{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003/regulation-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Staff governors",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “staff governor” means—\n(a) the head teacher, who is a staff governor by virtue of his office unless he resigns the position in accordance with regulation 22(1);\n(b) a person who is elected in accordance with Schedule 2 as a governor by persons who are paid to work at the school and is himself a person so working at the time when he is elected.\n(2) At least one staff governor (in addition to the head teacher) must be a school teacher unless no school teacher stands for election.\n(3) Where the school’s instrument of government specifies that there shall be three or more staff governors, at least one staff governor must be a person who is not a school teacher, unless no such person stands for election.\n(4) Prior to the coming into force of section 122 of the 2002 Act, when it shall be interpreted in accordance with that provision, “school teacher” means a teacher who is employed by—\n(a) a local education authority, or\n(b) the governing body,\nin the provision of primary or secondary education.\n(5) Upon ceasing to work at the school, a staff governor of a school will be disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of the 2002 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/348/regulation/5",
    "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."
}