PART 2SCHOOL GOVERNANCE

CHAPTER 2TRAINING FOR GOVERNORS AND CLERKS AND PROVISION OF CLERKS

24Training for clerks to the governing bodies of maintained schools

1

Subsection (2) applies in relation to a body that is required to appoint a clerk to the governing body of a maintained school in Wales under section 23 of the Education Act 2002.

2

Regulations may require the body to ensure that a person appointed as clerk has completed prescribed training to a prescribed standard.

3

The regulations may—

a

prohibit the appointment of person who has not completed the training to the required standard;

b

provide for a person appointed as a clerk who has not completed the training to complete the training to the required standard within a prescribed period;

c

provide for termination of the appointment of a clerk who does not complete the training to the required standard within that period;

d

prescribe training and standards by reference to a document published, as specified in the regulations, by the Welsh Ministers;

e

provide for exceptions and exemptions.