Education CommitteeWritten evidence submitted by Coulsdon Church of England Primary School

Whilst acknowledging that there are many important issues mentioned in the “Information on the Commons Select Committee on Education—Inquiry into the Role of School Governing Bodies” paper, our school would like to point out that as a Voluntary Aided Church of England School we find the omission in (h) of “dioceses” to be surprising (or maybe an oversight.)

The importance of these bodies to Church of England faith schools cannot be over emphasised as this major partnership is crucial in the appointment of Foundation Governors to Governing Bodies, monitoring the Christian ethos of their schools, providing training courses, providing “Briefing Sheets” on the latest education legislative issues, giving advice to governors, managing Personnel and Admissions issues including assisting governors in the process of the appointment of the school’s Headteacher and so on.

December 2012