difficulties which means he cannot talk or walk, but he is very mobile and is a very happy child who loves being at school.

I firmly believe in putting children first and taking steps to ensure they receive a learning and development programme suited to their needs.

My years of parenting experience in bringing up two children to adulthood and Jacob means I can be empathetic, incisive, passionate and trusted in this role.

I want Mabel P to thrive in teaching and supporting pupils and parents/carers. So I am very keen to be involved in the inner workings of ensuring a curriculum is maintained and improved so that all pupils can be given the best opportunities as they progress through the school and beyond into the outside world.