Meet the Governors

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:

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

Governors are appointed for a term of four years.

There are three committees:

Finance and Resources;
Personnel and Safeguarding (with a Pay Committee from time to time);
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 (due to COVID-19, Committee Meetings were not held in the summer term, but FGB meetings continued virtually). Governors work for the good of the school, providing a strategic overview and holding the Senior Leadership Team to account.

Governing Body

	Governor Type	Committee	Specialisms	Date of Appointment	Term of Office (end date)
Mrs Rebecca Hicks	Headteacher	All		01/09/2012
Mr Richard Ascough	Co-opted Governor	Pay Committee Personnel & Safeguarding Committee	Chair and Chair of Personnel & Safeguarding Committee with responsibility for liaison with LA in the event of allegation against the HT	20/09/2017	19/09/2021
Mr Jay Bimbrah	Co-opted Governor	Pay Committee Personnel & Safeguarding Committee Finance & Resources Committee (ad-hoc)	Safeguarding Governor	26/10/2018	25/10/2022
Ms Hannah Evans	Co-opted Governor	Personnel & Safeguarding Committee		03/12/2019	02/12/2023
Dr Claire Thorne	Co-opted Governor			26/10/2018	25/10/2022
Ms Charissa Fiander-Derry	Foundation Governor	Curriculum & Data Committee	Vice-Chair and Chair of Curriculum & Data Committee	20/06/2017	19/06/2021
Mr Jeremy Scroxton	Foundation Governor	Curriculum & Data Committee	SEND Governor	20/06/2017	19/06/2021
Mr Rob Cloete	Parent Governor	Finance & Resources Committee	Chair of Finance & Resources Committee	31/10/2017	30/10/2021
Mr Matt Bowen	Local Authority Governor	Finance & Resources Committee		01/09/2020	31/08/2024
Dr Elizabeth Scott-Baumann	Parent Governor	Curriculum and Data Committee	Governor with responsibility for Disadvantaged Children	12/12/2018	11/12/2022
Mrs Sophie Frame	Staff Governor	Curriculum & Data Committee Personnel & Safeguarding Committee		29/01/2020	28/01/2024
Mr Ivo Gatto	Associate Governor			2/04/2019	01/04/2023
Mrs Davina Whitten-Eisenacher	Associate Governor	Personnel & Safeguarding Committee		02/04/2019	01/04/2023
Dr Nitu Gehdu	Co-opted Governor	Personnel & Safeguarding Committee		22/09/2020	21/09/2024
Mrs Tania Dean	Other	Finance & Resources Committee		01/09/2018

Governors who have retired or stepped down in the last 12 months
Mr Adel Mozammel				26/10/2018	27/02/2020
Mr Bruce Perry				1/09/2016	31/08/2020
Mr Ian Benjamin				12/07/2016	11/07/2020

Clerk to the Governing Body is Sara Morgan.

Governors must also declare any conflicts of interest in agenda items before every meeting.

Bruce Perry has retired as the Local Authority Governor, effective 31 August 2020. He was appointed 1st September 2016. He has been succeeded by Matt Bowen in this role, previously a Parent Governor until 11 July 2020.

Ian Benjamin has retired as a Parent Governor, effective 11 July 2020. He was appointed 12 July 2016.

Adel Mozammel has stepped down as a Co-opted Governor, effective 27 February 2020. He was appointed 26 Oct 2018.

There are currently two Parent Governor vacancies.

Governor Attendance 2019-20

Governing Body Meeting Dates for Academic Year 2020-21

Autumn Term 2020: Tuesday 22 September at 7.00pm (Business meeting). Tuesday 1 December at 7.00pm

Spring Term 2021: tba

Summer Term 2021: tba

Governor Attendance 2019-20

Governing Body Annual Reports