10/09/2014

Dear Parent

ELECTION OF PARENT GOVERNORS: NOMINATIONS

There is/are 2 vacancies for a parent governor(s) to serve on the governing body of Taughmonagh Primary School. We are very keen to encourage parents (or people with parental responsibility) of registered pupils to fill these places. Details of what you will need to do to nominate someone are given on the reverse of this letter.

Parent governors are elected by and from other parents and are vital to our governing body. They share equally with other governors the responsibility for carrying out the governing body's wide range of responsibilities. Governors do not run the school day to day, as their role is at the strategic or policy-making level in the school. You do not have to be an expert on education to be a school governor, and we value the experience that all governors bring to the role.

If you join our governing body, you will serve for a four year term and you can continue to the end of the four years even if your child/children leave the school. Being a governor does take up time as there are generally 4 – 6 governing body meetings each year. You will need to set aside time to be able to be an effective governor: time to prepare for meetings, for visiting the school, undertaking relevant training etc.

If you would like to nominate a candidate, you may only do so on an official form, so please complete and return the attached sheet to me by Friday 26th September at noon.

Yours sincerely

Janet Douds

Who can be a parent governor?

All those who have parental responsibility and are over the age of 18 are eligible to stand for election.

There are some circumstances that disqualify an individual from serving as a school governor. If you are elected, you will be asked to confirm that there are no reasons for being disqualified from serving as a governor and provide evidence of identity and address if required.

How to nominate

If you would like to nominate a parent for election your nomination must be supported by one other parent of pupils currently at the school. (You cannot nominate someone to whom you are closely related.) Each completed nomination form must be signed by the proposer and seconder. The completed form shall also contain confirmation by the candidate of his/her acceptance of the nomination.

If the number of nominations is the same as or less than the number of vacancies, all candidates will be elected unopposed.

Where there are more nominees than places to be filled there will be an election for the purpose of filling the places. The election will be a postal ballot in which each eligible parent shall be entitled to vote.

Page 2/2

PARENT GOVERNOR ELECTION: NOMINATION FORM

TAUGHMONAGH PRIMARY SCHOOL

This form should be returned to Mrs Douds by 26 September 2014

I would like to nominate ______

This nomination is proposed and seconded by:-
FULL NAME
(TITLE, FORENAME & SURNAME)
BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE / ADDRESS / SIGNATURE AND DATE / NAME OF CHILD
1
2

ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION

I am prepared to serve as Parent Governor and to be a candidate if an election is necessary.
FULL NAME
(TITLE, FORENAME & SURNAME)
BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE / ADDRESS / SIGNATURE AND DATE / NAME OF CHILD
(with CLASS, YEAR GROUP OR TUTOR GROUP)