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 and 2 associate governors 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

 

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

 

 

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.