Upcoming elections

Parent Governor Representative on the Scrutiny Children’s Services Review Group

Luton Borough Council currently (November 2024) has a vacancy for a Parent Governor Representative on the Scrutiny Children’s Services Review Group.

Parent Governor Representatives are elected by other parent governors to serve for four years.

They not only represent parent governors but also all parents whose children are in maintained schools or in some other form of education provided by the local authority.

There is a small allowance paid for this role but more importantly it is hoped that they will get personal satisfaction from this important public service, develop a better understanding of how the local authority makes strategic decisions and build working relationships with other committee members.

The intention is to enable parents to have a direct input into their local authority’s policies on education provision for pupils of school age.

The role of Parent Governor Representative is to hold their local authority to account and consult and feed back to parents, the local authority’s discussions and decisions on education. They represent parents by:

• speaking for parents and pupils on education matters at Committee
• voting on key decisions
• keeping in touch with general views of parents
• acting as a sounding board for the local authority

The Scrutiny Children’s Services Review Group holds approximately seven meetings per Municipal Year (May to May), at the Town Hall and commencing at 6pm (length of meeting varies 1-2 hours).

The following are not eligible to stand as Parent Governor Representatives:

• anyone employed by the local authority
• anyone employed at a school maintained by the local authority either as
• teaching or non-teaching staff
• anyone who is a councillor of any local authority

Nominations are therefore being sought from all Parent Governors who have been sent the following pack on 19 November 2024.

If contested an election will follow and further details will appear on this website.