In a nutshell
Section 128 checks see whether a person is banned from being involved in the management and governance of schools.
If someone has been issued with a 'section 128 direction', they can't serve on your board, and in academies it also means they can't be on the senior management team.
Who needs to do them?
Maintained schools should carry out these checks for all governors, because a person prevented from participating in the management of an independent school by a section 128 direction is also disqualified from being a governor in a maintained school.
This is set out in paragraphs 262 and 321 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024.
Trust members and trustees Individuals who sit on committees or local governing bodies (LGBs) with delegated responsibilities For example, local governors on LGBs, or people who sit on trust committees but who aren't
