Governing board work for link governors and committees

• Annual Schedule of Governing Board Business 2024-254 (pdf format, 800 KB)
• 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

Governor monitoring

• Governor monitoring visit template (docx format, 56 KB)
• Example Governor Monitoring Plan (July 2025) (docx, format, 33KB)

Attendence

• Working together to improve school attendance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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

Health and safety

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

HR policies and procedures

• Policies, procedures and guidance

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

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

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

Safeguarding children

• Safeguarding overview for governing boards (pdf format, 106 KB)
• Safeguarding: Information and resources Information and resources about safeguarding provided by the OCC Education Safeguarding Advisory Team (ESAT).
• Keeping children safe in education: guidance - GOV.UK
• Prevent duty training: Learn how to support people vulnerable to radicalisation - GOV.UK

School uniform

• Cost of school uniforms - GOV.UK (www.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)