Governing board work

Annual schedule

• Annual Schedule of Governing Board Business 2023-24 (pdf format, 800 KB) - updated December 2023
• Model Standing Orders 2023-24 (docx format, 52 KB)
• Governance structures and roles - GOV.UK

Chair and vice chair of governors

• Process for electing a chair and vice chair of governors, including FAQs (pdf format, 216 KB)

Complaints procedure

• School complaints procedures: guidance for schools - GOV.UK

Equality Act 2010

• Equality Act 2010: guidance - GOV.UK
• Equality Act 2010: advice for schools - GOV.UK
• Public Sector Equality Duty - GOV.UK

Freedom of information

• Information Commissioner's Office
• Access to data and information

Governance guides 

• Maintained schools governance guide (GOV.UK)
• Academy trust governance guide (GOV.UK)

These documents have replaced the Governance Handbook

Health and safety

• Health and safety
• Health and safety in schools: Information and guidance - GOV.UK

HR policies and procedures

• Policies, procedures and guidance

Ofsted (GOV.UK)

• Education inspection framework
• Early years inspection handbook
• School inspection handbook
• Guidance for schools

PE and sport premium

PE and sport premium for primary schools

Pupil discipline

• Anti-bullying: Information and guidance
• Behaviour and discipline in schools: guidance - GOV.UK
• Exclusion and Reintegration Team
• Suspension and Exclusion documents

Pupil premium

• Pupil premium: research and information  
• Pupil premium: funding and accountability for schools: guidance - GOV.UK
• The EEF guide to the Pupil Premium

Reconstitution: Instrument of government

• How to change your instrument of government (reconstitute)(pdf format, 347 KB)

Register of business interests

• Financial interests: Introduction and guidance
• Declaration of Interests form - revised Sept 2022 (docx format, 38 KB)
• Register of Business Interests summary template for publication - Sept 2022 (doc format, 41 KB)

Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education

• Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance - GOV.UK
• Relationships education, RSE and PSHE: policy paper - GOV.UK

Running a school or college 

• Running a school or college: list of information about running a school or college including e.g. admissions, governance, statutory policies and guidance - GOV.UK

Safeguarding children

• Safeguarding overview for governing boards (pdf format, 106 KB)
• Safeguarding: Information and resources
• Keeping children safe in education: guidance - GOV.UK
• Prevent duty training: Learn how to support people vulnerable to radicalisation - GOV.UK

Statutory policies for schools and academy trusts

• Statutory policies for maintained schools (GOV.UK)
• Statutory policies for trusts (GOV.UK)
• Example policy tracker (docx format, 68 KB)

Website

• What maintained schools must publish online: guidance - GOV.UK
• What academies free schools and colleges should publish online: guidance - GOV.UK
• OCC maintained schools web check proforma revised May 2023 (docx format, 66 KB)