The school governors are:

Rebekah Sammut (Community governor, Chair)

Rebekah has lived in Wheatley for several years and her son attended Wheatley Primary School.

Professionally, Rebekah has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over twelve years in a variety of roles including Managing Director of a telephone fundraising agency, Membership Development Manager for a Professional Body and currently as Development Manager for a psychology-focused behaviour support charity working with young people aged four to eighteen.

Rebekah chairs the Wellbeing Group and is a member of the Education Committee.

Liz Elsom (Community governor, Vice-chair and Chair: Education Committee)

Liz has lived in Wheatley for over 30 years and her now grown-up

children attended the primary school. During that time Liz was a parent governor for eight years. A primary school teacher by training, Liz spent 14 years in Ofsted with a number of roles primarily improving quality in early years. Liz now works as an early years consultant providing support, guidance and training to national early years organisations.

Liz is the link governor for EYFS and safeguarding and is a member of the education and Christian distinctiveness committees.

Judy Barrett (Community governor)

Judy joined the governing body in 2022 as a community governor, living in Wheatley.  She is a qualified early years teachers teacher and is a keen advocate of empowering girls to aspire to STEM careers.  She studied maths at university and, prior to taking up a teaching career, worked for numerous major corporations and public sector institutions, mainly on IT-based projects. She then went on to set up her own website business, designing, implementing and managing commercial websites for small businesses and educational institutions.

Judy currently works as a scientific research manager/administrator within the higher education industry, working on research projects for both Oxford University and University College London.

She is a member of the education and resources committees and is the link governor for pupil premium.

Steven Ackroyd (Parent governor, Chair: Resources, Pay)

Steven has lived in Wheatley for 14 years, has two sons in the school, in KS1 and KS2 and joined the governing body in 2023. Professionally, Steven works for the BBC’s international development charity, designing their computer systems.  He has previously worked for a multi academy trust and in a local authority, supporting schools. He is a member of the resources, pay and admissions committees.

Chloe Robinson (Staff governor)

Miss Robinson has taught at the school for several years, and has experience of teaching many different year groups.  She joined the governing body in 2020 and leads on humanities within the school. 

She is a member of the education committee.

Al McNicoll (Foundation governor, Chair: Christian distinctiveness)

Al lives in Horspath and leads Wheatley Community Church, which has a close connection with the school. Prior to his current work, he ran an IT business for ten years. Al has served as school chaplain at another ODST school in Oxford, and has a strong interest in the welfare of all staff working in education. He also has experience navigating Oxfordshire’s special education needs and disabilities (SEND) landscape both as a parent of a child with a disability and through being married to a SEND Advisory Teacher. He joined the governing body in 2024 and is a member of the Christian distinctiveness committee.

Mike Matejtschuk (Foundation governor)

Mike grew up in the industrial West Midlands, attending state primary and grammar schools, before reading English at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. He undertook teacher training at Sheffield University and later gained an M. Sc. In Education from Oxford University.
He taught in Sheffield and Doncaster, before returning to Oxfordshire at Banbury School. He went on to become head of a large English department for 21 years at John Mason Comprehensive, Abingdon. He introduced A-level English Language and taught Springboard GCSE groups at Abingdon and Witney College, before training secondary English teachers at Oxford Brookes. He has worked as an examiner and moderator in English throughout his career, mainly for AQA, for whom he still works on the Spoken Language GCSE endorsement.
Mike is a member of the URC. He is married to a retired primary school teacher and SENCO, and has two children and two grandchildren, one of whom attends an Oxfordshire primary school, the other a Church of England primary in Kent.

He joined the governing body in 2024 and is a member of the Christian distinctiveness committee.

Rachel Childs (Parent governor)

Rachel was elected as a parent governor in 2024. She has lived in Wheatley for a couple of years and has a daughter in Year 1 and a son at Wheatley Nursery School. Professionally, Rachel works as a Public Health Nutritionist for a charity that specialises in early years nutrition across the UK.  She has a number of years of experience working as a primary school teacher in London. She is a member of the education committee.

Cristina Filtingher (Community governor)

Cristina joined the governing body in 2024.

She is a member of the resources committee.

Gillian Standing (Headteacher)

Mrs Standing is the headteacher of the school, joining the school in 2018.  As headteacher, she is a member of all the committees.

Dee Ramcreepaul (Associate member)

Mrs Ramcreepaul is deputy headteacher of the school and has been an associate member of the governing body since 2023.  She is a member of the education committee.

Vacancies: foundation governor, community governor