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Staff governor elections
If you're a chair or clerk, be clear on the process for electing a staff governor in a maintained school so your election is compliant and runs smoothly.
Contents
- Who's responsible for organising the election?
- Who's eligible?
- Timeline
- Plan and write your recruitment literature
- The headteacher will notify staff of a vacancy and invite applications
- An election isn't needed if not enough people stand
- Run the election
- When does the staff governor's term of office start?
- Does the staff governor need a DBS check?
- Re-election
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