St. Paul's Catholic Primary School

St Paul's Governing Body 

Governors of St Paul’s have the responsibility to promote and maintain the school’s Catholic character and mission.

They have overall responsibility for supervising the strategic direction of the school, and their main aim is to improve outcomes for all pupils by raising standards and driving improvement.

The full Governing Body normally meets twice a term. They carry out much of their function through their committees, which meet regularly throughout the school year. These include Admissions, Curriculum & Pupil Welfare and Resources.

Please see below our Governance Impact Statement for 2023

St Paul's Governance Impact Statement 2023

Below you will find a link to our current Governing body profiles.
Governor Profiles

The Governing Body is split into subcommittees. You will find below a link to each committee's Terms of Reference.

Resources committee TOR

Admissions committee TOR 

Curriculum & Pupil Welfare TOR

Governor code of conduct 

Code of Conduct Contact

If you have any queries or questions for the governors, please feel free to contact us.

Parental contributions to the school’s Governor's Fund should be addressed to: treasurer@stpauls-thamesditton.surrey.sch.uk

Other correspondence for the Governing Body should be addressed to the Chair of Governors, Steph Neale at the school cog@stpauls-thamesditton.surrey.sch.uk 

Below you will see the Governing Body members who have served over the last 12 months and their terms of office

(updated 31/12/23).

Governor Name Type  Appointed by Role Appointment Date End Date Declared Interests
Steph Neale Foundation Diocese Chair of Governors 25/01/2021 24/01/2025 None declared
Deb Meacham Foundation Diocese Vice Chair
Chair, CPW Committee
01/10/2023 30/09/2027 None declared
Rebecca Eligon Foundation Diocese  Admissions Chair  12/10/2021 11/10/2025 None declared
Chris Richardson Local Authority Surrey Finance Governor 06/12/2022 05/12/2026 None declared
Yvonne Noakes Parent Parents SEN Governor 23/06/2021 22/06/2025 None declared
Elizabeth Smith  Foundation  Diocese 06/12/2022 05/12/2026 None declared 
Alan Verschoyle-King Foundation  Diocese  Governors' Fund Treasurer  06/12/2022 05/12/2026 None declared 
Sarah Green  Foundation  Diocese Staff Governor  12/01/2023 11/01/2027 None declared 
Noelle Davies  Parent Parents Safeguarding Governor 17/12/2023 16/12/2027 None declared
Skott North  Staff Staff   02/10/2023 02/10/2027 Assistant Headteacher 
Hayley Townsend Headteacher Virtue of role   08/05/2020 ongoing Headteacher; Parent of 2 staff members
Prior Members            
Elaine Coutouvidis  Foundation  Diocese  Safeguarding Governor  18/01/2024 23/07/2024 None declared 
Tony di Vizio  Foundation  Diocese Staffing Governor 01/09/2021 16/12/2023 COG Claygate Primary 
Alistair Widdop  Staff  Staff    01/09/2019 01/09/2023 Deputy Head

 

 Please see below the Governing Body attendance register for the year 2022-23

Governor name

Attendance FGB  22-23

Attendance Committees 22-23

Steph Neale

5/5

CPW 5/6

Resources 6/6

Deb Meacham

5/5

CPW 6/6

Resources 6/6

Tony de Vizio

4/5

Resources 5/6

Rebecca Eligon

5/5

CPW 4/6

John Butterworth

1/1

Resources 2/6 Retired

Chris Richardson

4/5

Resources 6/6

Elaine Coutouvidis

5/5

CPW 5/6

Yvonne Noakes

5/5

CPW 5/6

Alistair Widdop

4/5

CPW 4/6

Hayley Townsend

5/5

CPW 6/6

Alan Verschoyle-King

4/4

Resources 5/6

Sarah Green

3/3

CPW 6/6

Liz Smith

4/4

CPW 4/5