Committee Structure

Governors’ Committee Structure 2023-24

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: Emma Lavery

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	Emma Lavery	Oversees personnel and pay matters
Teaching & Learning	Jack Wadman	Oversees the monitoring of school performance and improvement
Headteacher Performance Development	Emma Lavery	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
Jenny Brooks	Teaching & Learning, Premises
Colin Iddles	Finance, Premises
Harriet Kenney	Finance, Teaching & Learning
Emma Lavery	Headteacher Performance Development (chair), Personnel & Pay (chair), 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)
Cecile Odent	Finance, Premises
Charlotte King	Teaching & Learning
Jack Wadman	Teaching & Learning