2006-09-23 20:33:40 · 8 answers · asked by Bombshell 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
the education authority
2006-09-23 20:35:51 · answer #1 · answered by I know nothing! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainly, to their own schools governing body. Also, parents can apply pressure if they collectively complain to the governing body. There may be some direct responsibility to the local LEA on some issues. It seems to be almost unique to education, that teachers can/do gang up against Head Teachers for all sorts of reasons. Where they refuse to work with the head teacher, the governing body will often cave in and dismiss the HT. Governing bodies should be careful about this, because teachers are quite capable of ganging up against a HT who is simply trying to improve their performance, or, because there are so many left wingers in teaching, the HT may have offended against their ideaology.
Anyone who understands how schools operate, knows that, the 'Instrument and Articles of Government', which are documents that are supposed to set out the legal obligations placed on schools by the Government, are framed, using obtuse and generalised language. Eg. they may state that the governing body is, "responsible for the general character of the school and its direction. It is woolly language, deliberately so, in my view, because they don't actually want to pin down responsibility in too clear a way. The school, the LEA, dept. of education, want "wiggle room".
2006-09-24 06:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice people who understand how to see who gets what when they deal with person in question, be in the character that best does what you want done in the way that the headteacher finds the question doesn't exist
2006-09-24 03:42:35 · answer #3 · answered by bev 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, Skinner's responsible to Supernintendo Chalmers!
2006-09-24 07:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by sarcasticquotemarks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BOG
Board Of Govenors
2006-09-24 04:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by LBB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The school board
2006-09-24 03:36:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Governors, LEA and their conscience
2006-09-24 03:57:04 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the school board of governors
2006-09-24 03:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by brianbedrock 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋