Paragraph 10 Procedure for the election of parent and teacher governors
It shall be for the Governing Body to determine, for the purposes of an election of parent or teacher governors, any question whether a person is —
a registered parent of a registered pupil at the School; or
a teacher at the School.
Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, it shall be for the Governing Body to make all necessary arrangements for, and to determine all other matters relating to, any such election.
The power conferred by sub-paragraph (2) above includes power to make provision as to qualifying dates but does not include power to impose any requirement as to the minimum number of votes required to be cast for a candidate to be elected.
An election of parent or teacher governors which is contested must be held by secret ballot.
The arrangements made under sub-paragraph (2) above shall, in the case of any election of a parent governor, provide for every person who is entitled to vote in the election to have an oppprtunity to do so by post or, if he so prefers, by having his ballot paper returned to the school by a registered pupil at the School.
Where a vacancy for a parent governor is required to be filled by election, the Governing Body shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every person who is known to them to be a registered parent of a registered pupil at the School is —
informed of the vacancy and that it is required to be filled by election;
informed that he is entitled to stand as a candidate, and vote, at the election; and
given an opportunity to do so.