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Christ Church CE Primary School
'Let your light shine' Matthew 5:16
Parent Governor Elections
FOR AN APPLICATION PACK - CLICK HERE
10 January 2024
Dear Parent/Carer,
PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTION (Spring 2024)
I am writing to you to invite you to stand for election as a parent governor, or nominate another parent to do so. In our school, we currently have two parent governor vacancies.
The governing body, with the headteacher, has overall responsibility for the running of the school. Governing bodies have three core strategic functions:
● Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
● Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
● Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
For more information on the governance structure across Kaleidoscope Multi-Academy Trust, please visit the Trust website for further information: https://www.kaleidoscopemat.co.uk/governance-structure.html.
No special qualifications are needed and the most important thing is to have a keen interest in the school and be prepared to play an active part in the governing body’s work. Training is available for all governors and this governing body has an expectation that those new to being a governor attend induction training.
The enclosed pack summarises the circumstances under which someone cannot serve as a governor. In addition, parents/carers who have paid employment in the school for 500 or more hours per academic year or who are elected members of the Local Authority are not eligible to stand in these elections. Nominations must be from parents or carers with children currently placed at the school on the day that nominations close.
If you would like to stand for election, please complete the nomination form on our website HERE and return it to the school no later than Friday 19th January at 12:00. You may also include a short personal statement to support your nomination, which should be no longer than 250 words. Self-nominations will be accepted, but if you are nominating another parent please seek their prior consent.
If there are more nominations than vacancies, the election will be by secret ballot. If that is necessary, voting papers will be sent to all parents together with details of the ballot procedure.
Yours faithfully,
Jo Baxter
Clerk to Local Governing Board