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Declarations of Interest To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any personal and/or prejudicial interest in any item on the agenda.
Declarations are a personal matter for each Member to decide. Whilst Officers can advise on the Code and its interpretation, the decision to declare or not, is the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular circumstances. Minutes: No Member made any specific declaration of interest in any item of business at this point in the proceedings. Notwithstanding this, each Member declared a personal interest in agenda item 6 (Local authority Appointments to School Governing Bodies) ion respect of any nominee who was a Cheshire East Councillor. |
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Public Speaking Time/Open Session In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos. 11 and 35, a total period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the Panel on any matter relevant to its work.
Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers. Members of the public are not required to give notice to use this facility. However, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours’ notice is encouraged.
Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide three clear working days’ notice, in writing, to enable an informed answer to be given.
Minutes: In accordance with procedure Rules 11 and 35, a total of 10 minutes was allocated for members of the public to address the Panel on any matter relevant to its work.
There were no members of the public in attendance and the Panel, therefore, proceeded to its next business. |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve the Minutes of the Meeting held on 16th October 2009. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 16th October 2009 be approved as a correct record. |
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Exclusion of Press and Public The reports relating to the following item has been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matters may be determined with the press and public excluded.
The Panel is asked to RESOLVE –
That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item, pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of The Local Government Act 1972 and the public interest would not be served in publishing the information. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item, pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and the public interest would not be served in publishing the information. |
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Local Authority Appointments to School Governing Bodies The report of the Strategic Director, informs Members of current Local Authority Governor vacancies within Cheshire East maintained schools. Minutes: The Local Authority School Governor Appointments Panel considered the report of the Strategic Director – People, which informed Members of current Local Authority School governor vacancies within Cheshire East maintained schools and recommended individuals for appointment and re-appointment to identified posts.
Additional information in respect of twelve new appointments and two re-appointments was tabled at the meeting.
There were 359 LA Governor positions across Cheshire East’s 151 maintained schools. Currently 87 (24.2%) of these positions were vacant. The latest national benchmarking information (2009) showed 10.1% of all LA Governor positions to be vacant and 10.8% of all governor positions (of all categories) to be vacant, nationally.
In line with the agreed procedures, nominations to these vacant positions had been invited from schools and from Local Members. Any individuals who had approached the School Governance Service directly, or via the School Governors’ One Stop Shop (SGOSS), had also been considered against appropriate vacancies.
The usual term of office for a school governor was four years but could be shorter, the shortest allowable term being one year. The Panel had previously agreed that all terms of office for Cheshire East La Governors would be four years.
RESOLVED: (a) That the following appointments be approved with effect from 23rd January 2010 for a four-year period –
1. BROKEN CROSS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL Cllr D J Beckford
2. EATON BANK SCHOOL Mrs S M Aston
3. EATON BANK SCHOOL Mrs C C Caswell
4. HIGH LEGH PRIMARY SCHOOL Cllr A J Knowles
5. MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr A Mierzejewski
6. MONKS COPPENHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs M Lamb
7. OAKEFIELD PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL Mr P Chesters
8. THE DINGLE PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr C W Edwards
9. WILLASTON PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs J Bratherton 10. WISTASTON CHURCH LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr N A Simms
11. BEECHWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr Gordon Fyffe
12. BOLLINBROOK CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Miss Martha Christabel Marshall
13. FALLIBROOME HIGH SCHOOL Councillor Ainsley Arnold
14. GORSEY BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr Christopher Stubbs
15. HOLMES CHAPEL PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr Martin Elliott
16. OAKEFIELD PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL Miss Geraldine Dawn Brooks
17. RUSKIN SPORTS AND LANGUAGES COLLEGE Mr Gordon Fyffe
18. SANDBACH COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL Miss Rebecca Darlington
19. ST MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, MIDDLEWICH Mr Jonathan Williams
20. WRENBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs Rachel Emma Bulkeley
21. WYCHE PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs Jo Stainsby
(b) That it be noted that the following appointment had been made since the last meeting of the Panel, in accordance with the procedures for emergency LA Governor appointments to be made to schools in the Council’s “Schools Causing Concern” programme.
22. HASLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs C A Davies Appointed with effect from 15/12/2009
(c) That the following Local Authority Governors who had requested reappointment and whose term of office ended on the date indicated, be reappointed with effect from the following day –
23. MILLFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL W S McGinnis 13/02/2010 24. AUDLEM ST JAMES’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs Nancy-May Wilton-Morgan 20/03/2010
25. PUSS BANK SCHOOL ... view the full minutes text for item 21. |
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RE-ADMITTANCE OF PRESS AND PUBLIC Minutes: RESOLVED: That the press and public be re-admitted to the meeting. |
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Date of Next Meeting/Calendar of Meetings - 2010-2011 The next meeting is scheduled for 21st May 2010.
The Panel will be invited to agree its meetings for the Municipal Year 2010-2011. Officers will advise on the most appropriate dates; Members are reminded that the Panel should meet at least termly. Minutes: The Panel was invited to agree its meetings for the new Municipal Year.
RESOLVED: That the Panel meet on the following dates at Macclesfield Town Hall, meetings to commence at 10.00 am –
28th May 22nd October 4th February 2011 |