How to review your whistle-blowing policy: checklist, model and examples

Requirements for academies

In addition to having this policy and publishing it on your website, your trust:

• Should appoint at least 1 trustee and 1 member of staff who other staff can contact to report concerns
• Must make sure all staff are aware of the procedures and how concerns will be managed
• Must make sure all concerns are responded to in a fair and proper way

Staff should know:

• What protections are available to them if they report something
• What areas of malpractice or wrongdoing are covered by the whistle-blowing policy
• Who they can approach to report a concern

This is set out in the Academy Trust Handbook (pages 27 and 28).

Model policy and checklist

Our model policy is from our sister service,