Trustees & Governors

Contact: chairofgovernors@thorntoncollege.com Sister Helen Mary was appointed Provincial Superior by the General Council of the Congregation in March 2010 and formally assumed the responsibilities on 23 May 2010. Her mandate was renewed for a further 4 years until September 2020....

Father Mervyn has been a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, a Roman Catholic Religious Order, since 1965 and a Roman Catholic Priest since 1975. He has considerable experience of religious life, education and charity management and administration....

Sister Patricia worked for many years in several primary schools in the London Borough of Brent. She was, for twenty years, the headmistress of the Congregation’s infant school in Willesden Green which has now been passed to the trusteeship of...

Sister Brenda has taught in the Congregation’s schools for many years, latterly working at Thornton College as a Religious Education teacher, as well as being responsible for the preparation of the liturgical music for the boarders and the community, a...

Sister Joan is originally from the Irish province where she spent several years as a qualified teacher of Home Economics. She joined the English province over twenty years ago and has since been responsible for the care of the elderly...

Sister Gerarda belongs to the Irish province of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. In 1974, she completed a BA Degree in Irish and Spanish and an MA in Spanish in 2005. She has also completed one-year courses in Theology...

is a recently retired Assistant Headteacher where, as a Specialist Leader of Education she had responsibility for staff development, performance management, teacher training and primary to secondary school transition. Rosemary was trained by the National College of School Leaders as...

is the retired Head of the English Department and Senior Lecturer at Buckingham University. He is a very experienced teacher of many aspects of English language and linguistics, having worked for thirty years at the University and previously in Sweden...

is the academic deputy at Ratcliffe College. Kevin studied Economics at Heriot-Watt University before working for the Government in the Office of Fair Trading. He then completed a Master’s Degree in Economics at Glasgow University before studying at Strathclyde University...

is a Holy Child Sister. She taught in secondary schools in England and West Africa for many years, including at St Paul’s School in Milton Keynes. Subsequently she was, for a number of years, responsible for her Province’s care home...