Clause 18 - Governing bodies
Education Bill
8:30 pm
Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend, Labour)
With this we may take the following amendments: No. 166, in page 11, line 39, after 'school,', insert
'who in the case of a community, community nursery, community special, foundation or special foundation school shall constitute not less than one third of members of the governing body.'.
No. 176, in page 11, line 40, at end insert—
'(bb) persons employed as teaching staff at the school.'.
No. 138, in page 12, line 2, after 'governors', insert
'who shall, except in the case of a voluntary controlled school, constitute a majority of members of the governing body,'.
No. 177, in page 12, line 4, at end insert—
'(g) where a contract for school improvement has been agreed, representatives of the contractor.'.
No. 149, in page 12, line 4, at end insert—
'(2A) Regulations made under subsection (2) shall provide that the persons mentioned in (b) of subsection (2) shall include such numbers of persons employed to work as teachers at the school as may be appropriate having regard to the total number of teachers so employed.'.
No. 221, in page 12, line 4, at end insert—
'(2A) The governing body of a community school shall have—
(a) at least one-third of the membership from persons who are parents of registered pupils at the school at the time of their election or appointment,
(b) no more than one-third of the membership who shall be employees who work at the school,
(c) at least one-fifth of the membership shall be persons appointed by the local education authority, and
(d) the remaining governors shall be appointed as community governors by the existing governors at the time of the appointment.'.
No. 236, in page 12, line 22, after 'bodies,' insert—
'(3A) No person may be a member of the governing body of a school who—
(a) is a member or employee of the maintaining local education authority having executive responsibility for education, or
(b) is a member of the maintaining local education authority having responsibility for scrutinising delivery of education including by that school.'.