Issue - meetings

This report provides information about the current position with regard to vacancies for LA seats on governing bodies, lists current nominations for those vacancies, as detailed in Annex 1, and requests the appointment, or re-appointment, of the listed nominees

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to appoint or re-appoint the Local Authority Governors to fill vacant seats as proposed in Annex 1 to the report.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

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

Members considered a report that informed them of the current position with regard to vacancies for Local Authority seats on governing bodies, listed current nominations for those vacancies (detailed in Annex 1 to the report) and requested the appointment or reappointment of the listed nominees.

It was noted that paragraph 3 of the report should read that there would be seven Local Authority Governor vacancies remaining after the proposed appointments were made and that two applicants had been placed in community governor vacancies since the previous paper presented to Members.  All nominations were CRB cleared before being presented for consideration.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

(i)         That the Executive Member be advised to appoint or re-appoint the Local Authority Governors to fill vacant seats as proposed in Annex 1 to the report¹.

(ii)               That thanks be recorded to Governors for the work that they carried out and the time that they gave to the role.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

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