Policies, procedures and strategic planning
Annual schedule
- Annual Schedule of Governing Board Business 2022-23 (pdf format, 347Kb)
- Model Standing Orders 2022-23 (docx format, 49Kb)
Governance handbook and competency framework
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 Sept 2022 (docx format, 80Kb)
Running a school or college
Complaints procedure
Equality Act 2010
Freedom of information
Health and safety
- Health, Safety and Wellbeing: practical advice and guidance
- Health and safety in schools: Information and guidance
HR policies and procedures
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)