Who sits on an academys governing body?
Like other state-funded schools, academies also have stakeholder governance. They all have a parent governor, a local authority appointed governor, and the academy Principal is a member because of his or her role. Academies may also have a teacher governor (either elected or appointed); a staff governor (either elected or appointed) and may include community representatives. As trustees the governing body has a public duty to act in the interests of the academy and not the sponsors. Their accountability will be similar to many maintained schools.
