Governors

Your Governors

Full Governing Body

The governing body have statutory responsibilities including agreeing the school budget and expenditure, and ensuring key policies are in place. Governors do not get involved in the day to day running of the school. The role is one of 'critical friend', asking questions and providing challenge and support in any areas which they have expertise. Other key roles of the governing body include:

To hold the school account for the educational standards it achieves.
Deciding on how the resources of the schools are best used
Planning ahead so that the performance of our children and school continue to improve
Making sure the school buildings are welcoming and safe
Celebrating the school's success

Quality of Education Committee

This Committee concentrates on how children are learning and how well they are learning. The information on this is looked at very closely to make sure that all children are achieving their potential and if this is not the case what is being done to help them to do so.

Finance & Resources Committee

The role of this Committee is to ensure that the school's budget is spent wisely. We want to make sure that the budget is spent on areas where the information tells us there needs to be an improvement. We also need to make sure that we have a rolling programme of maintenance for the school building. This Committee also deals with all staffing issues.

Who Are Your Governors?

Name of Governor

Category of Governor

Keith Lishman

Chair of Governors

Jenny Slinger

Head teacher (ex-officio)

Ruth Nicholas

LA Governor

Danica Izycki

Co-opted

Alison Myers

Co-opted

Anthony Hibble

Co-opted

Leah Hilditch

Parent

Adam Jager

Parent

Aimie Geraghty

Parent

Jordan Birtles

Staff

Lynn Wyeth

Clerk to Governors

Members of the school Senior Leadership Team may attend meetings of the Governing Body without voting rights.

Name	Position/Type of Governor	Term of office	Date Appointed	Expiry Date	Committee	Relevant Business Interest	Serving as a Governor at another school?	Relationship with staff member
Keith Lishman	Chair of Governors	4 years	5.3.24	4.3.28	Leadership	None declared	No	No
Ruth Nicholas	LA Governor	4 years	5.12.24	4.12.28	Leadership and Quality of Education	None declared	No	No
Leah Ashton	Parent Governor	4 years	5.12.24	4.12.28	Quality of Education	None declared	No	No
Aimie Geraghty	Parent Governor	4 years	21.3.23	20.3.27	Quality of Education	None declared	No	No
Antony Hibble	Co-opted Governor	4 years	10.1.23	9.1.27	Quality of Education	None declared	No	No
Danica Izycki	Co-opted Governor	4 years	5.12.24	4.12.28	Quality of Education	None declared	No	No
Adam Jager	Parent Governor	4 years	11.10.25	10.10.29	Leadership	None declared	No	No
Jordan Birtles	Staff Governor	4 years	19.9.24	18.9.28	Quality of Education	None declared	No	No
Jenny Slinger	Ex-officio/Headteacher	N/A	22.8.23		All	None declared	No	No
Alison Myers	Co-opted	4 years	9.12.25	8.12.29	Leadership

	Attendance at Governor meetings
Name	Full Governors 28.8.25	Full Governors 14.10.25	Full Governors 9.12.25	Full Governors 10.03.26	Full Governors 30.06.26	Leadership 28.10.25	Leadership 4.12.25	Leadership 02.03.26	Leadership 16.06.26
Keith Lishman	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ruth Nicholas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes
Leah Ashton	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aimie Geraghty	Apologies	Apologies	Yes	Yes	Apologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Antony Hibble	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Apologies	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Danica Izycki		Yes	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adam Jager		Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jordan Birtles	Apologies	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jenny Slinger	Apologies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Alison Myers	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	-
Linda Osborn (resigned December 2026)	Yes	Apologies	Apologies	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A

Governor	Quality of Education 02.02.26	Quality of Education 03.03.26
Ruth Nicholas	Yes	Yes
Jenny Slinger	Yes	Yes
Anthony Hibble	Yes	Yes
Jordan Birtles	Apologies	Yes
Aimie Geraghty	Apologies	Yes

Names of the Chair of the Governing Body and Chair of each committee

Full Governing Body Chair: Keith Lishman

Quality of Education Committee Chair: Ruth Nicholas

Leadership Committee Chair: Keith Lishman

Clerk to Governors-Lynn Wyeth

Contacting the Chair of Governors

If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors you can do so via the school. Please email office@dovelands.leicester.sch.uk or send in a letter to the school office addressed to the Chair of Governors.

Becoming a Governor

If you are interested in becoming a Governor, please contact the school via email letting us know what skills and attributes you can offer to the Governing body.

Further Information

Further information about our school and the Governing Body can be found at: Dovelands Primary School - GOV.UK (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk)

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