Governors

Mrs Kawasaki’s daughter recently attended BPS and she has been very involved with the Parents’ Society. She worked for the Japanese Ministry of Justice for 11 years as an international communications advisor and also as an international communications consultant for various international law firms. She currently works for the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Her particular interest is ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion in the field of education.

Mrs Bacon has recently retired having enjoyed a wonderfully varied career in Primary Education in both the state and independent sectors in UK and abroad. She has held a variety of senior management and advisory roles including being Headteacher of a large multicultural school in Nairobi, Kenya. On returning to UK and moving to the area, she joined Altrincham Preparatory School as part of the EYFS team becoming Assistant Headteacher for KS1 until retirement beckoned.  She continues her international work with an educational charity in Goa, India and is currently Chair of Governors of a local academy school. 

Mr Edwards is a retired Bursar and has been an Independent School Bursars’ Association consultant bursar for the past 4 years, in 5 different schools, including BPS during the first lockdown. Prior to that he had a 16 year career as a school bursar in the North West and further back, as a regular officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers. His skills lie in the operational management of schools and support to leadership teams and boards of governors.

Ms Hussain’s two daughters both attended the school, the youngest leaving in July 2022. Ms Hussain is the Head of IT Transformation and Change at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and has a wealth of IT change experience. Throughout her career she has maintained a keen involvement in diversity having set up inclusivity initiatives both in schools and within organisations like Lloyds Banking Group and The Co-op Bank.

Mr Lines’ two daughters both recently attended BPS. He grew up in Hale and was educated at St. Ambrose College, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has experience of working in the off shore financial services industry. Since returning to the UK in 2004, he is now the Managing Director of Mandata Contracts Ltd and Blue Line Containers Ltd, companies operating in the transport, document archive and storage industries.

Ms Murphy’s two daughters attended Bowdon Preparatory School. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has spent many years working in private practice specialising in tax. She is a partner in a North West firm of Chartered Accountants.

Mrs Stewart grew up in Bowdon and attended Withington Girls’ School. She is an experienced primary school teacher and has worked at Altrincham Preparatory School for more than a decade, currently teaching Year 1 as well as being Assistant Headteacher. Her daughter attended BPS from three until she left for secondary school.  Becoming a Governor seemed the natural next step to stay involved with the school as it develops for the next generation of girls.

Dr Tighe’s two children have both attended BPS and she has been actively involved with the school for many years. She has a background in medicine having spent eleven years as a GP partner in a local practice and has extensive experience looking after children and their families. She is currently a Director at M.J. Tighe Ltd.

Dr Zhao’s daughter attended BPS. She is a lecturer in Language Education at the University of Leeds, specialising in assessment and technology-enhanced learning. Dr Zhao’s focus on the governing body is to continuously enhance curriculum design and the efficiency of teaching and learning.

Mr Willey’s daughter recently attended BPS. A qualified Chartered Engineer, he has spent his career in the energy utilities and construction industries as MD/Commercial Director of several companies with a strong focus on leading strategy, value creation , customer service and safety whilst creating and leading high performing teams. He has recently started his own business to support the energy transition to net zero.

Dr Zhao’s daughter attended BPS. She is a lecturer in Language Education at the University of Leeds, specialising in assessment and technology-enhanced learning. Dr Zhao’s focus on the governing body is to continuously enhance curriculum design and the efficiency of teaching and learning.