School Governor Election 2022

Could you be a school governor?

The governing board of Iver Village Junior School is an important part of the school community.  It is responsible for: ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction; holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

The board is currently looking for new members. 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 work of the governing board. Free training is available.

There is currently 1 vacancy for a parent governor and several vacancies for co-opted governors. Parent governors must be "parents" (which includes anyone who has parental responsibility for, or cares for, a child at the school). Co-opted governors do not need to be parents - they just need to have the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school. (There are some circumstances where someone cannot serve as a governor, summarised in the information below)

If you would like to stand for election, please complete a nomination form and return it to the school as soon as possible. You may also include a short personal statement to support your nomination, which should be no longer than 250 words. Forms are available to download at the bottom of this page or paper copies will be available at the school reception. 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.

If you would like to know more, please speak to me, or contact our Chair of Governors, Mark Vinall ([email protected]) or another member of the governing board. For more details of the work of the IVJS governing board, see https://www.ivervillage-jun.bucks.sch.uk/governors.html.
For more information about school governors generally, see https://www.inspiringgovernance.org/volunteers/

Best Wishes,
 
J Digweed

Maintained schools: Qualifications and disqualifications to serve as a school governor:

A governor must be aged 18 or over at the time of his/her election or appointment and cannot hold more than one governorship at the same school.
A person is disqualified from election or appointment as a parent governor if s/he:

• is employed at the school for more than 500 hours in any 12 consecutive months;
• is an elected member of the Local Authority.

A person is disqualified from holding or continuing to hold office as a governor or associate member if he or she:

• is a registered pupil at the school;
• has failed to attend governing body meetings at the school without the consent of the governing body, for a continuous period of six months;
• has been disqualified for failing to attend governing body meetings at the school without the consent of the governing body, for a continuous period of six months whilst serving as a foundation, local authority, co-opted or partnership governor at the school in the last 12 months;
• has had his/her estate sequestrated and the sequestration has not been discharged, annulled or reduced;
• is subject to a bankruptcy restriction order, an interim bankruptcy restrictions order, a debt relief restrictions order or an interim debt relief restrictions order;
• is subject to:
  • a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
  • a disqualification order under the Companies Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
  • a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
  • an order made under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under a county court administration order);
• has been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by an order made by the Charity Commission or Commissioners or High Court on the grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity for which he was responsible; or to which he was privy; or to which he contributed or he facilitated by his conduct; or
• has been removed, under section 34 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, from being concerned in the management or control of any body;
• is included in the list of people considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children (under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999);
• is subject to a direction of the Secretary of State under section 142 of the Education Act 2002 (or any other disqualification, prohibition or restriction which takes effect as if contained in such a direction);
• is subject to a direction of the Secretary of State under section 128 of the Education and Skills Act 2008;
• is barred from regulated activity relating to children in accordance with section 3(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;
• is disqualified from working with children under sections 28, 29, or 29A of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;
• is disqualified from registration under Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 for child minding or providing day care;
• is disqualified from registration under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006;
• has been convicted of any offence and received a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than 3 months (without the option of a fine) in the 5 years before or since becoming a governor;
• has been convicted of any offence and received a prison sentence of two and a half years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor;
• has been convicted of any offence at any time and received a prison sentence of 5 years or more;
• has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a fine under section 547 of EA 1996 (nuisance or disturbance on school premises) or under section 85A of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (nuisance or disturbance on educational premise) during the 5 years prior to or since appointment or election as a governor;
• has refused a request by the clerk to the governing body to make an application under section 113B of the Police Act 1997 for a criminal records certificate.