Your board or local authority will organise the election
The appropriate authority must make all the necessary arrangements for the election of staff governors:
| School type | Responsibility |
| Voluntary aided | Governing board |
| Foundation | Governing board |
| Foundation special | Governing board |
| Community | Local authority (can delegate to the headteacher) |
| Community special | Local authority (can delegate to the headteacher) |
| Voluntary controlled | Local authority (can delegate to the headteacher) |
| Maintained nursery school | Local authority (can delegate to the headteacher) |
This is set out in The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012 (schedule 1 and schedule 2).
Any member of staff is eligible to stand
This includes senior leaders, teachers and support staff, as long as they're employed at your school at the time of the election.
Their role will end either at the end of their term of office, or if they leave the school.
This is set out in regulation 7 of the 2012 regulations and page 15 of DfE guidance.
The election process
There aren't any national time limits for the different stages of holding staff governor elections.