Board of governors
The name used in Northern Ireland (and by many schools elsewhere) for a school's governing body.
- Used in
- Northern Ireland
- Topic
- Governance
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Related terms
- Governing body (GB) England Wales Northern Ireland
- The board responsible for the strategic leadership of a maintained school, holding the headteacher to account and overseeing finances.
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