Statutory Requirement: Publishing your Governor information IS a statutory requirement. The information that you are required to publish IN A READILY ACCESSIBLE FORMAT (this means on the web page NOT as a downloadable document).

Maintained Schools

What schools MUST publish

Schools must publish information about their governing body and its committees, in line with the constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools.

What schools should publish

Schools should publish information about:

  • their structure
  • their responsibilities
  • each governor or associate member
  • governors’ or associate members’ relevant business and financial interests
  • whether associate members have voting rights

DfE also encourages schools to publish easily accessible data about the diversity of:

  • their board
  • any associated committees

There is no prescriptive way to collect this data, but schools may choose to follow a similar approach to that they use to collate the diversity data of pupils.

Board or committee members can opt out of sharing their information, such as protected characteristics, including after the data has been published.

Schools must ensure that individuals cannot be identified, which may be a particular issue when board or committee member levels are low. Guidance on the Equality Act 2010 and data protection in schools is available.

Academies

What academy trusts MUST publish

Academy trusts must publish the following in an easily accessible format on their website:

  • a memorandum of association
  • their articles of association
  • the names of trust members and academy trustees
  • the relevant business and financial interests of members, trustees, local governors and accounting officers
  • their funding agreement
  • any supplemental funding agreement
  • up-to-date details of governance arrangements

Further guidance is available in the academy trust handbook.

What academy trusts should publish

DfE encourages academy trusts to publish easily accessible data about the diversity of:

  • their board
  • any associated committees

There is no prescriptive way to collect this data, but trusts may choose to follow a similar approach to that they use to publish the diversity data of pupils.

Board or committee members can opt out of sharing their information, such as protected characteristics, including after the data has been published.

Trusts must ensure that individuals cannot be identified, which may be a particular issue when board or committee member levels are low. Guidance on the Equality Act 2010 and data protection in schools is available.

Take a look at one of our school websites for inspiration…

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INFORMATION PROVIDED AS PER THE DFE WEBSITE WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE 
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