About Us

Chair of Governors

Miranda has been a governor at Edge Grove since 2024 and was previously a governor at a primary school in Borehamwood for 16 years, including five years as chair. She lives locally in Radlett.

Miranda qualified as a barrister and worked as a lawyer for 25 years before taking a year out to study in the US. Most recently she headed a team in the FCDO looking at the impact of possible futures on strategy and operating models. She now works part of the time as an adjudicator for DfE and part of the time as a consultant and executive coach.

Miranda is married to Daniel and they have an Australian Labradoodle and three human children – a psychologist, a teacher and a student. She spends a lot of time at the theatre, enjoys baking and aspires to travel a bit more.

Daniel was brought up mainly in Surrey, but with six years in Calcutta when his father set up a tea company branch there. He was educated at Whitgift and read Economics at Collingwood College, Durham before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Spicer & Pegler. He joined his father’s tea broking business in the City and soon took over, traveling widely in East Africa and Asia. After nearly 20 years in the tea industry, he was a consultant briefly before working for Harrow School between 2009 and 2021 as Finance Bursar and then Director of Finance and Systems. He is now a part-time Finance Consultant.

Outside of work Daniel is kept busy by his four grown up children and three grandchildren. Daniel is a keen sportsman and played most sports at school, including 1st XV rugby and represented Durham at water polo, swimming and hockey and numerous sports at college level, including squash and cricket. He played National League water polo for 20 years and currently plays squash and golf. He is also part of the Bedford Park Run core team and has run over 200 Park Runs.

Amanda has been a member of the Edge Grove Board of Governors since January 2015. She has over 30 years’  experience as a school leader, as a headteacher, Executive Head and CEO of a local multi-academy trust. She began her teaching career in London before moving to Hertfordshire in 1996. Since then she has worked in Hertfordshire and beyond as a National Leader of Education (NLE), Ofsted Inspector and worked with schools in Hertfordshire to provide support, training and leadership advice. She has led a number of school improvement initiatives and worked closely with Hertfordshire Local Authority over many years. Amanda has recently retired and enjoys spending time with her family at home in St Albans and walking the South West Coast Path in Cornwall.

Wendy joined the Edge Grove Board of Governors in January 2024. Now retired, a significant portion of her career was with the London Stock Exchange where she held several senior positions. In her final role, she was responsible for all Real Time Data, from product development and management to marketing and sales. She also managed the Regulatory News Service and the Listing Application process.

In 2009, she embarked on a change in career, becoming Bursar at Sevenoaks Prep School in Kent. At the same time, she joined Bethany School, where her children attended, as a governor. In 2017, she was appointed the Vice Chair of Governors.

Wendy moved from Kent to Hertfordshire in 2023. Keen to as a continue governor locally, she chose Edge Grove for its educational and nurturing environment.

Wendy likes walking, yoga, travelling and spending time with her family.

Zahid was previously a member of the Edge Grove Board of Governors and Chair of the Finance Committee at Edge Grove between 2007 and 2014 before moving overseas; he then re-joined the board in September 2021. With an extensive commercial portfolio, Zahid has served as an executive and non-executive director on company boards and on senior management committees since 1994. He is highly skilled in risk management, corporate governance, business transformation, change management, finance, legal and compliance matters. In non-executive roles, Zahid provides independent challenge, constructive scrutiny and validation of management decision-making and builds positive relationships with key stakeholders. He is a long term resident of Radlett and a past parent at the School.

Sue is both a past parent of Edge Grove, having had three children attend the School between 2004 and 2021, and a previous member of staff holding the post of Development and Alumni Manager between 2017 and 2023. Sue has a degree in chemistry from Exeter University and worked for Glaxo Wellcome as an analytical chemist before having her children. Since then she has become an ambassador for the Smile Train charity and has continually raised money and awareness for them since her own child was born with cleft palate. Her fundraising has continued at the School, having previously organised numerous Friends of Edge Grove events and several Edge Grove Balls.

Sue’s passions lie within parental and community relations, fundraising and the pastoral care of both pupils and staff.

Sarah-Rose believes in the critical importance of schools shaping our future generations, having been blessed with an education at North London Collegiate School and Westminster School. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first in Engineering, and embarked on a career in Investment Banking. Working in Corporate Finance, she provided strategic guidance to company Boards and management teams, but then decided to move in house to improve the governance, efficiency and effectiveness of the firm she worked for. Sarah-Rose is now in her fourth Head of Compliance role, currently at BTIG. Previously she has worked for Deutsche Bank, Nomura, Octopus Investments, the CME and Westpac.

Sarah-Rose is invited to speak as a panellist at industry events on risk and compliance, and enjoys supporting charities – most recently Thames21. She also has a love of teaching, having taught at a school in Tower Hamlets through an educational charity, supported sixth formers through IntoUniversity and having tutored her own children who attend City of London and NLCS.

Although Miles has no direct connections to Edge Grove School both of his grown-up children attended other local schools. He has been committed to working with and supporting young people throughout his adult life. For over ten years, he served as a Scout Leader, fostering growth, resilience, and responsibility in the young people under his guidance. With a long-standing interest in pupil safety, Miles has developed extensive safeguarding knowledge. He currently serves as the Safeguarding Governor for two other local schools, bringing with him a wealth of experience, insight, and dedication to ensuring the wellbeing of all pupils. His expertise will be a valuable asset to Edge Grove, and he is eager to work collaboratively with the already established and experienced team. Away from his governance role, Miles is very happily married to his wife, Melissa. In his spare time, he enjoys recreational scuba diving, particularly while on holiday, combining his love of adventure with relaxation.

Ian is currently the Senior Deputy Head of Queenswood School and was elected to the Governing Body in 2019. A physical chemist, he was educated at Bedford School and the University of Oxford, where he worked on simulating the electron transfer reactions taking place in photosynthetic bacteria in his Masters year. He moved to Cambridge to train as a teacher and since obtaining his PGCE, has taught at Haileybury, Bedford School and now Queenswood. He has now returned part-time to the Faculty of Education at Cambridge and is studying educational assessment with the intention of completing an MEd in due course.

Through the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Ian developed a passion for hill walking and wild country which continues to this day.

Alison joined the Edge Grove Board of Governors in 2025. She grew up in Carlisle Cumbria but has lived in Radlett since 1989.

Alison qualified as a solicitor in 1977 and worked in private practice in London as a commercial litigation solicitor for 38 years before retiring. She has been a trustee of World Cancer Reach Fund – a cancer prevention charity – based in the UK, US and the EU since 2015 and was the Chair for four years.

Alison was also a board member for 9 years of InspireAll, a local company managing several leisure sites in Hertsmere for Hertfordshire BC, which, somewhat regrettably, did nothing to improve her lack of interest in sports.

Alison and her husband Jonathan have two grown up children. Their son James was a pupil at Edge Grove from 1998 to 2004, before going to Merchant Taylors’ school.

Alison’s interests include all aspects of food and wine and the arts.

Clerk to the Governors

To contact a member of the Governing Body, please either write to them at the School, c/o The Clerk to the Governors, and your letter will be forwarded unopened.  Alternatively, please contact the Bursar via clerk@edgegrove.com