Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

Our School Governors

The Local Governing Body of St Thomas CE Primary School plays a crucial role in the life and work of our school. It is made up of 12 volunteers from the local and wider community, plus the Headteacher and one member of staff. The role of the Local Governing Body is defined in its constitution and the Scheme of Delegation.

Our school is part of the Liverpool Diocesan School Trust (LDST), a multi academy trust led by Liverpool Diocese which, “welcomes young people of all faiths and none and is committed to providing each of them with a high quality education and environment where Christian values and principles permeate all that is done”. More information on LDST can be found on the school website and at https://www.ldst.org.uk/ and at https://www.ldst.org.uk/page/?title=Governance+and+Structure&pid=32

The main work of the Local Governing Body is outlined below:

Acting as a critical friend to the school and being accountable for its decisions.
Continuously developing the partnership with parents, carers and pupils and seeking their views to help the Governing Body, Senior Leadership Team and all staff in moving the school forward.
Establishing the strategic direction of the school by ensuring there is clarity of vision, values and objectives.
Agreeing the school improvement strategy with appropriate priorities and targets.
Ensuring accountability by appointing and performance managing the Head Teacher.
Monitoring the educational performance of the school and progress towards agreed targets.
Contributing to the school’s self-evaluation.
Overseeing financial performance by recommending the budget to Directors, monitoring spending against the budget and ensuring money is well spent and value for money is obtained.

You can find out what we have been doing by looking across the school website which has further information on governing teams, roles, biographies info and links.

St Thomas’ CE Primary School Local Governing Body

Headteacher: Mrs E Alty

Co-Chairs of Governors: Mrs R Baker and Mr J Snowdon

Vice-Chairs: Mrs J Gibbons & Mrs D Walker

Clerk to the Governors: Ms A Richardson

Name	Category	Term of Office Start Date	Appointed by	Term of Office	Roles
Mrs E Alty	Headteacher	13/03/19	LDST	N/A	Headteacher
Mrs J Gibbons	Foundation	13/07/24	Diocese	4 Years	Safeguarding and attendance Link Governor
Mr G Mattinson	Co-Opted	04/03/2026	The Board	4 Years	Not yet allocated
Mrs D Walker	Foundation	08/06/24	Diocese	4 Years	Vice Chair of Governors/Christian Distinctiveness Link Governor
Mrs H Gray	Foundation	10/05/23	Diocese	4 Years	Pupil Premium Link Governor
Rev Dr S Salt	Ex-Officio	10/05/22	Diocese	NA
Mr J Snowdon	Co-opted	03/03/24	LDST	4 Years	Co-Chair of Governors/Health and Safety Link Governor
Miss I Moffatt	Staff	10/12/25	Staff	4 Years
Mrs K Henderson	Parent	28/12/25	Parents	4 Years	EDI Governor

Former Governors (over the past 12 months)

Name	Category	Date Appointed	Interests Declared	Appointed by	Term of Office	Stood Down
Mrs R Baker	Foundation	12/10/21	None	Diocese	01/12/21	31/08/26
Mr P Donaldson	Foundation	01/12/21	None	Diocese	01/12/21	30/11/25
Mr M Ward	Ex Officio	01/01/16	Staff	Ex Officio	01/01/16	31/08/25
Mrs L Ben-Ali	Staff	01/06/17	Staff	Staff	01/01/22	31/08/25
Mr R Joy	Foundation	01/12/21	None	Diocese	01/12/21	31/08/25
Mr M Wilks	Parent	14/09/22	Parent	Parents	14/09/22-13/09/26	04/06/25
Miss C Illingworth	Foundation	18/07/22	None	Diocese	4 Years	03/07/24

Register of Interests of current governors

Name of Governor	Declared Interest
Mrs E Alty	No business interest declared
Mr G Mattinson	No business interest declared
Mrs J Gibbons	Headteacher at Litherland Moss Primary School
Mrs H Grey	Family relationship with member of staff
Rev. Dr. S Salt	Rector of United Benefice of St Cuthbert's Halsall and St Thomas' Lydiate and Downholland. Governor at Haskayne Downholland School and St. Cuthbert's CE School
Mr J Snowdon	No business interest declared
Ms I Moffatt	No business interest declared
Mrs K Henderson	No business interest declared

Please note: Any declaration of personal interests between Governors and staff of St Thomas’ CE Primary School are made to the Chair of Governors and Headteacher.

Record of Attendance 2024/2025

Name	Scheduled Meetings	Meetings Attended
Mrs E Alty	2	2
Mrs R Baker	6	6
Mrs L Ben-Ali	6	5
Mr P Donaldson	6	2
Mr L Edwards	4	4
Mrs J Gibbons	6	5
Mrs H Gray	6	5
Mrs G Harvey	6	4
Mr R Joy	6	1
Rev Dr S Salt	6	5
Mr J Snowdon	6	6
Mrs D Walker	6	3
Mr M Ward	6	5
Mr M Wilks	5	3