Governor information: what to publish on your school website

Schools should publish information about the structure and remit of the governing body and any committees, including the full names of their chairs.

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Governance information > What schools should publish

e where the term of office for a category of governor is to be less than four years, the length of that term of office;

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ SI 2012/1034 Part 5, reg 28(1)(e)

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

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ Governance information > What schools must publish

DfE also encourages schools to publish easily accessible data about the diversity of: – their board – any associated committees

Good practice: Recommended as good practice. Not required.§ Governance information > What schools should publish

– the structure and remit of the trust’s members, board of trustees, committees and local committees/governing bodies (the trust’s scheme of delegation for governance functions), and the full names of the chair of each

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ 1.49

1.27. New trusts in their first year must , and established trusts should, include in their governance statement, an assessment of their governance structure, including a review of the board’s composition in terms of skills, effectiveness, leadership and impact.

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ 1.27

Schools should publish, about each governor who has served at any time over the past 12 months: – their full names – the date they were appointed – their term of office – the date they stepped down, where this applies – who appointed them, in accordance with the governing body’s instrument of governance – their attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Governance information > What schools should publish

Schools should also publish this information for associate members, and whether they have voting rights on any committee they have been appointed to.

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Governance information > What schools should publish

1.52. The register must include their full names, date of appointment, who appointed them and their term of office (for trustees and local governors), date they stepped down (where applicable), and relevant business and financial interests including: – directorships, partnerships and employments with businesses – trusteeships and governorships at other educational institutions and charities – for each interest: the name and nature of the business, the nature of the interest and the date the interest began

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ 1.52

– their attendance record at governing body and committee meetings over the last academic year

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Governance information > What schools should publish

1.49. The trust must also publish on its website up-to-date details of its governance arrangements in a readily accessible format, including: – the structure and remit of the trust’s members, board of trustees, committees and local committees/governing bodies (the trust’s scheme of delegation for governance functions), and the full names of the chair of each – the register of business and financial interests for members, trustees, local governors and the accounting officer, including a nil return where appropriate – trusts have discretion over the publication of interests of other individuals – for each trustee, their attendance records at board and committee meetings over the last academic year – for each local governor, their attendance records at local governing body meetings over the last academic year

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ 1.49

Schools should publish governors’ relevant business, financial and pecuniary interests, including: – governance roles in other educational institutions – any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff, including spouses, partners and close relatives

Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Governance information > What schools should publish

1.45. The trust must keep a register of any relevant business and financial interests, for (as a minimum) members, trustees, local governors and senior employees, serving at any point over the past 12 months.

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ 1.45

1.46. The register must include their full names, date of appointment, who appointed them and their term of office (for trustees and local governors), date they stepped down (where applicable), and relevant business and financial interests including: – directorships, partnerships and employments with businesses – trusteeships and governorships at other educational institutions and charities – for each interest: the name and nature of the business, the nature of the interest and the date the interest began

Must: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.§ 1.46