What committees are needed for the governing body to undertake its work?
The following committees are recommended to undertake the work of the governing body effectively: • teaching staff appointments (inc. headteacherand deputy headteacher); • non-teaching staff appointments; • finance/pay review committee; • voluntary early retirement of staff committee; • staff discipline; • Staff discipline appeals committee; • pupil exclusion committee; • redundancy committee; • performance management committee; • curriculum and sex education working group and; premises committee; Once established, committees need to be monitored on a regular basis to ensure they meet the needs of the governing body. The Education (School Government, Wales) Regulations 1999 prescribe that this should be done at least once a year. Reviews could be undertaken at other times, when changes likely to affect the working of the committees arise (e.g. changes in legislation/recommended practices or procedures/increasing or reducing responsibilities).
