taj:

Are the decisions of this committee binding as they are not the original committee as appointed by the GB

i'm not aware of any guidelines about which governors should serve on which committee, but there should have been terms of reference laid down for this committee to follow, unless it was a 'working party' rather than a formal committee in which case the final decision should go back to the full governing body

The regulations relating to general committees of the governing body are set out in the School Governance (Procedures) Regulations 2003, specifically Regulations 19 and 20, but committees dealing with staffing issues are covered by the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009. In the case of general committees then the Regulations state that it is the governing body who determines the membership and terms of reference of the committee and this must be reviewed annually. The Staffing Regulations allow certain decisions to be delegated to the headteacher, one or more governors, or the headteacher. The fact that one member of the committee has stepped down and another one been appointed does not necessarily mean that the committee's decisions are invalid. The terms of reference for your committees may allow the committee to appoint an additional member in year if the committee falls below quorum. Alternatively, the Chair of governors may have used ‘Chair's action' (Regulation 6 of the Procedures Regulations) to appoint the committee member.