Meet the Governors

Our school governing body, has an important role to play.  Our main purpose is to provide a strategic and policy framework within which the school is run.  It is the responsibility of the Headteacher and staff to guide and advise governors, implement the plans and deliver the curriculum.

The Governing Body is responsible for supporting high expectations, being a ‘critical friend’ to the school and holding it to account.

If you are interested in being a governor, then please enquire, in the first instance, at the school office.

Our Governing Body

Our Governing Body strives to ensure the school achieves the best it can, that our children are well taught and well cared for and that our staff are supported.

We want Overdale Infant School to be a place where our children feel safe and can develop and learn. We also recognise our part in the Overdale community and want to ensure our links with the junior school and the PA, as well as the wider community, are as strong as possible.

At present our Governing Body consists of:

The Trustees of OAK Multi Academy Trust believe it is important that boards reflect the diversity of the school communities they serve. Diverse boards promote inclusive school environments and provide diverse role models for staff and young people.

The governors are currently collecting data on the diversity of the board, including data on age, gender and ethnicity. They will use that data to inform their recruitment and training needs and ensure there is always a diverse range of perspectives around the table to support robust decision-making.

Due to our relatively small governing bodies, we do not publish this diversity data online as individual governors could be identified and we have a legal obligation to protect their personal data.

2021-22 resignation

• Daniel Routledge – Chair. Term of Office 6.1.11 – 16.5.22
• Heather Powell – Local Governor. Term of Office 25.2.12 – 3.2.22
• Matt Stevenson – Local Governor. Term of Office 22.2.17 – 3.2.22

2022-23 resignation

• Sally Birch – Vice-Chair. Term of Office 8.6.22 – 30.06.23

Chair of Governors Matt Davis can be contacted via the school:

c/o Overdale Infant School
Leicester
LE2 3YA

0116 2882724

OAK Trust Members and Trustees can be found here.