Regulation 47 Staff dismissal committee and dismissal appeal committee

Subject to paragraph (6), the staff dismissal committee shall include not less than three members of the governing body.

The dismissal appeal committee shall include no fewer members of the governing body than the staff dismissal committee the decision of which is subject to appeal.

Where a dismissal appeal committee is considering an appeal against a decision of the staff dismissal committee, no member of the staff dismissal committee whose decision is subject to appeal shall take part in the proceedings of the dismissal appeal committee.

The head teacher of the school shall not be a member of the staff dismissal committee or the dismissal appeal committee.

No member of the staff dismissal committee or the dismissal appeal committee who is not a member of the governing body shall be entitled to vote in any proceedings of the committee in question.

Where it is not reasonably practicable for the staff dismissal committee and the dismissal appeal committee each to include three members of the governing body, the staff dismissal committee shall include two members of the governing body.