A person is disqualified from being an Academy Councillor, Trustee or Associate Member if the following apply:

• Is under the age of 18 at the time of their election or appointment;
• The person is a registered pupil at the school;
• Is already a governance volunteer at the same school;
• Has failed to attend meetings for a continuous period of six months;
• Is subject to a bankruptcy restriction order, an interim bankruptcy restriction order, a debt relief
order or an interim debt relief order
• Has had their estate sequestrated and the sequestration order has not been discharged, annulled
or reduced
• Is subject to:
o A disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
o A disqualification order under Part 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989,
o A disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
o An order made under Section 492(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under a county court administration order)
o Has been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by the Charity Commissioners or High Court on grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement, or under Section 34 of the Charities and Trustees Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 from participating in the management or control of any body
o Is included in the list of people considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children
o Is disqualified from working with children or subject to a direction under Section 142 of the Education Act 2002
o Is disqualified from registration for child minding or providing day care
o Is disqualified from registration under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006
o Has received a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months (without the option of a fine) in the five years before becoming a governor or since becoming a governor
o Has received a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor
o Has at any time received a prison sentence of five years or more

• Have been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the five years prior to or since appointment or election as a governance volunteer;
• Refuses to allow an application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a criminal records check
• Brings the Trust or school into disrepute or compromises their own integrity as ambassadors for the
Trust and the school in communications, either personal or professional: this includes comments made on social networking sites