# School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003, Regulation 8: Foundation governors


(1) In these Regulations—
“foundation governor” means a person who is appointed as a governor otherwise than by the local education authority and who—
(a) where the school has a particular religious character, is appointed for the purpose of securing that that character is preserved and developed,
(b) where there is a trust relating to the school, is appointed for the purpose of securing that the school is conducted in accordance with that trust, or
(c) where the school does not have a religious character and there is no trust relating to it, is appointed as a foundation governor of the school;
“ex officio foundation governor” means a foundation governor who is the holder of an office by virtue of which he is entitled to be a foundation governor;
“substitute governor” means a foundation governor appointed to act in the place of an ex officio foundation governor who is unwilling or unable to act as a governor or has been removed from office under regulation 23(2).
(2) One fifth or more of the persons appointed to the governing body of a voluntary aided school as foundation governors must be persons who are eligible for election or appointment as parent governors.
(3) An ex officio foundation governor will, upon ceasing to hold the office from which his governorship derives, be disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/348/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003/regulation-8
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