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About the Governing Body:
The Governing Body carries many legal responsibilities for administering the school. School Governors oversee the general conduct, seek a balanced curriculum, compliance with the law, appoint staff, manage the school budget, set targets and seek improvements wherever possible through action plans. The Local Education Authority makes available to the Governing Body an annual sum of money, much of which has to be spent on specific categories of expenditure, but some has flexibility.
The Governing body meets regularly, at least once and usually twice a term. The minutes of each meeting are published on this web site (see the Policies & Reports page). |
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There are different categories of Governor, who serve a term of office of 4 years (renewable), and in Voluntary Controlled schools these are:
- Foundaton Governors - at least 2, but no more than one quarter. In the case of our school the founding body is the Church of England, and they appoint governors to preserve and develop the religious character of the school.
- LEA Appointed Governors - at least 1, but no more than one fifth. They are appointed by the Local Education Authority (LEA).
- Parent Governors - at least one third. Parents, including carers, of registered pupils are eligible to stand for election. They are elected by other parents at the school. If insufficient parents stand for election, the Governing Body can appoint a Parent Governor.
- Staff Governors - at least two places, but no more than one third, including the Headteacher. Both teaching and support staff at the school are eligible. They are elected by the school staff, and must be paid to work at the school. At least one Staff Governor must be a teacher, in addition to the Headteacher.
- Community Governor - at least one tenth. Appointed by the Governing Body to represent community interests. They can be people who live or work in the community served by the school, or persons who do not work or live close to the school but are committed to the good governance and success of the school. This excludes elected members of the local authority and those eligible to be a Staff Governor.
Current Governing Body:
Since the Federation of Exford & Dulverton Schools was formed on April 2nd, 2007, there is now a new single governing body for the three schools and this page will be updated shortly with the new governors details and photos. Dr Brian Martin, formerly Chair at Exford, is now the Vice Chair of the new federation governing body.
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