Register of Business Interests
All governing boards must set up and maintain a register of business interests, which must be published on the school/academy website:
- Regulation 26 and Schedule 5 (15) of The School Finance (England) Regulations 2012 require that all Local Authority Schemes for financing schools include details about the setting up of a register of any business interests of the governors and the headteacher.
- Academies must have regard to the academies financial handbook which requires that all members, trustees, local Governors (within a MAT) and senior employees complete a declaration of their business interests.
A regular review of entries should take place to ensure the register is kept up to date; this can either be completed as part of an annual review or at each meeting; dated nil returns and any notification of changes from governors, as appropriate, should be provided. However, governors are reminded that they should declare any changes as and when they occur.
Delegation
The governing board may delegate responsibility for the establishment and maintenance of the register of business interests to the clerk.
However, it is the responsibility of each individual governor or staff member present at any meeting to declare their interest; the register is not a substitute for declaring an interest at meetings.
Declaration of Interests
Governors and staff must act and be seen to act impartially, and have a responsibility to avoid any conflict between their business and personal interests and affairs and those of the school. As such, anyone present at a meeting should declare an interest likely to lead to questions of bias when considering any item of business at a meeting.
Disclosures of interests should include not only interests of individual governors and staff, but also interests of their relatives, personal associates or any other person known to the governor or member of staff who may exert influence. The following interests should be declared:
- Employment, Office, Trade, Profession or Vocation
Individuals should list every employment that must be declared for income tax purposes, including the nature of job and employer
- Contracts
A description of all contracts, which are not fully discharged: for example, contracts for the supply of goods, services or works to the school
- Interests in Companies and Securities
All companies or other bodies that (to the persons knowledge) are active in the school’s area and in which they have a substantial interest (ie holds more than 20% of the share capital or is entitled to exercise more than 20% of the voting power at any general meeting at that company).
An individual has a substantial interest if they own (or have a beneficial interest in) shares or other securities in the company with a nominal value of £25,000 or more than one hundredth of the companies issued shares or securities.
A company or body is active in the school’s area if it has land or business in that area.
- Any other interest that in the view of any reasonable person may influence decisions made by a governor or member of staff on behalf of the school.
If you are unsure it is usually better to declare, at the very least seek the advice of the clerk. Further information is also available for members of Academy Boards within the latest version of the Academies Financial Handbook.
It is good practice for governors to declare any interest relating to items on the agenda at the start of each meeting. Failure to declare an interest is a serious matter. It might be an oversight, but a deliberate failure would be cause to suspend the governor.
Where a governor or member of staff or related person has any interest, either pecuniary or non-pecuniary, in a matter to be discussed at a governors’ meeting the governor or member of staff must declare their interest and withdraw from that part of the meeting.
Withdrawal from meetings – Having an interest
The general principle is that no-one should be involved in a decision where his or her personal interests may conflict with those of the governing board.
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(a) withdraw from a meeting during the consideration or discussion of the meeting; (b) not vote on any question with respect to that matter. |
(a) s/he, or any nominee of hers/his, is a member of a company or other body with which a contract is under consideration or has been made; (b) s/he is a partner in business or in the employment, of a person with whom the contract is made or under consideration.
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Register of Business Interests
Governor/ Director / Trustee (Must be published on the website)
Member |
Confirmed |
Entity |
Nature |
Notes |
From |
To |
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Miss Victoria Clifford parent |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
Lancashire County Council |
Employee |
Completed 27.11.19 |
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Miss Laura Halstead parent |
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None |
None |
Completed 22.11.19 |
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Mr Jason Hayward co-opted |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
None |
None |
Completed 20.09.17 |
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Gareth Kirkpatrick other |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
None |
None |
Completed 25.01.19 |
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Joanne Magson headteacher |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
Employee |
Moor Park |
Completed 28.11.18 |
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Mrs Julie Marlow authority |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
Blackpool Council |
Employee |
Employee Relations - provide SLA to school |
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Mrs Louise Martin co-opted |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
Close family member |
Provision of services |
Spouse quotes for provision of building services when jobs arise and has secured contracts previously through competitive quotes and authorisation of the headteacher. |
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Mrs Jean Martin co-opted |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
Blackpool Borough Council
Boundary Primary School |
Educational Consultant -self employed
Governor |
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31 Aug 19
01 Dec 19 |
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Mrs Dawn Parkinson clerk |
Not confirmed |
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None |
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Rev'd Deborah Prest co-opted |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
None |
None |
Completed 20.09.17 |
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Mrs Jane Rhodes staff |
Confirmed 31 Mar 2020 |
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None |
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Mrs Janet Roberts co-opted |
Confirmed by Dawn Parkinson on 24 Jan 2020 |
Blackpool Council
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) |
Employee
Member |
HR Employee Relations - provide SLA to school
Completed 25.11.19 |
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Senior Employee / Spouse/Immediate Family Member with a Business Interest (discretion on whether to publish on the website)
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Name of Business |
Nature of Business |
Nature of Interest (Directorships/Partnerships and Employments with businesses; Trusteeships and Governorships at other Educational Institutions and charities) |
Date of Appointment of Acquisition |
Date of Cessation of Interest |
Date of Entry/ Review |
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