On appointment Governors are required to declare that they are eligible to be a Governor and agree to a check to ensure that they have not been barred from working with children. The disqualifications are automatic, and are listed below.

You are not eligible to be a governor if:

• You are aged under eighteen
• You are currently liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983(a)
• You have failed to attend full governing body meetings for a six month period, and where the governing body has not accepted apologies
• You have been disqualified for non attendance, LEA governors, co-opted governors, foundation governors, representative governors and partnership governors are disqualified from rejoining the governing body for the period of twelve months in the same capacity
• You have been declared bankrupt, or your estate has been sequestrated, and this has not been annulled or rescinded or that arrangements with creditors have not been discharged
• You have been disqualified as a charity trustee
• You have been disqualified as a company director
• You have been included in the list of teachers and workers who are not allowed to, or have restrictions on, work with children or young people
• You are disqualified from being a proprietor of an independent school
• You hold a criminal conviction, which resulted in a custodial sentence of three months or more. (The length of disqualification is dependant on the length of sentence)
• You have been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the five years prior to, or since, appointment or election as a governor
• You have refused to have a Criminal Records Bureau check

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