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Who is disqualified from being a school governor?

If any of the following conditions apply you would unfortunately be ineligible to be a school governor.

• Governors must declare that they are over 18, and not disqualified from serving as a school governor and that they:
• are not detained under the Mental Health Act 1983;
• are not subject to a bankruptcy restriction order or an interim order;
• have not had their estate sequestrated and the sequestration order has not been discharged, annulled or reduced;
• are not subject to a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Act 1986;
• are not subject to a disqualification order under Part 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;
• are not subject to a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 or an order made under Section 492(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under a County Court administration order);
• have not 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 not included in the list of people considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children and are not disqualified from working with children or subject to a direction under Section 142 of the Education Act 2002;
• are not disqualified from registration for childminding, providing day care or under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006;
• have not 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 last five years;
• have not received a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor and they have not at any time received a prison sentence of five years or more;
• have not been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the last five years
• do not already hold a governorship at the same school;
• will agree to an application being made to the Criminal Records Bureau for a criminal records certificate if requested by the governing body or the Local Authority.