# The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 14: Staff governors


(1) In these Regulations “staff governor” means—
(a) the head teacher of a federation or of a federated school who is a staff governor by virtue of his office, unless he resigns in accordance with regulation 22(1) of the Constitution Regulations;
(b) a person who is elected in accordance with Schedule 3 as a member of the governing body of a federation by persons who are paid to work at the federation or at a federated school and is himself a person so working at the time when he is elected.
(2) At least one staff governor (in addition to the head teacher or head teachers) shall be a school teacher unless no school teacher stands for election.
(3) Where the federation’s instrument of government specifies that there shall be three or more staff governors, at least one staff governor shall be a person who is not a school teacher, unless no such person stands for election.
(4) Upon ceasing to work at the federation or school within the federation, a staff governor is disqualified from continuing to hold office as such a governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2042/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-federations-england-regulations-2004/regulation-14
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