Governors
Welcome to the governors page. Your contacts are:
We are able to support and advise you on any matter relating to governance. Whether it is on the appointment/reappointment of foundation governors, reconstitution of governing bodies, federation of governing bodies, recruitment of a new headteacher or other strategic matters.
News
Any news items specific to governors will appear here
Appointment of Foundation governors
We administer with your clerk to the governing body, the appointment of Foundation governors. The process is explained in the clerks section. Foundation governor information booklet is also available in the Clerks' section to download.
Instruments of government
Every school is required to have an Instrument of Government in relation to their governing body. This is signed and sealed by Legal Services at Norfolk or Suffolk County Councils and shows the total numbers of governors required to form the governing body; including the number of governors under each category eg Foundation, Community, Local Authority, Parent, Staff, Sponsors, Trustees etc. Governing Body’s are able to reconstitute at any time and we are able to advise on this. Once agreed by the governing body, you will need to notify us so that we can sign off the new Instrument before liaising with the relevant Local Authority to arrange for it to be legal and sealed.
Examples of church school governing body instruments which may be used as an example are available here:
Admissions
Voluntary Controlled
schools will adopt the Norfolk County Council
or Suffolk County Council guidelines as their policy. Voluntary Aided
schools will have their own admissions policy but will often base this on the
recommendation of Norfolk or Suffolk County Council policy.
Published on: 22/03/2012
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