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SCHEDULE 9 |
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CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNING BODIES |
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PART I |
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CATEGORIES OF GOVERNOR |
| Co-opted governors |
| 1. In this Schedule "co-opted governor" means a person who is appointed to be a member of the school's governing body by being co-opted by governors who have not themselves been so appointed. |
| Foundation governors |
| 2. In this Act "foundation governor" means a person appointed to be a member of the school's governing body, otherwise than by a local education authority, who- |
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(a) where the school has a particular religious character, is appointed for the purpose of securing that that character is preserved, and |
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(b) where the school has a trust deed, is appointed for the purpose of securing that the school is conducted in accordance with that deed, |
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or, where the school has neither a religious character nor a trust deed, is appointed as a foundation governor of the school. |
| LEA governors |
| 3. In this Schedule "LEA governor" means a governor appointed to the school's governing body by the local education authority. |
| Parent governors |
| 4. In this Schedule "parent governor" means- |
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(a) a person who is elected as a member of the school's governing body by parents of registered pupils at the school and is himself such a parent at the time when he is elected, or |
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(b) a person who is appointed as a parent governor by the governing body in accordance with regulations. |
| Partnership governors |
| 5. In this Schedule "partnership governor" means a person nominated as a partnership governor, and appointed as such, in accordance with regulations. |
| Staff governors |
| 6. In this Schedule "staff governor" means a person- |
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(a) who is elected as a member of the school's governing body by persons employed to work at the school otherwise than as teachers, and |
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(b) who is himself a person so employed at the time when he is elected; |
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and for this purpose "employed" means employed under a contract of employment or a contract for services. |
| Teacher governors |
| 7. In this Schedule "teacher governor" means a person- |
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(a) who is elected as a member of the school's governing body by teachers at the school, and |
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(b) who is himself such a teacher at the time when he is elected; |
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and for this purpose "teacher" means a teacher employed under a contract of employment or a contract for services or otherwise engaged to provide his services as a teacher. |
| Head teacher |
| 8. At any time when the head teacher is a governor, he shall be treated for all purposes as being an ex officio governor. |