School website: publishing information about the governing board

Find out what governing board information you're required to publish on your school website, and download our checklists for maintained schools and academies to make sure you haven't missed anything out.

Last reviewed on 8 September 2023
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Contents
  1. Use our checklist to be sure you're meeting the requirements for your school type
  2. What to do if governors don't want their required information published 
  3. How to manage your published governance data
  4. The DfE also encourages you to publish board diversity data
  5. Publishing extra information: meeting minutes and governor biographies
  6. Get governors' consent before publishing any extra information

Use our checklist to be sure you're meeting the requirements for your school type

  • The exact information required is different for maintained schools and academies
  • It must be in a readily accessible form
    • This means published directly on webpages, without the need to download or open a separate document

This is set out in section 5.5 of the Governance Handbook.

Maintained school requirements Use our checklist to make sure you've got everything covered:  Download: publishing information about the governing board on the school website (maintained schools)  You must publish: The structure and remit of the governing board and any committees, and the full name of the chair of each one For each governor who has served at any point over the past 12 months: Their full name Their date of appointment Their term of office The date when they stepped down,

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