Our Governing (Trustee) Board provides strategic leadership and accountability. As outlined by the NGA, it has three key functions:

1. Overseeing the financial performance of VLC and making sure its money is well spent
2. Holding the Principal to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
3. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

Rev. Brian Nash is our Chair of Trustees. He founded VLC in September 2014 in order to change the lives of young people by providing them with an opportunity to access a caring education. 

To contact Brian, please email [email protected]. If you wish to contact the Trustees/Governing Body, please contact us and state who your message is for.

Our Trustees/Governors are as follows:

Rev. Brian Nash
Chair, Safeguarding
Appointed Sept2014. Reelected Dec2024
Interests Declared: Husband of Lindsay Nash

Lindsay Nash
Member, Safeguarding, CLA, SEND
Appointed July 2019
Interests Declared: Wife of Brian Nash

Christopher Snelson
Member, Health and Safety
​Appointed November 2020
Interests Declared: None

Marie Fitzer
Member
Appointed 2024
​Interests Declared: work with VLC as EdPsych

Hannah Jacobs
Member, Staff Governor
Appointed May 2023
​Interests Declared: Member of VLC Staff

Chris Theophilus-Bevis
Member, Parent Governor
Appointed July 2023
​Interests Declared: Parent of VLC Student

All VLC staff and volunteers are recruited in accordance with safer recruitment procedures and work under the VLC Safeguarding Policy, which is available here. ​

If you are interested in becoming a trustee/governor, please get in contact. Specific vacancies will be advertised here when they are available.​