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Who can chair a committee?
Who is eligible to be chair of a committee? We look at guidelines on who can chair committees of the governing body in academies and maintained schools, and at permitted terms of office for the chair. We also relay advice on good practice when electing chairs and vice-chairs of committees.
Contents
- Maintained schools
- Academies
- Headteachers or staff governors chairing committees
- Chair and vice-chair of governors acting as committee chairs/vice chairs
- Terms of office
- Election
- Committees: remits, responsibilities and delegation
- Different governing board committee structures: pros and cons
- Governing board committee structures (maintained)
- How to review your committees
- Roles and responsibilities of committee chairs
- The role of the chair of the finance committee (maintained)
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