{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/348",
  "legislation_title": "School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Voluntary aided schools",
  "text": "(1) The governing body of a voluntary aided school must comprise the following:\n(a) at least one but no more than one tenth must be LEA governors;\n(b) at least two but no more than one third must be staff governors;\n(c) at least one must be a parent governor;\n(d) such number of foundation governors as out number all the other governors listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) by two; and\n(e) such number of foundation governors appointed in accordance with regulation 8(2) as, when they are counted with the parent governors, comprise one third or more of the total membership of the governing body.\n(2) In addition—\n(a) the governing body may appoint up to two sponsor governors; and\n(b) the person who is entitled to appoint foundation governors may appoint such number of additional foundation governors (up to two) as are required to preserve their majority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of and Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1730",
      "affecting_title": "The School Governance (Constitution, Federations and New Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/348/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:01.476142+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}