Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Board considered a report of the Town Clerk regarding those elements of the City Corporation’s Scheme of Delegations and Standing Orders for which they have responsibility.

The Town Clerk highlighted that the overall Scheme of Delegations had now been approved by the Policy and Resources Committee.

The Chairman stated that he felt that matters delegated to the Head Teacher should give consideration not only to existing approved budgets but also to future budgets. He requested that the wording be amended throughout in order to reflect this. He suggested that the Boards of the two other Independent City Schools might also want to consider this amendment. The Board delegated authority to the Chairman and Headmistress to finalise the wording.

The Board were also of the view that paragraph (c) should be expanded to include not only the Director of Studies but also ‘other members of the Senior Management Team’ with final selection in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors ‘or their appointed representatives’.

Finally, the Board suggested that paragraph (d) be expanded to also include reference to pastoral appointments and Heads of Section.

The Headmistress stated that she had been closely involved with the production of those aspects of the Scheme of direct relevance to the School.

RESOLVED – That:

1.      the delegations relating to the Headmistress of the City of London School for Girls     as set out in the appendix be amended as suggested before being submitted to the Court of Common Council for final approval in May 2014; and

2.      Governors note the proposed amendment to Standing Orders relating to the declaration of operational property assets which are surplus to requirements.