School Governors

Angela Broadbent
My involvement with Chelsea Community Hospital School goes back to 1994 when I first started working on Rose Ward at the Brompton site. I spent three years teaching there and then left full time work to look after my first child who is now aged 11.I have two other children aged 9 and 3. The school was an interesting and challenging place to work and gave me so many valuable experiences and opportunities. Children, siblings, parents and staff motivated, moved and inspired me during my time on Rose Ward. I did a Masters degree in Psychology and Education for Special Needs whilst I was working at the school and this has fuelled my continuing interest for Special Education. I currently teach part time in the mainstream sector mainly with year one children. I have been a parent Governor at our local school here in Berkshire for some time so bring this valuable experience to this very special role. It is wonderful to reconnect with the school in this rewarding way after nearly twelve years and to be able to give a little back to the community up in London through this role as governor at the school.

Annie Chance
I am Annie Chance, a recently retired teacher with CCHS. After many decades in Educational and Magazine Publishing, I was a ‘late returner’ to teaching.
In 1997 while teaching in Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in Hackney I was awarded a MA in Psychology and SEN from the Institute of Education.  My MA thesis was on the Self-esteem of Adolescents who have a Long-term Illness. I also completed a course in Bereavement Counselling with CRUSE and worked for them in a voluntary capacity until 200I.   When QEH hospital closed I was lucky enough to get a job back where I started - in CCHS.  I taught at the Brompton and Chelsea Westminster Hospital sites until I retired in 2007.
What makes CCHs such a special place?  This is not hard to answer  – It is the quality of the leadership and the dedication of all who work in CCHS, from teachers, SMT,  to the Friends, multidisciplinary medical and psychosocial groups, volunteers, teaching assistants, psychologists, art therapists musicians and storytellers – a creative lot !  Hospital teaching itself is a rewarding and interesting job with no two days the same.
To coincide with my retirement I was very fortunate to win a bursary to a Writers Centre in Annaghmakerrig and I have been trying ever since to avoid cleaning behind the taps, the temptations of grandchildren and cheap travel to continue with the writing; poetry, drama and stories. 
 They say that once people work for CCHS they never really leave.  .  I started my association as a volunteer on the Chelsea Westminster site and continued for many happy years as a teacher.   I am so pleased to be still involved with the hospital school as a governor.

Carren Corriveau
Curriculum, Art and KS3 Governor 

Janette Steel
Head Teacher
Janette Steel is Head Teacher at Chelsea Community Hospital School, which includes the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, The Royal Brompton Hospital, St Mary's Hospital, Collingham Child and Family Unit and children and young people in RBKC who have a medical or mental health condition that prevents them going to school. Janette has lectured in the areas of Arts for Health, Bereavement, and the Education of Children with Medical and Mental Health Problems.She has a MA in Psychology and Special Needs from the Institute of Education and studied Drama Therapy in the Psychology Masters Programme at Antioch University in San Francisco.

Janette's career working with children started as a director at the National Youth Theatre, she then went on to have a theatre company called "Amorous Piranha" (a loving bite at society). She worked in San Francisco as a Drama Therapist and leader of a creative arts programme, in a wide range of special settings including in-patient psychiatric units and hospitals.

Publications include:
Identification of Girls in Emotional Behaviour Difficulties
Inpatient Units for Children with mental health problems
Ofsted Euphoria
Courage (Children with Cystic Fibrosis)
A Chapter called "Educating the Emotions" in the Arts and Healthcare Learning from Experience
Returning children with a mental health diagnosis to school
Cystic Fibrosis: meeting the long term educational needs

Jay Ravalia
Staff Governor 

Joan Finlay CBE
Joan Findlay is a British subject born in Shanghai, China. After being educated in England she returned to China and worked as a Personal Assistant at the British Consulate. When the Japanese invaded China Mrs. Findlay was seconded to take more than 300 British subjects to Hong Kong, where they were clothed and cared for until they could obtain return passage to Britain. Mrs. Findlay was married in Shanghai and her family lived in Hong Kong until they were transferred to Japan. With their three week old daughter the family sailed on the last boat to Canada and as war had been declared in Europe their route caused them to hit the same typhoon three times, resulting in many broken limbs. From New York, the Findlays were first transferred to Sao Paulo, Brasil, and then to Recife in the north before eventually arriving in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they lived for many years and where her other three daughters were born. After her husband's death some 15 years ago Mrs. Finlay returned to England.

Karen Cockell
RBKC Governor
Karen is delighted to return to Chelsea Community Hospital School having served as a Governor from 1994-96 when she stepped down following the birth of her first daughter.
Prior to having children, Karen worked in fringe theatre before moving into the fashion industry working with some of London's most famous designers. She worked as a volunteer at the Cheyne Centre for several years. Karen lives in Kensington and Chelsea, where she has spent most of her life, with her family including three West Highland Terriers.

Dr Nicola Bridges
Special Educational Needs Governor 

Marie Sherlock
Teacher Governor
 Hello I am Marie and I am a teacher governor at the Hospital School. I come from Ireland and my first job when I moved to London was as a supply teacher for the hospital school. I came for two weeks, ..that was 13 years ago. I never knew such a thing existed as hospital education. It is a fascinating and rewarding area of education to be involved in. I have had many roles within the hospital school and been involved in interesting and exciting projects, not least of which are the children and young people I work with. Currently I work part time and am a senior teacher based at the Brompton Hospital site. I am also the UK representative for an organisation called HOPE. This is a worldwide organisation of hospital educators working collaboratively to further the access to education for children with a medical condition.

Zarif Khan
RBKC Designate