2.17 Confidentiality of Board Meetings

The Deed of Trust requires confidentiality in respect of the business of a Board of Management, and no disclosure of the business may be made without the authority of the Board. In this respect, Boards are advised to develop a policy for dealing with matters of a sensitive nature, e.g. complaints by parents or personnel matters.

It is important to note that elected Board members (teachers and parents) are not delegates of their electorates. They have no obligation to either report back to their electors or to take instruction from them on how to vote at Board meetings. This applies equally to trustee nominees. However, it is a matter for each Board to decide what may be reported, and, in this respect, it is advisable that personnel, personal and financial matters should be treated as strictly confidential unless otherwise decided by the Board.