LA Governor Appointments and Re-Appointments

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Salford City Council – Record of
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I Councillor Jim Cammell, Lead Member for Children’s and
Young People’s Services, in exercise of the powers contained
within the Elected City Mayor’s Register of Executive
Functions delegated to Lead Members and under the School Governance (Constitution)
(England) Regulations 2012, do hereby:
 
1.   
Nominate for appointment as LA Governors
to the governing boards the following
individuals:
·     
None.
 
2.   
Nominate for re-appointment as LA
Governors to the governing boards the following
individuals:
·     
Cllr Jim Dawson – St Peter’s CE Primary
School.
·     
Dougie Watt – Broadoak Primary
School.
·     
Ms Valerie Jones – St Mark’s CE Primary
School (Worsley).
 
3.   
LA Governor Vacancies requiring nominees
from the LA:
There are currently LA governor vacancies on the
following governing boards:
·     
St Mary’s RC, Swinton Primary
School.
·     
Lower Kersal Primary
School.
·     
Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary
School.
·     
The Cathedral School of St Peter and St
John.
·     
St Marys RC Primary School
Eccles.
·     
St Boniface RC Primary
School.
 
The Reasons are:
Under The School Governance (Constitution)(England)
Regulations 2012, although Local Authority (LA) Governors are
appointed by the governing board, the LA are still required to
nominate prospective candidates and have to ensure the procedures
they have adopted for selecting their nominees meet the
requirements of the statutory guidance ‘The constitution of
governing bodies of maintained schools – statutory guidance for governing bodies of maintained schools
and local authorities in England.’
 
Options considered and
rejected were:
N/A
Assessment of
Risk:N/A
The source of funding
is:N/A
Legal Advice
obtained:N/A
Financial Advice
obtained:N/A
Procurement advice
obtained: N/A
HR Advice
obtained: N/A
 
The following documents have
been used to assist the decision process:
·     
The School Governance (Constitution) (England)
Regulations 2012.
·     
‘The constitution of governing bodies of
maintained schools – statutory guidance for
governing bodies of maintained schools and local authorities in
England.’
·     
Nominee’s application forms (where
appropriate).
 
Any comments and submissions by
the chairs of the governing boards under consideration.

Contact Officer:  Dumolwenkosi Moyo 
(Governor Services Officer )
Tel No 0161 778 0265
 
·     
This decision is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member/ Director.
 
·     
The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the
decision is the Children’s Scrutiny Panel.
 
 

Signed:    Cllr J
Cammell               
Dated:   3 April  2025.
           
Lead Member for Children’s and Young People’s
Services
 
 

FOR DEMOCRATIC SERVICES USE
ONLY:
 
* This decision was published on 3 April
2025.
* This decision will come in force at
4.00 p.m. on 10 April 2025 unless it is called-in in accordance with the
Decision Making Process Rules.
 

Details

Decision date3 Apr 2025
Effective from11 Apr 2025
Subject to call-inYes