Governors are volunteers from the school’s parent and local community who, as a Governing Body, work to support the school to provide the best possible education for its pupils.
“The Governing Body is the key strategic decision-making body in the school, setting the strategic framework and ensuring it meets all its statutory duties. Raising achievement is at the heart of a governing body’s strategic role; every child has the right to attend a good school.”
“In law, the Governing Body is a corporate body which means:
- No governor can act on his/her own without proper authority from the full Governing Body.
- All governors carry equal responsibility for decisions made.
Although appointed through different routes, the overriding concern of all governors has to be the welfare of the school as a whole. Governing bodies should be alert to the risk of becoming dominated by one particular mind-set or strand of opinion.”
Extracts from ‘EES for Schools Code of Conduct for the Governing Body