Governing Board Work

Annual schedule

• Annual Schedule of Governing Board Business 2022-23 updated Dec 2022 (pdf format, 347Kb)
• Model Standing Orders 2022-23 (docx format, 49Kb)

Governance handbook and competency framework

• Governance handbook: guidance

Safeguarding children

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

Statutory policies for schools and academy trusts

• Guidance on the policies and documents that governing bodies and proprietors of schools must have (gov.uk link)
• Example Policy Tracker (docx format, 68Kb)

Website

• What maintained schools must publish online: guidance (gov.uk link)
• What academies free schools and colleges should publish online: guidance (gov.uk link)
• OCC maintained schools web check proforma revised January 2023 (docx format, 66Kb) 

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

Complaints procedure

• School complaints procedures: guidance for schools

Equality Act 2010

• Equality Act 2010: guidance

Freedom of information

• Information Commissioner's Office Website
• Freedom of Information: OCC guidance

Health and safety

• Health, Safety and Wellbeing: practical advice and guidance
• Health and safety in schools: Information and guidance

HR policies and procedures

• Policies, procedures and guidance

Ofsted

• Education Inspection Framework
• Early Years Inspection handbook
• School Inspection Handbook
• Guidance for Schools

Pupil discipline

• Anti-Bullying: Information and guidance
• Exclusion and reintergration: guidance
• Behaviour and discipline in schools: guidance

Pupil premium

• Pupil premium: research and information  
• Pupil premium: funding and accountability for schools: guidance

Reconstitution: Instrument of government

• How to change your instrument of government (reconstitute)(pdf format, 339Kb)

Register of business interests

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

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

• Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance 
• Risk and resilience toolkit
• Relationships education, RSE and PSHE: policy paper