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Conflict of interest policy: model and guidance

You must keep a register of business interests for governors or trustees, but you can also include other staff. Find out why you might need to do this and adapt our model policy to help make it clear who needs to declare what.

Last reviewed on 14 August 2024
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  1. Your requirements
  2. Download our model policy
  3. Example policies from schools and trusts
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Your requirements

You must keep a register of business and pecuniary interests for governors (of maintained schools) or trustees (academies). This must be published on your website.

You can also ask staff to declare any conflicts of interest, but this is not a legal requirement. If you do decide to collect this information, it doesn't need to be published online.

A conflict of interest policy that covers staff will help you prevent any potential issues that might occur if a member of staff is:

  • Related to a child in the school
  • In a relationship with another member of staff
  • In a position to benefit financially from any contract the school might enter into

It's not possible to provide an exhaustive list of potential conflicts of interest, but our model policy includes examples of the most common types.

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