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Our Governance
For governance documents and financial information about the Trust, including the school's funding agreement please see the Trust website using the link below.
The John Warner School is part of Danes Educational Trust. The Danes Educational Trust Board has responsibility for the operation of the Trust, but delegates some of the responsibilities to a local level. Therefore, schools within the Trust have a School Board, comprising local Governors. The School Board holds 4 meetings per year. In addition, each School Board has an Admissions Committee and a Senior Staff Pay and Remuneration Committee.
Further information about the Danes Educational Trust governance structure is available on the Trust website.
To contact the Governors of The John Warner School, please email chair@johnwarnerschool.herts.sch.uk
Who we are
| Chris Price
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| Hannah Stolton
Term Start Date: 10/09/2025 | Hannah has been Chief Executive of the national education charity Governors for Schools since January 2020. She leads a national team that supports schools and trusts to recruit skilled volunteers as governors and trustees, helping strengthen governance across the education sector. Hannah joined Governors for Schools in 2017, where she led the development of the organisation’s operations, improving systems and ways of working to better support schools. She began her career as a primary school teacher before moving into recruitment, where she managed UK operations for an in-house agency. With over 10 years’ experience as a school governor, Hannah brings both governance knowledge and strategic leadership experience to her work with schools. |
| Aisling Ryan
Term Start Date: 08/09/2025 |
Aisling has been in education for 25 years. Having started out as an secondary school English teacher, she is now the Deputy Headteacher with responsibility for curriculum and achievement at St Clement Danes School, also in the Danes Educational Trust. Prior to embarking on a career in teaching, Aisling spent 5 years as a graduate recruit for IBM, working across a wide variety of projects and clients to deliver high quality IT systems. |
| Lewis Cornelius
Term Start Date: 01/12/2025 |
Lewis brings strong expertise in data-driven decision-making, operational improvement, and long-term strategic planning. He is particularly interested in supporting the school through effective governance, forward planning, and ensuring that systems and resources are used to best support pupils and staff. |
| Jessie Hardcastle
Term Start Date: 23/03/2026 |
Jessie grew up in Auckland, New Zealand but has been living in the UK for a little over 20 years. Her work leading a workplace culture programme in Estates & Facilities King’s College London engages with a wide variety of people across the student and staff community. She is pleased to be supporting The John Warner School with their ambition to ignite a lifelong passion for learning for students. |
| Shannon Richards
Term Start Date: 02/12/2025 |
Shannon works in learning and development and brings strong communication, risk management, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills to the governing body. She is passionate about inclusion, wellbeing, and ensuring every child and staff member feels supported, valued, and able to thrive. Outside of work, Shannon enjoys reading, cooking, and getting to know and support her local community. |
| Sheree Sabatino Term Start Date: 02/12/2025 | |
| Stuart Higham Term Start Date: 02/12/2025 |
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| Register of interests The John Warner School 12 May 2026 |
