School boards already struggle to involve mums and dads meaningfully in their work – plans to scrap their place at the table will weaken this furtherWhen the government released the latest education white paper in March,the scheme to force all schools to become academies drew the most headlines. The Department for Education probably expected less pushback to the announcement that schools will no longer need to withhold two spaces for elected parent governors.
The one-sentence proposal, on page 51 of the document, and states: “We will expect all governing boards to focus on seeking people with the right skills for governance,and so we will no longer require academy trusts to reserve places for elected parents on governing boards.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com