Agenda item

Order of the Court of 6 December 2012 (copy attached), concerning the Post-implementation review of the Governance Arrangements. Please see the second page of the Order for the matter of relevance to this Board.

The Board received an Order of the Court of Common Council of 6 December 2012, concerning the Post-implementation review of the Governance Arrangements, particularly those matters which were of direct relevance to them.

The Board noted that it had been decided that no action was to be taken to limit the number of Governors who can serve on each Board. The Town Clerk reported that the acting Chairman of this Board, Mrs Moys, was now the first Governor to be appointed on to more than one City School Board following her successful election to the Board of Governors of the City of London School at last month’s Court of Common Council meeting.

A Governor expressed concern that no compromise had been reached on this matter in terms of limiting the number of Governors who might be able to serve on more than one City School Board at any given time. He stated that his main concern was that this move was now ‘paving the way’ for the re-introduction of just one Board of Governors to oversee the work of all three City Schools.  Another Governor reminded the Board that this matter had been fully discussed by the Policy and Resources Committee and that all Common Councilmen had also been given the opportunity to comment on this further at an informal meeting ahead of the reports formal submission to the Court of Common Council. He stated that at no point had he heard any suggestions regarding the re-introduction of just one Board to oversee the three City Schools.

RECEIVED.