These forum rules set out how the forum must be used and should be read alongside the ISBA website terms and conditions. Please ensure that you have read and understood both documents before posting.

Any posts which breach these rules (as determined by ISBA in our sole discretion) may be removed without notice to you. The posting of prohibited content may also result in the suspension and/or termination of access rights. Any post or other contribution you make to the forum must: be accurate (where it states facts); be genuinely held (where is states opinions); and comply with the law applicable in England and Wales (and in any country from which it is posted).

• 1. Access: the forum is for use by authorised employees of member schools only. If you are not authorised to do so, you must not access any of the "Members" sections of the site, including the forum. You must not share your username and password with any other person, including others within your own school.
• 2. Offensive Content: please remain respectful at all times and do not post any obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory content, in particular about other members or third parties. Please remember that your comments can be misconstrued, however innocently intended, so think about how others may interpret your comments before you post. Whilst we encourage open and honest debate please do not post anything that is untrue or defamatory of any person or organisation.
• 3. Intellectual Property: do not post material which infringes the intellectual property rights of third parties or is otherwise unlawful. This includes the posting of links and software codes. If you do need to quote third party material ensure you use only short quotations and include an appropriate credit.
• 4. Privacy: do not post other people's personal data or private information unless you have their permission to do so.
• 5. Confidentiality: discussions on the forum should be treated as confidential to the member schools, subject to any duties of disclosure to the relevant authorities.
• 6. Competitively Sensitive Information: you must not use the forum for the purpose of discussing or otherwise exchanging with other members competitively sensitive information, including information about the salaries paid to staff, fee rates, financial assistance schemes and other costs or charges incurred or imposed by your school, as such discussions/exchanges run the risk of breaking competition law.
• 7. Advertising/SPAM: unauthorised commercial advertising (including website linking) is not allowed. SPAM, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of commercial exploitation is also prohibited.
• 8. Cross-posting: try to avoid 'cross posting' questions in multiple threads. Before creating a new thread, use the search facility to check whether your question has already been answered.
• 9. Liability: we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate the forum, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from your use of the forum in contravention of these rules, whether the service is moderated or not. As is the case with other internet forums, please remember that it is you (and possibly your school) who could be liable for anything unlawful that you post.