Governance and conflict of interest
Governing bodies and trust boards: their responsibilities, the Nolan principles of public life, and the rules on declaring interests and recusal when impartiality is compromised.
Who's responsible
- Who holds the duty
- Governing body, Chair of governors, Academy trustees
- Who enforces it
- DfE / ESFA, Charity Commission, Ofsted (governance judgement)
- Primary law
- Governance handbooks; Nolan principles; charity and company duties for trusts
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