Details

This guidance is for:

• proprietors, governing bodies, senior leaders, and school staff of independent schools, academies and free schools
• individuals issued with a notice or a direction under section 128

The guidance outlines:

• the section 128 legislation that prohibits or restricts an individual managing an independent educational setting or governing a local-authority maintained school
• how to assess and consider if someone is unsuitable
• how to report someone as unsuitable to manage an independent school, academy or free school

If you want to apply for a section 128 direction to be varied or revoked, you can use the revocation form. This is not mandatory, but it is designed to help you provide all relevant information.

The Education Secretary can prohibit or restrict an individual from taking part in the management of independent school under section 128 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.

Governors of local-authority-maintained schools may find this useful to read alongside the maintained school governance handbookguide or the academy trust governance guide.