Education Reform Act 1988

64 Constitution of the initial governing body of a grant-maintained school

(1) The initial governing body of a grant-maintained school shall consist of—

(a) five parent governors;

(b) such number (not being less than one nor more than two) of teacher governors as may be specified in the proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status for the school;

(c) the person who is for the time being the head teacher, as a governor ex officio; and

(d) either—

(i) in the case of a school which was a county school immediately before it became a grant-maintained school, such number of first governors as may be so specified; or

(ii) in the case of a school which was a voluntary school immediately before it became a grant-maintained school, such number of foundation governors as may be so specified.

(2) The number of first governors or foundation governors specified in the proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status for a school shall be a number which secures that those governors outnumber the other governors.

(3) In the case of the initial governing body of a grant-maintained school, the first governors or (as the case may be) the foundation governors shall include at least two persons who on the date of publication of the proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status are parents of a registered pupil at the school in respect of which the proposals are made.

(4) Where the initial governing body of such a school is required to include first governors, those governors shall include persons who appear to those selecting them under section 66 of this Act to be members of the local business community.

(5) In any provision of this Chapter relating to the initial governing body of a grant-maintained school—

• “first governor” means a person selected under section 66 or nominated under section 68 of this Act who would qualify in accordance with section 53 of this Act for appointment as a first governor to the governing body as constituted in accordance with that section;

• “foundation governor” means a person so selected or nominated for the purpose for which a foundation governor would be required in accordance with that section to be appointed to the governing body as so constituted;

• “parent governor” means—

  (a)

  a person who, immediately before the incorporation date in relation to the grant-maintained school, is a parent governor (within the meaning of the 1986 Act) in relation to the school in respect of which the proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status are made; or

  (b)

  a person elected under section 66 or elected or nominated under section 68 of this Act to hold office as a parent governor on the initial governing body; and

• “teacher governor” means—

  (a)

  a person who, immediately before the incorporation date in relation to the grant-maintained school, is a teacher governor (within the meaning of the 1986 Act) in relation to the school in respect of which the proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained status are made; or

  (b)

  a person elected under section 66 or elected or nominated under section 68 of this Act to hold office as a teacher governor on the initial governing body.