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Guidance and support for school governing body members including how to become a local authority (LA) governor.
To find out how all maintained schools must be constituted, view the Constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools guidance on GOV.UK.
All maintained schools must have an Instrument of Government (IoG) which is a legal document. It records the:
To find out more about IoG's, visit the Education Act 2002 - Section 20 on the Legislation website.