Members of The Priory Academy LSST's LGB come from a wide variety of different backgrounds. Below you will find a short biography of each of our thirteen Governors. Please click on the following link for details of appointments and attendance:

Governing Body Membership 2026-27 and Attendance 2025-26

 

Ms V Townshend (Chair)

Vic Townshend is a senior NHS leader and Portfolio Director with NHS England’s Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. She leads national work on Population Health Management and reducing health inequalities, helping NHS trusts and health & care systems use data and evidence to improve outcomes for people and communities. With more than 16 years’ experience across NHS provider and system roles, Vic has led major transformation programmes and developed strong partnerships across health, local government, and community sectors. Her background spans strategy, service improvement, and governance, with a focus on turning evidence into practical action and delivering measurable results.

Before joining NHS England, Vic led the design and implementation of the Lincolnshire Population Health Management Blueprint, supporting integrated planning and data-driven decision-making across the county’s health and care system. Earlier in her career, she held senior operational roles in hospital services, gaining hands-on experience in leading teams and improving performance.

Vic became Chair of Governors at The Priory Academy LSST in 2022, having served on the governing body for several years. She is committed to high standards, strong governance, and helping every student achieve their potential. All four of Vic’s children attended LSST, with her youngest son finishing in summer 2024, giving her a long-standing and personal connection to the school community.

Dr Chloe Gilgan 

Dr Chloë Gilgan is a Senior Lecturer in law and Deputy Director of Research at the University of Lincoln Law School where she leads modules on constitutional law and public international law, supervises dissertations, provides pastoral support for students, and was the former Chair of the School's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee.  She was awarded and completed her ESRC White Rose Post-doctoral Fellowship and ESRC-funded PhD at the University of York. She also holds a Juris Doctorate (JD) from New York Law School and a BA in Urban Studies/Film from Barnard College, Columbia University. She was awarded the Professor Lung-Chu Chen Award for Excellence in the Field of Human Rights for her public service to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, the Crown Prosecution Service (London), the Women’s Rights Project at the national office of the ACLU in New York, the New York State Division of Human Rights and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2009 and then worked at a London law firm handling US and UK immigration before embarking on an academic career. She has presented her research at over 20 national and international conferences, and her research has been widely published in leading academic journals and as evidence for the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Her recent book on Lessons from Syria will be published by Routledge. She is committed to using her expertise, skills, and networks to support the development of the school for all staff and students. Chloë's two children attend Priory LSST.