The New Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005

Appointment or election of new governors

45.—(1) The following paragraphs apply in relation to the appointment or election of governors required to constitute the governing body pursuant to regulation 43(4).

(2) Any parent governor must be either—

(a) elected (after the school opening date) by the parents of registered pupils at the new school and must himself or herself be such a parent at the time when he or she is elected; or

(b) appointed (after the school opening date) in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Government Regulations.

(3) After the school opening date—

(a) any staff or teacher governor must be elected in accordance with regulations 5 and 6 of and Schedule 2 to the Government Regulations;

(b) any partnership governor must be nominated and appointed in accordance with regulation 10 of and Schedule 3 to the Government Regulations

(c) any community governor or additional community governor must be appointed in accordance with regulations 8 and 20 of the Government Regulations.

(4) If—

(a) the instrument of government of a new school provides for one or more of the governors to be appointed by persons acting jointly, and

(b) those persons fail to make an agreed appointment,

the appointment must be made by, or in accordance with a direction given by, the National Assembly for Wales.