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The School Governance (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2007

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Temporary staff governors

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8.—(1) In these Regulations “temporary staff governor” means—

(a)the head teacher or head teacher designate, who is a temporary staff governor by virtue of his office unless he resigns the position in accordance with regulation 22(1);

(b)a person who is appointed to be a member of the temporary governing body of a new school in accordance with this regulation and who is paid to work at a maintained school.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) any temporary staff governor is to be appointed by the temporary governing body.

(3) In the case of a new school which is or will be a voluntary aided school or a foundation school proposals for the establishment of which were published by proposers, a person may not be appointed under paragraph (2) unless he has been nominated for appointment as a temporary staff governor by the proposers.

(4) Where a person has been nominated in accordance with paragraph (3) by the proposers, that person is to be co-opted as a temporary staff governor.

(5) At least one temporary staff governor (in addition to the head teacher or head teacher designate) must be a school teacher(1) unless no school teacher is willing to be appointed.

(6) Where there will be three or more temporary staff governors, at least one temporary staff governor must be a person who is not a school teacher unless no such person is willing to be appointed.

(7) Where one or more maintained schools have been, or are to be, discontinued (“the discontinued schools”) and the registered pupils at such school or schools or a substantial number of those pupils, are expected to transfer to a new school, the arrangements made under regulation 8 must provide for the governing body of the discontinued school (or, as the case may be, any of the governing bodies of the discontinued schools) to appoint some or all of the temporary staff governors of the new school.

(8) A temporary staff governor, upon ceasing to work at a maintained school, is disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a temporary governor.

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Within the meaning of section 122 of EA 2002.

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