{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-transition-from-an-interim-executive-board-england-regulations-2010/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-transition-from-an-interim-executive-board-england-regulations-2010/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1918",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (Transition from an Interim Executive Board) (England) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-transition-from-an-interim-executive-board-england-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Shadow parent governor",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “shadow parent governor” means a person who is appointed as such by the local authority to be a member of the shadow governing body and who is—\n(a) a parent of a registered pupil at the school, or where such an appointment is not practicable,\n(i) a parent of a former registered pupil at the school, or\n(ii) a parent of a child of compulsory school age or under, or\n(b) where the school is a community special school or a foundation special school a parent of a registered pupil at the school, or where such an appointment is not practicable,\n(i) a parent of a former registered pupil at the school;\n(ii) a parent of a child of compulsory school age or under with special educational needs;\n(iii) a parent with experience of educating a child with special educational needs.\n(2) A local authority may only appoint as a shadow parent governor a person who has, in the opinion of the local authority, the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 renumbered as reg. 5(1) (1.9.2015) by The School Governance (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/883), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(a) (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2) inserted (1.9.2015) by The School Governance (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/883), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(b) (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.9.2010, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1918/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:35:23.976029+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."
}