Governing Body

Our governors act as ‘critical friends’ to the school. They attend meetings and help to determine the overall direction and vision as well as school policy. They help us to monitor developments within the school and provide a sounding board for dealing with issues of all kinds. They freely give their time to help the school and we are extremely grateful for all that they do. Governors attend all meetings of the Full Governing Body (FGB) which are held six times a year. In addition, some are also members of sub Committees.

Information about our governors

Our chair of Governors is Phil Shepherd. Phil has been a governor since 2001 and as chair serves on both Standards and Resources committees.

Our Vice Chair role is currently held jointly by Maggie Kippen and Helen Flynn.

The tables below detail the membership of the Governing Body over the last academic year.

Name	Date of Appt to current term of office	Term of Office	Appointment	Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests	Other Governance Roles of self or partner	Relationships with other governors/school staff	Attendance meetings 2019-20
Timothy Astin	13/10/2017	4 years	Partnership Governor	None	None	None	5/7
Justin Kelly	5/1/2010	Ongoing whilst in post	Staff Governor	None	Spouse is employee of NESCOT & Exec Comm Member of Banstead 5 Churches	Headteacher at Tadworth Primary	9/9
Helen Flynn	12/11/2018	4 years	Appointed by governing body as Co-Opted governor	None	None	None	11/12
Steve Hankin	05/05/2017	4 years	Staff Governor	None	None	Employee of Tadworth Primary School	8/8
Luciana Ispani-Ioannou	12/11/2018	4 years	Appointed by governing body as Co-Opted governor	Self-employed solicitor	None	None	10/10
Alex Mixter	12/11/2018	4 years	Appointed by governing body as Co-Opted governor	Project Manager	None	None	8/8
Philip Shepherd	12/11/2018	4 years	Appointed by governing body as Co-Opted governor	None	None	None	8/9
Matt Tiplin	22/11/2018	4 years	By parents of Tadworth Primary School as Parent Governor	None	None	None	6/7
Maggie Kippen	3/9/2018	4 years	Appointed by governing body as Partnership Governor	Director of Duval Products Storage Equipment Ltd	Trustee of The Gatton Trust, Gatton Community Theatre	None	8/10
Philip Harrison	16/12/2016	4 years	By local authority as LA Governor	Director/Shareholder at Unilink Finance Ltd & Devonshire Trading Ltd	Spouse is Employee of Shawley Community Primary School	None	9/9
David Hodgkinson	5/9/2020	4 years	Co-opted Governor	Airline Pilot with British Airways	None	None	8/8
Dawn Mountford	25/4/19	4 years	Appointed by governing body as Co-opted Governor	None	None	Teacher at Tadworth Primary School	7/7
Suzanne Solomon	2/5/2017	4 years	By parents of Tadworth Primary as Parent Gov	None	None	None	7/7
Emma Smith	29/3/2018	4 years	By Parents of Tadworth Primary as Parent Gov	None	None	None	6/7
Lynne Wootton	2/5/2017	4 years	By parents of Tadworth Primary as Parent Gov	None	None	None	8/9
Judy Turnbull Clerk	-	Ongoing whilst in post	-		Clerk to the Governing Body	None
Fiona Prophet	-	Ongoing whilst in post	By governing body as Associate Gov	None	None	Deputy Headteacher at Tadworth Primary

Past Governors

Lisa Patterson	16/11/2012 - 03/05/2018	Appointed by Parents of Tadworth Primary School as Parent Governor	None	None	-	1/4
Graham Fry	2/5/2017 - 21/11/2017	Appointed by parents of Tadworth Primary as Parent Governor	Majority owner of Avsnet Ltd	Spouse headteacher at Children's Trust	None	1/2
Rebecca Cooper	12/11/2014- 20/09/2018	Appointed by Governing Body as a Co-opted Governor	None	None	Staff member	5/6
Nigel Warwick	12/11/2014 - 20/19/2018	Appointed by the Governing Body as a Co-opted Governor	None	None	None	7/8

Tadworth Primary School

Governing Body

Past Governors