The College board of governors, known as the Corporation, has responsibility for ensuring that Huish meets the needs of all its students and that the College will continue to grow, develop and provide the best possible education for the whole community it serves. The Corporation has overall responsibility for determining the educational character and mission of Huish, as well as strategic and financial planning.
The Corporation has twenty governor members who are responsible for:
Membership of the Corporation includes two student governors, two parent governors and two staff governors, all elected by their respective constituencies. The insight and experience of governors is essential in ensuring that Huish remains on track. With some two thousand students at the College, the Learner Voice is particularly important and the professionalism of governance must support Huish to ensure that we continue to improve the very high standards we have set.
Members of the Corporation come from a wide variety of backgrounds – business, health care, financial and legal – and appointments to the Corporation are made to ensure that there is the necessary expertise to carry out all the statutory obligations set out in the governing document, the Instruments and Articles of Government for Sixth Form Colleges. Other policies which set out the way in which the Corporation must operate include the Code on Standards of Conduct and the Code on Access to Information.
Governors meet a number of times during each term and take a keen interest in the work of the College, both through the formal learning environment and through the many other activities and events which make up the College experience.
If you would like to know more about the work of the governors, or if you have any requests for specific information on Corporation/governance matters, you should contact the Clerk to the Corporation, Jane Scott, at the College. The Clerk can be contacted via email janes@richuish.ac.uk or via telephone during normal office hours.