Paul Bradstock OBE, DL - OISSP Chairman

Paul Bradstock is a trustee of The Oxford Trust where he also served as Chief Executive from its foundation in 1985 until 2003. Under his management the Trust developed programmes to encourage innovation, enterprise and scientific literacy and set up the Oxford Centre for Innovation as an exemplar of business incubation in the UK and the hub of a network for innovation and enterprise.

Paul was a founding director of Oxford Innovation Ltd, the UK market leader in the operation of innovation centres and is currently the Chairman of Portsmouth Technopole and a board member of the Northern Ireland Science Park. He initiated the Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network now recognised as one of Europe's premier business angel networks.

After reading Physics at Keble College, Oxford, Paul's early career was in small high growth, high technology businesses. His current advisory and charitable work includes membership of the Oxfordshire Independent and State Schools Partnership, the Oxfordshire Economic Observatory and the Oxfordshire Economic Partnership. Paul Bradstock was awarded an OBE in the 2000 New Year Honours List in recognition of his services to innovation and economic development in Oxfordshire and appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Oxfordshire in 2001.

Chris Bryan Headteacher, St Birinus School

Chris Bryan is the Head of St Birinus School, Didcot – the specialist Technology College for South Oxfordshire. As Chair of the Oxfordshire Secondary School Headteachers‟ Association he was a founder member of the OISSP. He has lived in Oxfordshire for over 25 years. His daughter and son were both educated locally and have experienced their father as the Head! Chris is totally committed to his school and is particularly interested in education-business partnerships. He enjoys music, theatre and travel.

Sami Cohen - Headteacher, d’Overbroeck’s College 

Sami Cohen is the Principal of d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford. d‟Overbroeck‟s is an independent school with an intake (at age 16, 13 and, from September 2005, also 11) that comes from both the state and the independent sectors. Sami is a strong supporter of the principle of constructive collaboration between the state and independent schools and, in particular, of OISSP's current work on joint activity in the field of the creative arts.

Damian Ettinger - Headteacher, Cokethorpe School

ETTINGER, Damian James, BA (Hons), PGCE. Headmaster, Cokethorpe School, Witney, since 2002; born 01.04.1966, Berkshire; married to Linda, 4 sons, 1 daughter. Educated St Joseph‟s College, University of Manchester; University of Surrey. Head of Theology, Boarding and Day Housemaster, Prior Park College, Bath, 1989-96; Head of St Oliver‟s and Head of Theology, Downside School 1996-2002..

Cynthia Hall - Headmistress, Wycombe Abbey School

Cynthia Hall was appointed headmistress of Wycombe Abbey School in September 2008 having previously been the Head of The School of St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon. In addition to being a trustee and one of the founder members of OISSP Cynthia was former President of the Girls' Schools Association. Cynthia is an Inspector for The Independent Schools Inspectorate and a member of several committees and societies as follows: Independent/State Schools Partnership Forum, Local Government Association/Independent Schools Council, SHA Council, GSA Council, SHA Education Committee. Cynthia is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the University Women’s Club and the Oxford Management Club.

Educated at North London Collegiate for Girls and with MA Honours in English and English Literature Cynthia has previously worked as an Educational Consultant and has been Head of English at St Paul’s Girl’s School. Cynthia is a dedicated supporter of OISSP.

Richard Howard - Chair of the National Education Trust

Until his retirement, Richard Howard was the Principal Advisor for Schools and Headof the School Development Service for Oxfordshire County Council. Prior to this, he was a teacher for 22 years, for 15 of which he was a primary head teacher. Richard has written and lectured widely, particularly on the themes of school improvement; partnership between schools; continuity in learning and teaching between the primary and the secondary phases; creative, outdoor and extended learning activities; and developing school communities. Apart from working for 38 years in Oxfordshire, he has been a British Council Specialist Adviser in The Gambia and in southern India. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from Oxford Brookes University in 2003. He is presently Chair of the National Education Trust (NET) and a Trustee of the National Children‟s University. Richard and his wife, Linda, have three children and two grandchildren.

Michael O'Regan OBE, DL

Michael O'Regan now splits his time between commercial and educational activities. He was a co-founder of RM (supplier of IT and services to education) and worked there full-time until 1992 and was then a non-executive director until 2004. He is now mostly involved with small companies, including the Oxford Technology VCTs of which he is a director and co-founder. As part of his educational work, he set up, funded and chairs Hamilton Trust which works with primary teachers, in particular through its web-site support of the planning and teaching of English and maths. Schools Energy Efficiency Project

Paula Taylor-Moore - Headteacher, Didcot Girls School

Rod Walker - OISSP Treasurer

Rod Walker was Educated at Huddersfield, New College followed by University College, Oxford. Rod has taught in the following schools: 1970-76: Oxford School, 1976-80: Peers School, Oxford, 1981-85: Wood Green School, Witney, 1985-95: Larkmead School, Abingdon (Headteacher), 1995 to 2007: The Henry Box School, Witney (Headteacher). In 2007, Rod was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire.
Rod was seconded in 1988/89 (full-time) and 1989/90 (part-time) to Oxfordshire LEA to develop the county‟s LMS scheme. He strongly supports delegating powers and responsibilities to schools (and to the operational level within schools) wherever possible and schools developing their own support networks, with other secondary schools and with local primary and special schools. He has been committed to the OISSP since its inception in 1997. “The challenges facing all secondary schools are best addressed by sharing expertise, while recognising the autonomy of individual institutions in both sectors.”

Hilary Lowe (Trustee)

OISSP Company Secretary Assistant Dean, Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford Brookes University

Sir Hugo Brunner

Sir Hugo Brunner, retired as the Lord Lieutenant for Oxfordshire in August 2008 .  He continues to support OISSP as a highly valued member of the board.

Richard Hudson Headteacher, Icknield Community College

Tom Kempton (OISSP Project Director)

Head of Science, Didcot Girls School

Tom Kempton was appointed Project Director for the Securing our Future project in August 2007. He has taught science in Oxfordshire schools for over 35 years at Cheney School, Wood Green School and most recently as Head of Science at Didcot Girls’ School.

Tom was been involved in the ASE projects Science in Society, SATIS (Science and Technology in Society), and Science Across the World, writing units and developing the projects. He was appointed Project Director of the SATIS Atlas, an environmental atlas for science teachers. He has had two secondments working with Oxfordshire schools to develop science teaching. The first involved the development of a local environmental and science issues handbook. The second involved promoting moral and spiritual issues through science teaching.

Tom’s interest in the science and religion interface led him to being on the steering committee and a writer for the CHARIS project and also the Science and Religion in Schools Project.

His other interests are his family, choral music, geology and involvement in his local church.

John Evans Oxfordshire County Council Science Advisor

Bridget Holligan The Oxford Trust Head of Schools Programmes

Head of Schools Programmes at The Oxford Trust, responsible for the Trust's remit to encourage the study of science, technology and engineering in Oxfordshire. A chemistry graduate with an MSc in Science Communication. Education Officer at the Exploratory Science Centre in Bristol for 3 years, before joining The Oxford Trust in 1996. Experienced science communicator and manager of a wide range of science and education projects, including the Oxfordshire Science Festival (1997-2001), Science and Engineering Ambassadors Programme (2002-2005) and Science Centrestage, a national science drama festival which was The Wellcome Trust‟s flagship project for national science year in 2001/02.

Andrew Trotman - Warden, St Edward’s School

Pauline Rutter - OISSP Project Secretary

Pauline Rutter OISSP Projects Secretary since March 2008. Pauline gained a Masters in International Management in Toulouse, France (2007). Her previous positions as Manager of New Media Projects Research and Development at Lighthouse Arts and Media, Co-founder of The Greenhouse Housing Co-operative and teacher, have provided opportunities for project development work across the corporate, charitable, co-operative and education sectors.