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?
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Keith Lishman | Chair of Governors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jenny Slinger | Head teacher (ex-officio) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruth Nicholas | LA Governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danica Izycki | Co-opted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alison Myers | Co-opted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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| Attendance at Governor meetings | ||||||||
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| Name | Full Governors 28.8.25 | Full Governors 14.10.25 | Full Governors 9.12.25 | Leadership 28.10.25 | Leadership 4.12.25 |
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| Keith Lishman | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Ruth Nicholas | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Leah Ashton | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | |||
| Aimie Geraghty | Apologies | Apologies | Yes | N/A | N/A | |||
| Antony Hibble | Yes | Apologies | Yes | N/A | N/A | |||
| Danica Izycki | Yes | Apologies | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Adam Jager | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Jordan Birtles | Apologies | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | |||
| Jenny Slinger | Apologies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Alison Myers | N/A | N/A | Yes | N/A | N/A | |||
Linda Osborn (resigned December 2026) | Yes | Apologies | Apologies | Yes | 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)