Committee Structure

Governors’ Committee Structure 2025-26

The Governing Body of Devonshire Primary School has a structure whereby every governor (excluding the Site Manager) is a member of the Full Governing Body Committee.

Chair of Governors: Colin Iddles

Vice-Chair: Anne Arnold

Clerk to the Governors: Lynn Atkins

The Full Governing Body oversees our main committees listed in the following table:-

Committee	Chair	Remit of Committee
Finance	Anne Arnold	Oversees the financial performance of the school and ensures value for money
Premises	Amin Mirza	Oversees matters relating to school premises
Personnel & Pay	Colin Iddles	Oversees personnel and pay matters
Teaching & Learning	Jack Wadman	Oversees the monitoring of school performance and improvement
Headteacher Performance Development	Colin Iddles	Responsible for Headteacher performance development

We also have various ad-hoc working groups, committees or panels on a specific issue as required (for example pupil exclusion).

Governor membership of main committees:-

Governor Name	Committee Membership
Anne Arnold	Finance (chair), Personnel & Pay (vice chair), Teaching & Learning, Headteacher Performance Development
Emily Catling	Finance, Premises (TBC)
Colin Iddles	Finance, Premises
Katharine Iuga	Finance, Premises (TBC)
Harriet Kenney	Finance, Teaching & Learning (vice chair)
Amin Mirza	Premises (chair), Finance
Fiona Oastler	Member of all committees (excluding Headteacher Performance Development which she attends in an official capacity)
Charlotte King	Teaching & Learning
Molly Torpey
Jack Wadman	Teaching & Learning