Governing Body Ways of working

Merry Christmas everyone. Over the next seven days of the holiday period I have scheduled a 7 part blog based on a paper about What governing bodies should expect from schools leaders and
what school leaders should expect from governing bodies. Have a Happy new year!

Governing Body Ways of working

The way that the governing body operates and the way that it organises itself should be related to thenature of its work. Governing bodies have considerable freedom regarding the delegation of work to committees or individuals (including the chair and the headteacher) and they should carefully consider the tasks to be undertaken before making decisions on the delegation of responsibilities. Governing bodies should keep their working practices under review.

Governing bodies are required to act in accordance with the provisions of the workforce agreement and must have regard to the work-life balance of school leaders when arranging meeting times.

School leaders should have regard to governors’ work and other commitments when meetings are being arranged.

It should be the joint responsibility of school leaders and the governing body to ensure that meetings are well planned, at appropriate intervals, with agendas


Taken from a joint document entitled 'What governing bodies should expect from school leaders and what school leaders should expect from governing bodies' The document was written in 2008 by the NGA (National Governors Association) working together with the two main headteacher’s unions, the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT).

http://www.nga.org.uk/uploadfiles/documents/HEGagreementamended.pdf