SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 8CORE GOVERNORS FOR GROUPS
Other groups
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1
This paragraph applies in the case of a group other than such a group as is mentioned in paragraph 2(2)(b) above.
2
If any school in the group falls within paragraph 2(2)(a) above, one externally appointed governor must be appointed in respect of that school.
3
The appropriate number of the core governors must (on the date or dates on which they respectively take office) be parents of registered pupils at schools in the group, and the appropriate number of the core governors must (on the date or dates on which they respectively take office) be members of the local community; but one person may satisfy both requirements.
4
In sub-paragraph (3) above “the appropriate number” means not less than two or, if all but one of the schools in the group fall within paragraph 2(2)(a) above, at least one.
5
In appointing core governors, the governing body must secure that those governors include persons appearing to the governing body to be members of the local business community (and such persons may also satisfy one or both of the requirements of sub-paragraph (3) above).
6
The number of core governors must be such number, not being—
a
less than five, or
b
subject to paragraph (a) above, more than the number of schools in the group,
as will secure that they and the parent governors outnumber the other governors.
7
Any head teacher of a school in the group who has chosen not to be a governor shall be counted as one for the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) above.
Sch. 8 applied (with modifications) (1.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/2281, reg. 2