# The Education (Groups of Grant-maintained Schools) (Initial Governing Instruments) Regulations 1994, Paragraph 6: Other groups


(1) This paragraph applies in the case of a group which contains one or more schools which are not foundation schools.
(2) If any school in the group is a foundation school one externally appointed governor must be appointed in respect of that school.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below the appropriate number of the core governors must (on the date or dates on which they respectively take office) be parents of registered pupils at schools in the group.
(4) In the case of a group containing one or more special schools sub-paragraph (3) above shall apply only to the extent that compliance is reasonably practicable.
(5) Except in the case of a group containing one or more special schools, the appropriate number of the core governors must (on the date or dates on which they respectively take office) be members of the local community.
(6) Except in the case of a group containing one or more special schools the governing body must, in appointing core governors, secure that those governors include persons appearing to the governing body to be members of the local business community.
(7) In the case of a group consisting only of special schools, not less than two of the core governors must be persons with experience of education for those with special educational needs.
(8) In the case of a group, not falling within sub-paragraph (7) above or sub-paragraph (9) below, which contains one or more special schools—
(a) at least one of the core governors must be a person appearing to the governing body to be a member of the local community, and
(b) at least one of the core governors must be a person with experience of education for those with special educational needs.
(9) In the case of a group consisting of one or more foundation schools and one or more special schools only at least one of the core governors must be a person with experience of education for those with special educational needs.
(10) The number of core governors must be such number, not being—
(a) less than five; or
(b) subject to (a) above, more than the number of schools in the group,
as will secure that they and the parent governors outnumber the other governors.
(11) Any head teacher of a school in the group who has chosen not to be a governor shall be counted as one for the purpose of sub-paragraph (10) above.
(12) One person may satisfy any number of the requirements in sub-paragraphs (3), (5), (6), (7), (8)(a), (8)(b) or (9) above in so far as any of those sub-paragraphs apply to the group.
(13) In sub-paragraphs (3) and (5) above “the appropriate number” means not less than two or, if all but one of the schools in the group are foundation schools, at least one.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2896/schedule/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-groups-of-grant-maintained-schools-initial-governing-instruments-regulations-1994/schedule/paragraph-6
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