Governors

The Manor’s Board of Governors is drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and incorporates people with skills which assist the School in its management and operation. There are both ex and current Manor parents on the Board.

Mrs Rebecca Kashti
Chair
BA Hons, TEP – Partner at Darbys Solicitors (Head of The Schools Team), Governor at The School of St Helen and St Katharine; current parent Address for correspondence: Mrs R Kashti c/o Mr D Ramm, Clerk to the Governors The Manor Preparatory School, Faringdon Rd, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 6LN

Mr Robin Fieth
Vice-Chair
BA Hons, FCA – Chartered Accountant; Executive Director, Finance & Operations at The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales; past parent

Mr Clive Arup
BSc Hons C Eng, Civil Engineer and Company Secretary

Miss Jane Cranston
Chairman of the Board of Governors at The School of St. Helen and St. Katharine and Governor at Abingdon School and Abingdon Prep School, Wine Importer

Rev Mother Winsome Durrant
LLB (Hons), MA, PhD, solicitor, attorney and counselor at law (State of New York), Reverend Mother General of the Community of St Mary the Virgin, St Mary’s Convent, Wantage

Mrs Annie Eccles
BA Cert Ed M Cert SpID (Dyslexia) – Teacher; past parent

Mr Scott Harkness
BSc (Hons), MRICS – Chartered Surveyor; Partner at Carter Jonas, Governor at The Unicorn School; current parent

Mr Derek Holmes
BA Hons – Editor, The Oxford Times; current parent

Dr Aslog Malmberg
MBBS, BSc Hons, MRC Psych, Consultant Adult Psychiatrist; former parent

Miss Kate Mitchell
BEd Hons, MA – Head of Wimbledon High Junior School

Mr William Phelps
BA Hons, PGCE – Head of Boarding and Child Protection Officer at Abingdon School; current parent

Mr Graham Sumeray
BA Hons, MBA – Managing director; current parent

The Board of Governors also includes, ex officio, the Headmaster and Bursar.