Who Can Serve As a School Governor?

Who can serve as a school governor?

Under the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003

You may NOT become a school governor if you

are under 18 years of age on the date of your appointment

are a registered pupil at the school;

are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 during your period of office;

are subject to a bankruptcy restriction order or an interim order;

have had your estate sequestrated and the sequestration order has not been discharged, annulled or reduced;

are subject to:

-a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Act 1986

-a disqualification order under Part 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

-a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

-an order made under section 492(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under county court administration order);

have been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by the Charity Commissioners or High Court on grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement, or under Section 34 of the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 from participating in the management or control of any body;

are included in the list of people considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children;

are disqualified from working with children or subject to a direction under section 142 of the Education Act 2002;

are disqualified from registration for childminding or providing day care;

are disqualified from registration under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006;

have received a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months (without the option of a fine) in the five years before becoming a governor or since becoming a governor;

have received a prison sentence of 2.5 years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor;

have at any time received a prison sentence of five years or more;

have been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the five years prior to or since your appointment or election as a governor;

refuse to allow an application to the Criminal Records Bureau for a criminal records certificate.

Unless the List 99 check is completed you are not eligible to be a governor

LIST 99

Under the Education (School Government) (England) Regulations 1999 certain people are disqualified from serving as school governors. The details on page 2 give information on those eligible to serve as school governors. Please sign below to confirm that you are not disqualified from serving as a school governor and that the information you give on this form can be recorded and used by Governors’ Services in accordance with the DPA. The LA will undertake a check of your details against List 99.

Signature: ______ / Date:______
Print Name In full: ______/ Previous or
Maiden Name:______
Date of Birth: ______

School ______

Please send the completed form in the envelope provided to:

Governors’ Services, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London, SE6 4RU

Telephone : 020 8314 8313 Facsimile : 020 8314 3050

For Office Use / List 99 Checked / Date / Initials

MONITORING INFORMATION

The information you provide on this form will be held on a computerised database maintained by Governors’ Services. Your data will be used in accordance with the principles set out in the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1984, which protects the right to privacy of individuals whose personal data is held on such databases. Lewisham Council is registered with the Office of the Data Protection Registrar which allows data users to process items of data only for the purpose for which they were provided.

Any information you provide will be used solely to compile statistics on the ethnic make-up of school governors in Lewisham. Lewisham Council is anxious that governing bodies reflect the ethnic mix of the Borough. From time to time the information will be passed on to the Department for ChildrenSchools and Families (DCSF) and other government organisations to contribute to local and national statistics. We do not pass on information on individual governors.

Do you consider yourself to be disabled Yes / No (please delete)

Are there any special requirements in connection with your disability that will assist you in functioning as a governor?

The Council is encouraging young and older people alike to become school governors. The following information will help us to target our recruitment:

AgeRange / 18-25 / 26-35 / 36-45 / 46-55 / 56-65 / 66+ / (please circle)

PTO

Please study the list below and tick one box only to indicate your ethnic background.

White

British 

Irish 

Traveller of Irish Heritage 

Gypsy/Roma 

Any other White background 

Turkish/Turkish Cypriot 

White European 

Mixed

White and Black Caribbean 

White and Black African 

White and Asian 

Any other mixed background 

Asian or Asian British

Indian 

Pakistani 

Bangladeshi 

Any other Asian background 

Sri Lankan Tamil 

Black or Black British

Caribbean 

African

- Somali 

- Other Black African 

Any other Black background 

Chinese

Chinese 

Any other ethnic background

Vietnamese 

Any other ethnic background 

Please specify ______