Governance Policy
The Board of Management is responsible for the governance and direction of the school, the use of school resources and the management of budgetary allocations made to the school by the Minister. To discharge its duty in this regard, the Board must ensure that there is an adequate system of control, delegation, and accountability in place to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of school services and school administration. While the Board may delegate many of its responsibilities to the principal and in some circumstances to sub committees of the Board, it must remain aware of its responsibilities and of its accountability to the Minister.
To this end, the Board of Management has set up a sub-committee of the Board with external members to act as the Academic Board and has assigned specific duties, terms of reference and reporting guidelines to this group. Having external members on our Academic Board helps us to avoid/resolve any conflict that may arise between strategic and resource allocation decisions and academic decision-making and to ensure that decisions on academic matters and quality standards are made without undue influence of the Board of Management. The external members on our Academic Board have been selected based on their expertise and knowledge of the context we operate in. They provide independent oversight of significant academic decisions and constructive analysis of monitoring data. We benefit from their expertise in terms of insights into practices in other organisations, insights into learner needs and existing standards and regulations.
