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 these vacancies and requests the appointment, or re-appointment, of the listed nominees.

RESOLVED:       (i)      That the appointment or re-appointment of

Local Authority Governors, as proposed in Annexes 1 and 2 of the report, be approved.

(ii)      That, in addition to the nominations detailed in the annexes to the report, the following appointments be made:

·        Emily Wood – Danesgate Management Committee

·        Andrea Durston – St Paul’s CE Primary School

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 Annexes 1 and 2 of the report, and requested the appointment, or re-appointment, of the listed nominees.

In addition to the nominees listed in the annexes to the report, the Cabinet Member was asked to consider the following nominations that had been processed since the agenda papers were published:

·        Emily Wood – Danesgate Management Committee

·        Andrea Durston – St Paul’s CE Primary School

Officers confirmed that the necessary checks had been carried out in respect of all nominations.

The Cabinet Member stated that she was delighted that the vacancy rates for LA governors was extremely low.  Recognising that governance was a crucial aspect of school improvement, the Cabinet Member requested that a paper be presented to the Decision Session in March covering issues including vacancy rates on governing bodies (not only LA vacancies), new governance arrangements and the support offered to governors by the Governance Service¹.

RESOLVED:       (i)      That the appointment or re-appointment of

Local Authority Governors, as proposed in Annexes 1 and 2 of the report, be approved.

(ii)      That, in addition to the nominations detailed in the annexes to the report, the following appointments be made:

·        Emily Wood – Danesgate Management Committee

·        Andrea Durston – St Paul’s CE Primary School

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