Academies: Governing Bodies
(asked on 27th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many academy trusts allow democratic parental involvement on the boards of individual schools within the trust.
This question was answered on 11th March 2019
The department is committed to ensuring that parents play an active role in school governance.
That is why all academy trusts must have at least 2 parents on each local governing body of their schools. In cases where the trustees have not appointed local governing bodies or no provision is made for at least 2 parents on each established local governing body, there must be a minimum of 2 parents on the academy trust’s board of trustees.