Schools and learning

Clerking Service

Governance will arrange for a clerk to support the work of the governing body, providing specific advice on all process and statutory issues, as well as enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of meetings.

There are two levels of service:

Standard: The clerk attends meetings to provide advice and guidance. Taking of minutes and distribution of paperwork is not included.

Comprehensive: The clerk is responsible for drafting and circulating the agenda and other papers, will attend meetings and take and circulate the minutes.

A discount of 5% on the normal charge for the Comprehensive Service is offered to schools where all documents for which the clerk is responsible are distributed electronically. It also applies where copying and distribution of all paperwork is undertaken by the school.

(The full charge is payable where at least some of the paperwork for meetings is normally in hard copy and the clerk is required to print, copy and/or post it to one or more governors.)

Prices for 2008/09

	Standard	Comprehensive	Comprehensive with Discount
Nursery/Special	528	712	677
Primary/Middle	625	916	870
Secondary/Upper	878	1144	1087

The subscription cost includes attendance of the clerk at three meetings per year, for up to 2.5 hours per meeting averaged over the year. Please note that additional meetings are charged at 30% of the full-year cost each.

Clerks provided by this service also enjoy all the benefits of our clerks' training and support service.