Julia Cottee

Appointed Governor, Chair

Date of Appointment: 08/06/2023

Term of Office Ends: 07/06/2027

Category: Community

Appointing Body: Trust Board

Relevant Business Interests: None

Trusteeships and Governance Roles at other Educational Institutions: Chair of Board – Reading Governance Association; Vice Chair of Governors Grazeley Primary School; Chair of Governors REYS Federation; Board member Education Partnership Board; Nursery Governor representative RBCs school forum; Governor at Blagrave Nursery School; Associate member with governance experience of the Kennet Federation.

Membership of organisations, public bodies etc: None

Attendance at Meetings (2025-26): 4/4

About me: I am the Chair of Governors at The Wren.  I have been a school governor for over 15 years, working in a variety of schools in and around Reading.  I am a firm believer in state education being free from selection, and so therefore every school should be a good, inclusive place to learn and grow.  I am extremely lucky to be able to commit the time to directly help schools with their progress and improvement.  My daughter was in the very first cohort in 2015, so I was highly motivated to make sure that The Wren was a good school, and the best way to ensure this was to get involved in creating it.  It is an enormously inspirational role, and very soul-enriching, hence why I am still doing it 8 years later.