Clerk To Governors Training

Ask A Clerk currently offers two online training courses for clerks working in maintained schools in England. (These courses are not suitable for academy clerks.)

These pre-recorded courses each provide you with a two-hour training video that you can watch at any time. Also included is a complete transcript of the video and a study guide that explains the law in plain English.

Roles, Procedures & Allowances Training

Click here for full details of the Roles, Procedures & Allowances training, including how to order.

The Roles, Procedures & Allowances training course covers:

  • an introduction to the role of governors, the headteacher and clerk
  • how to elect the chair of governors and vice-chair
  • when chair’s action can be used (the chair’s power to act alone in emergencies)
  • removing a chair or vice-chair
  • how to call meetings
  • when the agenda and papers must be sent out
  • who can attend meetings
  • calculating the quorum at full board or committee meetings
  • who can vote
  • the procedure used to hold votes
  • conflicts of interest
  • suspending governors
  • delegating decisions to committees and individual governors
  • appointing associate members to committees
  • governor allowances/expenses.

Constitution Training

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The Constitution training course covers:

  • the different types of governor – parent governor, staff governor, local authority governor, foundation governor, partnership governor, co-opted governor and headteacher governor
  • how many governors of each type you must have
  • how each governor is appointed or elected to the board and how ex officio governors join your board
  • terms of office
  • who is eligible for each governor position
  • how to hold parent and staff governor elections
  • how many associate members you can appoint and why you might want associate members
  • reasons why governors are disqualified (including criminal convictions and missing meetings)
  • how to remove governors from the board
  • the instrument of government (IoG)
  • why you might want to change your instrument of government
  • the process you must use when changing the instrument
  • how the rules differ in federated schools.

If you have any questions about Ask A Clerk training courses please contact me and I am happy to help.