The Headteacher is well supported by members of the local governing body and senior leaders who will not compromise on the high expectations that are driving students’ rising attainment
Ofsted
About the local governing body
Edenham High School is an academy in the Greenshaw Learning Trust. The school is overseen by its local governing body under the authority delegated to it by the Trust.
The local governing body is responsible for the strategic leadership of the school, for the school’s financial and academic performance, and for holding the headteacher to account.
Governors act collectively as the local governing body, exercising their powers in a primarily strategic leadership role; they should not get involved in the day-to-day running of the school.
The local governing body can establish committees, but members of committees are not governors unless they are also members of the Local Governing Body. Edenham operates three committees that together cover the work of the school and the responsibilities of the governors: Chairs, resources and learning.
As well as attending local governing body meetings, governors are expected to be a member of at least one committee and to engage in appropriate governor and school activities. Governors also serve on various panels that decide on specific matters such as grievance, complaints and staff appointments.
The local governing body generally meets four times a year and each committee once per term.
Governors are appointed in a number of different ways:
- Trust governors are appointed by the Board of Trustees.
- Parent governors are elected by ballot of all parents and careers of current students.
- Community Governor – is a person appointed by the local governing body to reflect its community and stakeholders.
- Staff governors – A staff governor must be a person employed in that capacity by the Academy, and will cease to be a governor if they cease to work for the academy; teaching staff governors are appointed by the governing body following a secret ballot of all teaching staff; non-teaching staff governors are appointed by the local governing body following a secret ballot of all non-teaching staff.
- The headteacher is a governor ex-officio.
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