Issue - meetings

This report provides information about the current position with regard to vacancies for Local Authority seats on governing bodies, lists current nominations for those vacancies and requests the appointment, or re-appointment of the listed nominees.

RESOLVED:       That the appointment or re-appointment of Local

Authority Governors, as proposed in Annex 1 of the report, be approved².

REASON:            To ensure that Local Authority places on school governing bodies continue to be effectively filled.

The Cabinet Member considered a report that provided information about the current position with regard to vacancies for Local Authority seats on Governing Bodies, listed current nominations for those vacancies, as detailed in Annex 1 of the report, and requested the appointment, or reappointment, of the listed nominees.

The Cabinet Member was pleased to note that there were currently only four vacancies for Local Authority Governors.  She congratulated officers on the work that they were carrying out in recruiting governors, including supporting schools that were experiencing difficulties in appointing community and parent governors.

The Cabinet Member’s attention was drawn to changes in legislation and the implications for school governance.  A briefing on these issues would be arranged in due course¹.

RESOLVED:       That the appointment or re-appointment of Local

Authority Governors, as proposed in Annex 1 of the report, be approved².

REASON:            To ensure that Local Authority places on school governing bodies continue to be effectively filled.