The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012

PART 4 COMPOSITION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF A FEDERATION

Requirements for all federations

21.—(1) The governing body of every federation must be constituted in accordance with this regulation.

(2) The total membership of the governing body of a federation must be no fewer than seven governors.

(3) The governing body of a federation must include the following—

(a) one parent governor elected or appointed in accordance with regulation 14 in respect of each school in the federation;

(b) the head teacher of each federated school unless any such head teacher resigns the office of governor in accordance with regulation 19 of the Constitution Regulations 2012;

(c) one staff governor; and

(d) one local authority governor.

(4) The governing body may in addition appoint such number of co-opted governors as they consider necessary provided that the requirements in regulation 22 are met in respect of governing bodies of federations comprising foundation and voluntary schools.

(5) The total number of co-opted governors who are also eligible to be elected as staff governors under Schedule 3 must not exceed one third of the total membership of the governing body.

Additional requirements for federations comprising foundation and voluntary schools

22.—(1) The governing body of a federation comprising only foundation or foundation special schools which, in either case, do not have a foundation, must also include at least two (but no more than one quarter of the total) partnership governors.

(2) The governing body of a federation comprising only foundation or foundation special schools which have a foundation but which are not qualifying foundation schools must also include at least two (but no more than 45 per cent of the total) foundation governors.

(3) The governing body of a federation comprising only qualifying foundation schools must also include such number of foundation governors as to outnumber all the other governors by up to two.

(4) The governing body of a federation comprising only voluntary controlled schools must also include at least two (but no more than one quarter of the total) foundation governors.

(5) The governing body of a federation comprising only voluntary aided schools must also include such number of foundation governors as to outnumber all the other governors by two.

(6) The governing body of a federation comprising voluntary controlled schools and community, community special or maintained nursery schools must also include at least one foundation governor.

(7) The governing body of a federation comprising more than one category of school including at least one foundation, foundation special or voluntary aided school must also include at least two foundation governors (or partnership governors as appropriate in respect of any school without a foundation).

(8) In calculating the number of governors required in order to comply with this regulation, the number is to be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.