Pupil Discipline Committee Terms of Reference Name of Committee
Pupil Discipline Committee
Status of Committee
Statutory
Membership
At least three governors with no previous knowledge of and not known personally to the pupil or the parents/carers. The Headteacher may not be involved. Appointed by the committee.
Appointment of Chair Clerking Meetings
The Clerk to the Governing Body will clerk meetings.
Quorum
As required. Confidential Three governors.
Voting
Consensus or majority
Responsibilities/ Powers
To hear appeals from pupils and their parents or carers on permanent and temporary exclusions. (The committee may also meet if there is concern about the number of temporary exclusions a pupils has received, or if an excluded pupil is likely to miss public examinations) Minutes to be produced by the clerk and circulated to committee members within one week of the meeting taking place. They will be confidential to members of the committee.
Minutes