Governance

Accountability and Responsibility.

The Diyar Education Advisory Board includes stakeholders as follows:

Our Advisory Board aims to:

The Advisory Board membership includes:

the Advisory Board will self-evaluate following UAE Inspection Framework criteria for good governance using the following criteria: 

The Advisory Board acts as a critical friend to the school leadership and includes representation from the school community, including parents. 
The Advisory Board, including the principal, meets termly and seeks the views of most stakeholder groups including students, staff and parents. 
They use information to discuss the schools’ performance with senior leaders. 
There are consistent arrangements in place for the Advisory Board or their chosen representatives to share information with parents e.g. surveys, coffee mornings, parents’ evenings, newsletters etc. 
The Advisory Board uses a range of communication methods and, consequently, most parents feel well informed. 
The Advisory Board responds constructively to stakeholders’ concerns and suggestions. 
The Advisory Board regularly monitors the work of the school through Principal reports and holds senior leaders to account for both performance and quality, including the achievements and personal development of all students. 
Members of the Advisory Board bring a range of expertise and knowledge to the group and this helps the Principal review all aspects of the school’s performance.

The Principal is responsible for the day-to-day management and leadership of the school and ensuring all agreed policies are adhered to. 
The Principal provides monthly snapshot reports to the Advisory Board to keep members informed and to raise any urgent issues. The Advisory Board responds with questions and addresses the key risks in the next meeting 
The snapshot reports should guide agendas for Advisory Board discussions and support accountability. 
The Principal provides termly reports to the Advisory Board along similar lines to the monthly snapshot reports – brief but impacting. 
The Advisory Board supports the appointed Principal in developing the school and carrying out the school strategic and improvement plans. 
A nominated Advisory Board member will create and maintain a conflict of interest register. 
The Advisory Board should delegate responsibility for the performance management of the Principal to an appropriate person. 
The Advisory Board should monitor its own performance and ensure the Code of Conduct is followed. 
The Advisory Board holds the Principal to account through monthly snapshots reports and via the termly reports in relation to the strategic plan and the school improvement plan.

The Advisory Board is created based on the office of the members within the parent company. Local Community or Business members will be elected. 
Apart from the CEO, Principal and the Owner, members serve fixed terms of office of one year duration – this can continue if the Advisory Board agrees. 
The Advisory Board will have a minimum of six and a maximum of twelve members at any one time. 
Business or local Community members will be invited based their experience, reputation, integrity and interest in education and school welfare. 
Members, who do not attend three consecutive regular Advisory Board meetings, will be considered as having resigned, unless the majority determines that absences occurred for justifiable reasons. 
It is the responsibility of each member to declare to the Advisory Board any circumstances that could involve a conflict of interest. 
No single member can make a decision, this is a collective entity and must function democratically as a team.