• Re-appointment Process: Applicant confirmation and declaration form

  • Section A: Criteria for being an LDBS foundation governor

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    It is possible that since your appointment as an LDBS foundation governor or director the criteria for candidates has changed. Directors on the LDBS Board have asked that candidates who are appointed into Foundation roles fall within one of the following categories: 

     

  • Category 1 – Regular worshipper at Church of England services.
    Category 1a – A member of Clergy who is not the incumbent.
    Category 2 – Regular worshipper within one of the Member Churches of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), the Evangelical Alliance, Affinity or Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FIEC).
    Category 3 – By exception, a person who is not regular worshipper at one of the churches listed above, but is committed to the tenets of the Apostles’ Creed.
     

  • LDBS will not appoint staff members. If you are a parent or carer of a child who attends the school or attend the local linked Church we will ask the clerk to provide information on the number of foundation governors on the board who would also be a parent or attend the linked church; this is to enable an appropriate balance on the governing body and prevent conflicts of interest occurring. Previously we did not appoint these candidates to LDBS foundation governor or trustee roles. For more information, please read our LDBS foundation governor appointment policy.

  • Section A - Criteria for LDBS governors or directors

  • When renewing a term of office, governors are asked to and confirm that they still meet our appointment criteria for LDBS foundation governors.

    Please complete the below statements:

  • I am currently an employed member of staff at the organisation (school or Trust)*
  • I am a parent or carer of current pupils in the school*
  • I am a member of the congregation of the CofE linked church which appoints PCC governors to the school*

  • If you have answered yes to any of the above statements, we will ask the clerk or Chair of Governors to provide more information on the foundation governors at the school before making a decision on your reappointment.

  • Persons appointed into Foundation roles must fall within one of the following categories: 

    Category 1 – Regular worshipper at Church of England services. 
    Category 1a – A member of Clergy who is not the incumbent. 
    Category 2 – Regular worshipper within one of the Member Churches of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), the Evangelical Alliance, Affinity or Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FIEC). 
    Category 3 – By exception, a person who is not regular worshipper at one of the churches listed above, but is committed to the tenets of the Apostles’ Creed. 

  • If you were applying for a LDBS foundation governor role, which category would you be applying under:*

  • Section B: Confirmation form

    Section B.1 – Confirmation form
  • Current term of office end date*
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    2 digit day, 2 digit month, 4 digit year
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • Section C: Head Teacher and Chair (or Vice Chair of Governors or Directors) Information

    Section C – Contact information of the current Chair and Head Teacher

  • Please note: The details provided below will be used to contact the current Headteacher and Chair of Governors/Directors to request references in support of your reappointment application.

  • DECLARATION

  • PLEASE NOTE:

    This appointment is made by the LDBS and its renewal is not automatic. The LDBS, as the appointing body, may under some circumstances withdraw its appointment.

  • Section B.2 - Disqualification and Regulations declaration

  • The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003 & subsequent amendments prevent a person from taking office as a governor in certain circumstances. Before being appointed as a governor you must declare that you are eligible to serve:

  • A GOVERNOR MUST:

    (a)   be aged 18 or over at the time of appointment / election;

    (b)   not hold more than one governorship at the same school;

    (c)   not be a governor at any time when s/he is detained under the Mental Health Act 1983;

    (d)   not continue in office if s/he has failed to attend meetings for a continuous period of 6 months and the governing body has not consented to the absence. (Consent or otherwise must be recorded in the minutes and a copy sent to the governor concerned.) A foundation governor (other than ex-officio), LA governor or sponsor governor may not be re-appointed to any category, for a period of 12 months following disqualification.

    (e)    not continue in office, or be appointed, if s/he has been adjudged bankrupt or estate has been sequested and s/he has not been discharged or the order be annulled or rescinded;

    (f)     not continue in office, or be appointed, if s/he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and has not been discharged in respect of it;

    (g)    not continue in office, or be appointed, if s/he has been disqualified under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, or is subject to an order under S429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986;

    (h)    not continue in office, or be appointed, if s/he has been removed from the office of charity trustee by the Charity Commissioners or the High Court on the grounds of mismanagement or misconduct, or under S7 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 from being concerned in the management or control of any body;

    (i)     not be included in the list of teachers or workers prohibited or restricted from working with children or young people under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999, subjected to a direction of the Secretary of State under Section 142 of the 2002 Act or be disqualified from working with children under sections 28 and 29 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000(e);

    (j)     not be disqualified by an order under section 470 or 471 of 1996 Act from being an independent school proprietor, teacher or employee in any school;

    (k)    not have been sentenced to 3 months or more in prison (without the option of a fine) in the 5 years before becoming a governor, or since becoming a governor;

    (l)     not have received a sentence of two and a half years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor;

    (m)  not at any time have received a prison sentence of 5 years or more;

    (n)    not have been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on education promises during the 5 years prior to or since appointment or election;

    (o)    not refuse a request by the clerk to the governing body to make an application under section 113 of the Police Act 1979(b) for a criminal records certificate.

  • NOTES

    A conviction for an offence which took place outside the United Kingdom shall be disregarded, if had it taken place in any part of the United Kingdom does not constitute an offence under the law in that part of the United Kingdom. – This footnote applies to (k) (l) and (m).

  • DECLARATION

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  • Please make sure you have responded to all sections. For any enquiries about this form Email: governor.appointments@london.anglican.org

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