In his speech at the Academies Show schools minister Lord Nash said elections to Head Teacher Boards (HTBs) that will support Regional Schools Commissioners will start in June.
This means that heads who want to take part need to assess whether they can afford the 0.5-1 day per week that the HTBs require and do some electioneering.
All academy heads in a region will be eligible to vote.
One questioner at the Academies Show asked how will elections work in the two areas where RSCs have yet to be appointed. Lord Nash suggested this would not be an issue saying: 'Watch this space'.
In his speech he said:
'Four members of each HTB will be elected by their peers. They will be selected from current headteachers of academies rated ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ with outstanding leadership and management by Ofsted, or recent ex-heads of academies which met the same criteria. Other places on the board will be filled with appointed and co-opted members.'
'Elections to decide membership will begin in June. Please take these elections very seriously. This is your opportunity to shape the future of the academies system in your region and to get control of it. So whichever political party is in power in the future, your future is in your hands and not some local bureaucracy. So that sense of local autonomy applies not just to your school but to the whole academies system. If we can get real buy in into this, no one is going to dismantle it.'
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