# The Education (Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1993, Paragraph 14: Annual parents' meeting


(1) Subject to paragraph (10) below, the Governing Body shall hold a meeting once in every school year (“the annual parents' meeting”) which is open to —
(a) all parents of registered pupils at the School; and
(b) such other persons as the Governing Body may invite.
(2) The purpose of the meeting shall be to provide an opportunity for the discussion of —
(a) the governors' report;
(b) the audited accounts annexed to that report in accordance with Article 13(5); and
(c) the discharge by the Governing Body and the Head Teacher of their functions in relation to the School.
(3) The proceedings at any annual parents' meeting shall be under the control of the Governing Body.
(4) No person who is not a parent of a registered pupil may vote on any question put to such a meeting.
(5) Where the required number of parents of registered pupils at the School are present at any annual parents' meeting, the meeting may pass (by simple majority) resolutions on any matters which may properly be discussed at the meeting.
(6) The Governing Body shall—
(a) consider any such resolution which is duly passed at such a meeting and which they consider is a matter for them; and
(b) send to the Head Teacher a copy of any such resolution which they consider is a matter for him.
(7) The Governing Body shall comment (in writing) on any such resolution which they consider is a matter for them, for inclusion in their next governors' report.
(8) The Head Teacher shall consider any such resolution a copy of which has been sent to him by the Governing Body and shall provide the Governing Body with a brief comment on it (in writing) for inclusion in their next governors' report.
(9) For the purposes of this Article, any question whether a person is a parent of a registered pupil at the School shall be determined by the Governing Body.
(10) Where—
(a) the Governing Body are of the opinion that it would be impracticable to hold an annual parents' meeting in a particular school year;
(b) at least fifty per cent of the registered pupils at the School are boarders at the time when the Governing Body form that opinion; and
(c) an annual parents' meeting was held by the Governing Body in the immediately preceding school year,
they may refrain from holding such a meeting.
(11) In paragraph (5) above, “the required number” means any number equal to at least twenty per cent of the number of registered pupils at the School.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3102/schedule/2/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-grant-maintained-schools-initial-governing-instruments-regulations-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-14
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