In a nutshell: Chair of Governors has been in post for many years (not sure how many - his 'profile' is not clear about this, but Deputy Chair has been incumbent over thirty years. Over the past few years the school has deteriorated from 'good' to 'satisfactory' and following its last Ofsted report is now 'inadequate' and has gone into special measures. It is a secondary school, by the way.
The school has recently become a converter academy. The previous head 'resigned due to ill health', but was actually under investigation by the LEA at the time, so there is currently an acting head.
During the academisation process a number of parents wrote to the chair of governors with questions and concerns and received no response or acknowledgement to their letters and emails. Other parents have written to the chair of governors with more specific issues relating to their own children and received no acknowledgement or response.
Some of us feel very strongly that the Chair and Deputy of Governors should resign as they have presided over the school's deterioration and ignore communications from parents.
At open meetings several parents have requested the Chair and Deputy to step down and allow the school a chance to have a fresh start, but their response is to say 'we were voted into our positions and will stay here.' Incidentally, another governor is the son of the chair of governors - so a pretty assured vote there I would say.
Sorry this has turned out to be a long post, but does anyone have any experience of a similar situation? Can you offer any advice?
Thanks.
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woollyideas · 28/03/2013 10:28
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