Confidentiality Statement: Governors respect the confidential nature of discussions and do not disclose governor business or decisions. When minutes of governing body meetings, Part 1, are approved they are made available to any member of the public who requests sight of them.

Professional Negligence Statement: Advice given by governors at this school is incidental to their professional expertise and is not being given in their professional capacity.

The Governing Body has adopted an open meeting protocol, which is published here for those who might wish to attend a meeting. The Governing Body has also agreed a Code of Conduct, which sets out the expectations and commitment required from members of the governing body.

The Governing Body of Thames Ditton Infant School was reconstituted on 1st September 2016 with a change of status to a Foundation School.

The Governing Body currently comprises a total of 14 governors and associate members who do not have voting rights:

• 4 elected parent governors,
• 1 elected staff governor,
• 1 Local Authority governor,
• 1 Headteacher,
• 5 Co-opted governors, and
• 2 Foundation governors
• Associate members

Governors are appointed for a term of four years.

There are four committees:

• Finance and Resources;
• Personnel (with a Pay Committee from time to time)
• Safeguarding and Wellbeing
• Curriculum and Data.

These committees do much of the work and report to the Full Governing Body.

There are four FGB meetings in an academic year – two in the first term – and each Committee meets three times during the year. Governors work for the good of the school, providing a strategic overview and holding the Senior Leadership Team to account.

Governing Body

Clerk to the Governing Body is Sara Morgan.

Isobelle Sinclair, stepped down as a Co-Opted Governor on 1/2/204 and become an Associate Member

Nicki Young stepped down as a Parent Governor on 22 December 2023.

Charissa Fiander-Derry stepped down as a Foundation Governor and Chair of Governors, effective 21 July 2023.