The total membership shall be not less than 7 and not more than 15 Subject to 4.1.1, the membership of the Academy Committee shall be comprised as follows: (a) the Principal (b) the Improvement Director or member of ATT staff (c) a minimum of 2 elected parent Governors (d) up to 2 staff governors (e) up to 9 community Governors whose appointment shall be subject to approval by the Trust. The Academy Committee may continue to act notwithstanding a temporary vacancy in its composition. Governors’ Term of Office Any Governor shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment but (except in the case of the Principal and the Improvement Director) the length of his term of office shall not exceed four years. Subject to remaining eligible to be a Governor any Governor may be re-appointed for consecutive periods not exceeding 8 years in total but thereafter a Governor shall not be eligible for re-appointment until one year after his or her retirement, unless agreed exceptionally by resolution of the Trustees that he or she shall be eligible to serve for a further consecutive term. For the avoidance of doubt, a Governor’s term of office shall not include any time served as a governor of a predecessor school to an academy. Resignation & Removal of Governors A Governor may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Clerk to the Academy Committee. A Governor shall cease to hold office if he is removed by the person or persons who appointed him. This provision does not apply in the case of the Parent or Staff Member. The Trustees may terminate the appointment of any Governor whose presence or conduct is deemed by the Trustees not to be in the best interests of the Trust or the academy. Any Staff Member shall automatically cease to hold office if he ceases to be employed at the academy. However, a Parent Governor shall not automatically cease to hold office solely by reason of the child (of whom that Parent Governor is a parent or carer) ceasing to be a pupil at the academy.
The total membership shall be not less than 7 and not more than 15 Subject to 4.1.1, the membership of the Academy Committee shall be comprised as follows: (a) the Principal (b) the Improvement Director or member of ATT staff (c) a minimum of 2 elected parent Governors (d) up to 2 staff governors (e) up to 9 community Governors whose appointment shall be subject to approval by the Trust. The Academy Committee may continue to act notwithstanding a temporary vacancy in its composition. Governors’ Term of Office Any Governor shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment but (except in the case of the Principal and the Improvement Director) the length of his term of office shall not exceed four years. Subject to remaining eligible to be a Governor any Governor may be re-appointed for consecutive periods not exceeding 8 years in total but thereafter a Governor shall not be eligible for re-appointment until one year after his or her retirement, unless agreed exceptionally by resolution of the Trustees that he or she shall be eligible to serve for a further consecutive term. For the avoidance of doubt, a Governor’s term of office shall not include any time served as a governor of a predecessor school to an academy. Resignation & Removal of Governors A Governor may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Clerk to the Academy Committee. A Governor shall cease to hold office if he is removed by the person or persons who appointed him. This provision does not apply in the case of the Parent or Staff Member. The Trustees may terminate the appointment of any Governor whose presence or conduct is deemed by the Trustees not to be in the best interests of the Trust or the academy. Any Staff Member shall automatically cease to hold office if he ceases to be employed at the academy. However, a Parent Governor shall not automatically cease to hold office solely by reason of the child (of whom that Parent Governor is a parent or carer) ceasing to be a pupil at the academy.
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