Regulation 56 Access to committee meetings

A head teacher of a school shall be entitled to attend any meeting of a committee of the governing body of the school, subject however to Part VII and to paragraph (2).

Paragraph (1) shall not confer any addition right on the head teacher in relation to any committee referred to in regulation 47, 48 or 49, or in relation to any committee or selection panel exercising a function referred to in Schedule 16 or 17 to the 1998 Act.

Where two or more schools are to be discontinued (“the discontinued schools”) and the registered pupils at those schools, or a substantial number of those pupils, are expected to transfer to a new school, the head teachers of the discontinued schools shall be entitled to attend any meeting of a committee of the temporary governing body of the new school until a head teacher is appointed for that new school, subject, however, to Part VII.

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