Local Governing Body

Chris joined Marshall in 2007 as Group Internal Audit Manager, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the Business Assurance and Advisory team. Having performed a number of roles across the Group he moved into the Property team in 2013 . He is now the Projects Director and member of the Property Board focussing his time predominately on the Marleigh development.

Outside of work Chris is on the Civilian Committee of 104 (City of Cambridge) Squadron Air Cadets as Treasurer and coaches a local junior football team.

Though originally from just outside of Manchester, Lauren moved to Cambridge in 2006 to continue her postgraduate education at Queens’ College. She has lived in Fen Ditton with her husband for over a decade, together with whom she has a son who is part of the first reception cohort at Marleigh. Lauren’s professional background is in teaching, learning and assessment. She holds a BA in Modern Languages, an MA in Translation Studies, a PGCE in Secondary MFL and has more recently completed further postgraduate study in educational assessment principles and psychometric testing.

Lauren currently works at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, where her role centres on developing the accessibility of Cambridge International qualifications, and on raising awareness of the spectrum of special educational needs and disabilities, and the potential barriers to learning and assessment that such conditions may present. As a former a member of a school leadership team with fourteen years’ school-based experience, she has coordinated provision for students with special educational needs and disabilities, and has overseen support for students with mental health, medical, behavioural, and pastoral care needs. She has been a safeguarding lead, SENDCo and exams access arrangements assessor.

Lauren is passionate about the holistic approach to education and about the importance of creating positive, inclusive environments where all learners feel supported emotionally as well as academically. As such, she is excited to take on the responsibility area of Inclusion as part of her role as Parent Governor at Marleigh.

In her spare time, Lauren enjoys creating in the kitchen, trying out new restaurants, group singing, crime dramas, exploring different places, BodyPump and spin classes.

Adam is a Creative Director for London based sports advertising agency, Dark Horses part of TBWA. In the last decade, he has worked in Sydney and London, creating advertising and public relations campaigns for brands including Nissan, TikTok and Panini among others. More recently, he has worked closely with education charity, Football Beyond Borders, on a number of campaigns that put young people’s voices at the heart of them. It is this work, coupled with moving to the Marleigh development and becoming a father to twin boys, that has compelled Adam to seek an active role as a governor within the school his two sons will one day attend.

Outside of work, Adam has founded amateur football teams Glebe & London Gorillas. He is also a passionate fundraiser and once walked 1966km to the Brazil World Cup to raise money and awareness for the drought in Bahia.

Stuart is the clerk to the Governing Body having joined the school at the start of 2020. He has been a clerk for 15 years working in a number of primary schools around Cambridge and Ely.

Stuart is married with two teenage children and in his spare time enjoy days out with my family, reading and the cinema.

Dom is a passionate science and art communicator, music composer, and a qualified high school physics teacher. He has a PhD in Physics, working on the design of one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, where he also contributed to science communication and outreach. He is a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dom has also a specialist certificate in Orchestration for Cinema and Television from the Berklee School of Music and he is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.

As a music composer and researcher in auditory display, Dom works with organisations like CERN and NASA, creating music from scientific data and supporting schools using music to explore and make sense of the world around us. Finally Dom works as a part-time Relationship Manager for Arts Council England for Music and Music Education. In that role, he gained experience in public funding for music and arts, music education hubs, developing safe and inclusive teaching and learning environments.

Megha trained in biophysics and life sciences and worked as a researcher in academia for nearly six years. Since 2014, she has worked in healthcare communications, helping deliver impactful disease awareness, medical education and digital campaigns. She is passionate about scientific storytelling and empowering girls to engage in STEM. She currently works in science communications with AstraZeneca in Cambridge, and is training to be a designated STEM ambassador. As a parent governor, she is excited about playing a role in curriculum development and exploring opportunities to support the school in the STEM space. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, museums and libraries.

Executive Headteacher at Marleigh Primary Academy and Fen Ditton.