Senior Leadership Team

Our Headteacher, Mrs Wade, works closely with the Senior Leadership Team. Together, they run the school to ensure every child from Nursery right through to Form 6 maximises their potential everyday. All decisions about how the curriculum is designed and taught, are discussed and agreed by the Senior Leadership Team before being disseminated to the rest of the teaching and non-teaching staff.

  • Mrs Wade

    Headteacher

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  • Mr Hardwick

    Deputy Head

    Person in suit and tie smiling outdoors with green foliage background.

  • Mrs Gibb

    Head of Early Years

    Woman smiling in front of a leafy green background

  • Mr Whitaker

    Bursar

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“Leadership and management demonstrate good skills and knowledge, and fulfil their responsibilities effectively, so that the other standards are consistently met and they actively promote the well-being of the pupils.”
— ISI Inspector

Board of Trustees

The Hilden Oaks School Educational Trust Ltd was formed in 1965. Our charitable status means that when the school generates a surplus of income over expenditure, that entire surplus is re-invested in the School to improve its facilities and teaching. The Board of Trustees works closely with the Headteacher and is responsible for determining the overall aims, ethos and conduct of the School.

The trustees do not benefit financially from their role in School and are appointed due to their expertise that they volunteer and put at the disposal of the School. Our trustees share a sympathy for, and wholehearted commitment to the School and its values. At present, the School has fourteen trustees, including the Chair, Mr Martin Phelps.

Trustees of Hilden Oaks School include past and present parents and active community members from in and around Tonbridge. We are grateful for their continuous support and help in making Hilden Oaks a better place for our children to learn and grow.

  • Martin Phelps

    Chair of Trustees
    Member of all sub-committees

  • Catherine Lupton

    Vice Chair
    Finance & Premises Sub-committee

  • Sue Robertson

    Chair of Education Sub-committee

  • Linda Alexander

    Staffing & Renumeration and Education Sub-committees, Lead Trustee for Early Years

  • Andrew Bowen

    Staffing and Remuneration Sub-committee, Lead Trustee for Health & Safety

  • Caroline Parker

    Chair of Staffing & Renumeration Sub-committees

  • Sue Bell

    Education Sub-committee

  • John Buckles

    Finance & Premises Sub-committee

  • Bramwel Kibara

    Finance & Premises Sub-committee

  • Veryan Larmour

    Staffing & Remuneration Sub-committee, Lead Trustee for Welfare & Whistleblowing

  • David Mills

    Awaits (Parent Trustee), Lead Trustee for Online Safety

  • Andrew Robbens

    Chair of Finance & Premises Sub-committees

  • Colin Swainson

    Education sub-committee and is the trustee lead for Safeguarding.