School governors

All of the Royal Borough’s maintained schools are required by law to have a governing body. The size of these governing bodies ranges from 13 to 20 and there are some 560 governors in total, falling into five categories:

• Parent governors - elected by the parents at the school
• Staff governors - elected by the staff at the school and including the head teacher ex-officio
• Community governors - co-opted by the governing body
• Local Authority governors - appointed by the local authority
• Foundation governors - appointed by the church authorities

What do governors do, why be one?

What do governors do? Why are governors needed? Why are governors needed? What training and development is offered? Read on

See also:

• Newsletters for school governors
• Schools instruments of government
• School research reports