Constitution of Board

Constitution of Boards of Management

(a) For schools having a recognised staff of more than one teacher:

(i) Two direct nominees of the Patron.

(ii) Two parents of children enrolled in the school (one being a mother, the other a father, elected by the general body of parents of children enrolled in the school).

(Note: To ensure the widest possible representation, where practicable, parents should be from separate families and bear no relationship to any other member of the board),

(iii) The Principal Teacher (or Acting Principal Teacher) of the school.

(iv) One other teacher on the staff of the school, elected by vote of the teaching staff, including the Principal Teacher.

(v) Two extra members proposed by those nominees, described at (i) - (iv) above, acting in accordance with the process set out at Appendix C.

(b) For schools having a recognised staff of one teacher:

(i) One direct nominee of the Patron.

(ii) The Principal of the school.

(iii) One parent elected from parents of pupils enrolled in the school elected by the general body of parents of children enrolled in the school.

(Note: To ensure the widest possible representation, where practicable, parents should bear no relationship to any other member of the staff or board.)

(iv) One extra member proposed by those nominees, described at (i) - (iii) above, acting in accordance with the process set out (see Election of Board Members).