Read and answer the questions. 1 What are the general policies for Chiswick School? 2 Who controls the school? 3 Who can be a governor of the school? 4 What is the difference between the way Chiswick School is managed and your school? Like most schools in Britain, Chiswick School is under the control of elected local govern- ment - not the central government in West- minster. The council of the London Borough of Hounslow pays for the school, and makes general policies for it – for example, the council decided that it should be co- educational and not single-sex. Hounslow is the employer of the teachers and other staff, such as cleaners. The council is a democratic body, with elections every five years. So if the people of Hounslow do not like the way the Labour Party runs their schools, they can vote Conservative or Liberal Democrat. More directly in control of the school are the governors – a committee including council- lors, the head teacher, a parent, a teacher and a representative from the Church. They meet about once a month. On a day-to-day basis the head teacher runs the school.