§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what payment the newly appointed governors at Stratford grant-maintained school will receive for their work; and what brief they will be working to. [23855]
§ Mr. ForthMy right hon. Friend announced on 5 May four new appointments to the governing body of Stratford school. Governors of publicly maintained schools do not receive payments for their services, although they may be refunded travel and subsistence expenses.
My right hon. Friend expects the newly constituted governing body as a whole to begin work immediately on a range of strategies to improve the standard of education on offer.