St. Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolSt 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.
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.
Curriculum & Pupil Welfare TOR
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 10/12/22).
| 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 |
01/10/2019 | 30/09/2023 | None declared |
| Tony di Vizio | Foundation | Diocese | Staffing Governor | 01/09/2021 | 31/08/2025 | None declared |
| Rebecca Eligon | Foundation | Diocese | 12/10/2021 | 11/10/2025 | None declared | |
| Chris Richardson | Local Authority | Surrey | Finance Governor | 6/12/2018 | 06/12/2026 | None declared |
| Elaine Coutouvidis | Parent | Parents | Safeguarding Governor | 16/12/2019 | 16/12/2023 | 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 | Treasurer | 06/12/2022 | 05/12/2026 | None declared |
| Sarah Green | Foundation | Diocese | 12/01/2023 | 11/01/2027 | None declared | |
| Alistair Widdop | Staff | Staff | 01/09/2019 | 01/09/2023 | Deputy Head | |
| Hayley Townsend | Headteacher | Virtue of role | 08/05/2020 | ongoing | Headteacher; Parent of 2 staff members | |
| Prior Members | ||||||
| John Butterworth | Foundation | Diocese | Chair, Resources Committee | 20/07/2015 | 30/11/2022 | |
| John Gilligan | Associate Member | FGB | no voting rights | 10/12/2021 | 24/11/2022 | |
| Fr Rob Esdaile | Foundation | Diocese | 01/11/2014 | 15/03/2022 | Parish Priest | |
| Francine Watson | Foundation | Diocese | 09/12/2021 | 12/07/2022 | None declared |
Please see below the Governing Body attendance register for the year 2021-22
| Governor Name | Attendance FGB - 21/22 | Attendance Committees 21/22 |
| Steph Neale | 5/5 | Resources: 5/5 CPW: 5/5 |
| Deb Meacham | 5/5 | Resources: 5/5 CPW: 5/5 |
| John Butterworth | 4/5 | Resources: 5/5 |
| Tony di Vizio | 5/5 | Admissions: 1/1 Resources: 4/4 |
| Rebecca Eligon | 4/4 | CPW: 4/5 |
| Chris Richardson | 4/5 | Resources: 5/5 |
| Elaine Coutouvidis | 4/5 | Admissions: 1/1 CPW: 5/5 |
| Yvonne Noakes | 4/4 | Admissions: 1/1 CPW: 2/3 |
| Alistair Widdop | 5/5 | CPW: 4/5 |
| Hayley Townsend | 5/5 | Resources: 5/5 CPW: 5/5 |
| Fr Rob Esdaile | 1/3 | Resources: 0/3 |
| Francine Watson | 2/2 | CPW: 3/5 |
| Maeve Walsh | 0/1 | CPW: 1/1 |
| John Gilligan | 2/3 | Resources: 1/1 |