Foundation Appointed Trustees:
Ann McDonald
Ann joined the Board of Trustees in September 2022. Previously she held the role of Principal and CEO of Kellett School, The British International School in Hong. Her tenure spanned twenty-three years. Working closely with its Board and like-minded colleagues the school grew from a small primary to one of Hong Kong’s leading not-for-profit international schools, offering inclusive British style education to predominantly expatriate English-speaking students aged 4-18 years. Retiring in 2019, she returned to Gloucestershire in 2020, her ‘grown up’ gap year travels prematurely curtailed in Angola.
Andrew Covell
Andrew was first elected to the Trustee body in March 2019. A Chartered Quantity Surveyor, he has significant experience of the design, procurement, construction and maintenance of schools having been a Lead Technical Advisor on the Building Schools for the Future Programme. Andrew is currently on secondment working on a large infrastructure project in the South West. He lives in Thornbury and is married to Sarah and has two children both of whom formerly attended KLB.
Parent trustees:
Paul Downs
Paul joined the board of trustees in December 2020 and also continues to serve as a governor at a local Thornbury primary school. A chartered civil engineer who has spent the last 10 years managing flood defence construction project cross Southwest England. Paul is married to Nikki who is a teaching assistant, they have two daughters at KLB school.
Andrew Sainsbury
Andrew joined the board of trustees in October 2025. He lives locally near Wotton with his family, including one child at KLB. His eldest child left KLB after successfully completing A-levels in 2025. After working for a number of household names in food manufacturing, Andrew was one of the founders of a food ingredients business that has employed a number of local people over the past 25 years. He brings these years of experience of health & safety, governance, financial and people management to his role as a trustee.
Member appointed Trustees
Simon Weston
Simon joined the Trustee Body in October 2018. He was a Trustee at Bluecoat CEVA Primary School, Wotton-under-Edge, for 7 years and Chair of Governors for 3 years. Simon is a Chartered Architect and is a director of an Architecture and Building Surveying Practice in Bristol. Simon has lived in Wotton since 1999.
Rhona Crew
I attended KLB as did my Dad and I currently have a child at the school. I am in my tenth year as a Governor at a local primary school including three years as Chair. I have lived in Wotton all of my life. I am a Financial Adviser having worked for a large insurance company for 20 years and run my own business for the last 13 years.
Janet Young
Janet joined the board of trustees in October 2025 and is passionate about supporting the development and education of young people, such that they reach their potential. A Chartered Scientist, an Environmental Scientist, a former Cub Leader, Janet currently works part time in the nuclear industry as a Principal Consultant and Compliance Lead managing and delivering costed technical programmes of work. Historically Janet served as a Foundation Governor (trustee) at Blue Coat CEVA primary school where she helped to streamline the process of governance to transparently demonstrate added value.
Staff trustees:
Headteacher
Associates
Lucy Stacey
Lucy joined the Board of Trustees in January 2023 as the Associate Staff Trustee. Previously she worked in London in the Music Industry, before spending a few years abroad with her husband and family. Lucy has worked in the school since 2006, holding such diverse roles as Receptionist to Clerk to the Governors, as well as other jobs within the school. Lucy recently returned to the Office as an Administrator. Lucy’s daughters were both at KLB and she lives in Kingswood with her husband and younger daughter. She was also involved in KLB Friends for many years.
