Board of trustees
The team at Ochil Tower School is committed to creating a nurturing and supportive environment for the children and young people on our campus.
Our Board of Trustees carry out a wide variety of roles (outlined in more detail below) but shares a common commitment to realising the potential of our children and young people.
We are currently recruiting for a new Board member. To read the role description, click here. If you would like to apply, contact valerie.darling@ochiltowerschool.org
Margaret Orr (Chair)
“I’ve been on the board of Ochil Tower School since 2015. I’ve had a long association with the school in the context of my previous career in Additional Support Needs with Glasgow City Council and my involvement at a national level on policy development. Most recently I’ve supported the school as an independent consultant.
I’m particularly pleased to be a board member at such a developmental stage in Ochil Tower’s history.
My personal interests include travel, reading, horse riding and the theatre.”
Shaun Rands
From a project, risk and change management background, Shaun believes that his knowledge and experience can assist Ochil Tower School’s various challenges in moving to 52-week provision, as well as the problems continually faced by a school providing long-term residential care to children and young people with complex learning needs. Keen to point out that he is neither an educator nor social worker, he believes that is not a barrier to being able to help govern the school and assist in any way he can, and in many ways having a fresh pair of eyes looking and challenging, helps any organisation develop and improve.
Shaun recently moved to Auchterarder and is a keen hillwalker and runner. He has recently taken up open-water swimming, but is still coming to terms with the cold.
Laura Wray
I qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1987 and in English law in 1992. I was Litigation Partner and latterly Senior Partner with L&L Lawrence Solicitors running their Glasgow and Edinburgh offices, and then a Consultant to Drummond Miller Solicitors from 1998-2002.
I was called to the Bar in 2003. As an Advocate I’ve appeared in the Court of Session, High Court, Sheriff Courts, Employment tribunals and social security tribunals. I specialise in personal injury and medical negligence. I also have experience of employment law, contractual disputes, fatal accident inquiries and I’ve been involved in criminal defence and prosecution work.
I’ve been regularly been rated in the Legal 500 and Chambers Bar Directories for Personal Injury. I was junior counsel for the pursuer (Granville Cooper) in the lead case in the Vioxx group litigation against drug manufacturer Merck, Sharp and Dome which successfully concluded in Scotland in 2003. My son Frankie is a former pupil of Ochil Tower School.
Laura Wray
I qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1987 and in English law in 1992. I was Litigation Partner and latterly Senior Partner with L&L Lawrence Solicitors running their Glasgow and Edinburgh offices, and then a Consultant to Drummond Miller Solicitors from 1998-2002.
I was called to the Bar in 2003. As an Advocate I’ve appeared in the Court of Session, High Court, Sheriff Courts, Employment tribunals and social security tribunals. I specialise in personal injury and medical negligence. I also have experience of employment law, contractual disputes, fatal accident inquiries and I’ve been involved in criminal defence and prosecution work.
I’ve been regularly been rated in the Legal 500 and Chambers Bar Directories for Personal Injury. I was junior counsel for the pursuer (Granville Cooper) in the lead case in the Vioxx group litigation against drug manufacturer Merck, Sharp and Dome which successfully concluded in Scotland in 2003. My son Frankie is a former pupil of Ochil Tower School.
