Role of the Governor
- In everything they do, governors must by law aim to promote high standards of education and achievement at the school.
- Governors take general responsibility for the conduct of the school – this should include how in broad and strategic terms it should be run.
- Governors have ultimate responsibility for the performance of the school and have a duty to promote high standards by monitoring the performance of the school. A good governing body will take a strategic view, determine policies, plans and targets and monitor and evaluate results.
- Governors should use data from the school, county and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to monitor the school’s performance and benchmark against other similar schools locally and nationally.
- The Governing Body is accountable to its partners, not only for its own decisions and actions, but for all that happens at the school. Governors are accountable for the school’s performance to the parents and pupils; to the community it serves and, as an employer, to its staff.
- Governors are part of a corporate body and individual governors have no power except where the whole governing body has delegated a specific power to that individual.
- The Governing body’s legal powers are described in ‘A Guide to the Law’ (External) issued by the DCSF.
- The governors and Headteacher should work in close partnership. The Headteacher has the responsibility for the day-to-day internal organisation, management and control of the school.
- Governors have a responsibility to keep up-to-date with new legislation and government guidance.
