New amendments to regulations for maintained schools and federations issued

For the Attention of Governors and Clerks of all Maintained schools and federations.

There has been an amendment to the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012 and the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012 as follows:

Criminal Records Certificate

As of 18 March, the School Governance Constitution Regulations 2012 will be amended so that all serving governors in maintained schools will be required to have an enhanced criminal records certificate (ECRC). The regulations mean that Where a maintained school governor does not hold an enhanced criminal record certificate and has been appointed or elected before 1st April 2016, the school’s governing body/clerk must apply for one by 1st September 2016 or for all new governors elected or appointed on or after April 1st 2016 within 21 days after the governor’s appointment or election.

Federated Governing Body Constitution

The government has also amended the School Governance Federation Regulations 2012. From 1 September 2016 federations will no longer be required to have one elected parent governor from each school, instead the federated governing body must include a total of two elected parent governors drawn from all the schools in the federation. This will help federations having to have very large governing bodies as the number of schools joining increases.

Visit the gov.uk website to read the School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

Contact Details

Aileen Cooper
Telephone: 03000 414469
Email: aileen.cooper@kent.gov.uk