The Government of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2005

(Regulations 5 and 6)

SCHEDULE 2 Election of teacher and staff governors

1.  In this Schedule “appropriate authority” (“awdurdod priodol”) has the same meaning as in Schedule 1.

2.  Where a local education authority is the appropriate authority in relation to a school, that authority may delegate to the head teacher of the school any of its functions under this Schedule.

3.  Subject to paragraphs 4 to 6, the appropriate authority must make all the necessary arrangements for the election of teacher and staff governors.

4.  The appropriate authority is to determine for the purposes of an election of teacher or staff governors whether a person is a school teacher or otherwise employed to work at the school.

5.  The power conferred by paragraph 3—

(a) does not include power to impose any requirements as to the minimum number of votes required to be cast for a candidate to be elected, but

(b) does include the power to make provision as to qualifying dates.

6.  Any election which is contested must be held by secret ballot.