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The Education (School Government) Regulations 1987

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13.—(1) The quorum for a meeting of the governing body of a school shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, be any three members of that body or, where greater, any one third (rounded up to a whole number) of the membership thereof when complete.

(2) Where the governing instrument for a school includes a provision specifying the quorum for a meeting of the governing body of the school and that provision is different from the provision contained in a paragraph (1) by reason only that the quorum specified in the governing instrument is greater than that provided for in that paragraph, the quorum specified in the governing instrument shall, provided it does not exceed two fifths (rounded up to a whole number) of the membership of the governing body of the school when complete, be the quorum for a meeting of the governing body of the school.

(3) The quorum for the purpose of–

(a)making appointments of parent governors in accordance with any provision made by virtue of section 5 of the 1986 Act;

(b)co-opting governors (otherwise than as foundation governors) in accordance with any provision made by virtue of section 3 of that Act, or by virtue of that section as applied by paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to that Act; and

(c)co-opting temporary teacher governors in accordance with paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to that Act;

shall be any three quarters (rounded up to a whole number) of the governors concerned.

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