Confidentiality Statement:

Governors respect the confidential nature of discussions and do not disclose governors' 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 given in their professional capacity.

The Governing Body of Thames Ditton Infant School

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 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 of members of the governing body.

There are four committees:

• Finance and Resources - Chair Bronek Carr
• Personnel (with a Pay Committee from time to time) - Chair Debbie Holmes
• Safeguarding and Wellbeing - Safeguarding Chair Emma Palmer
• Curriculum and Data - Chair Erin Wilson

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

There are four full governing body 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.

The Governing Body currently comprises a total of 14 governors and associate members:

• 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. The associate members do not have voting rights at either the full governing board meetings or on the committees on which they serve.

The Clerk to the Governing Body is Mrs T. Day.