COVID-19 resource hub: governing your school during coronavirus

Practical tips and tools to help you every step of the way

Your school is now open to all pupils. You can read our summary of the reopening guidance, and you'll find the detailed guidance from the DfE here.

Stay on top of the latest announcements

DfE guidance continues to change regularly. Click the 'save for later' star in the upper-right-hand corner of this article to be notified of all the changes.

Get your newest governors up and running

Chances are good that you've recently welcomed new members to your governing board.

You don't have to wait for in-person training to make a comeback. We can help get your newest governors off to a strong start with our on-demand training and easy-to-customise induction pack:

Carry on with business as usual

Even as life returns to normal, Covid-19 has left its mark across many of your processes and procedures. Find up-to-date information about what's changed and what's stayed the same here:

Carry on with your board and committee meetings	Summer term 2021 agenda items and how to prepare Virtual meetings: your complete guide Virtual meetings policy: model and examples
Manage complaints and appeals	Complaints procedures: checklist, model and examples Complaints appeal panels: maintained schools Complaints procedures: academies Admission appeals: a how-to guide
Review exclusions	Governors' exclusions panel: procedures Governors' exclusions panel: using evidence
Monitor your school	What to monitor this year How to monitor health and safety How to monitor safeguarding How to monitor pupil progress Monitoring your school's contingency plan for remote learning
Make wellbeing a priority	How to approach wellbeing strategically How to monitor and support headteacher wellbeing How to monitor and support staff workload and wellbeing
Stay on top of school finances	How the coronavirus will affect your budget How to monitor and scrutinise the coronavirus catch-up premium
Keep up with your recruitment and induction efforts	If you need a new headteacher: How to manage headteacher recruitment remotely How to support a new headteacher right now If you need a new governor or trustee: How to carry out parent governor or trustee elections Get new governors up-to-speed quickly with remote training

Help us guide you and boards like yours

Tell us what you need help with, or how you're working with your school right now to overcome challenges, at enquiries@thekeysupport.com. We'll do our very best to support you. And we'll share the best of how schools and boards are working together under these difficult circumstances to help guide others.

More from The Key

The Key has taken great care in publishing this article. However, some of the article's content and information may come from or link to third party sources whose quality, relevance, accuracy, completeness, currency and reliability we do not guarantee. Accordingly, we will not be held liable for any use of or reliance placed on this article's content or the links or downloads it provides. This article may contain information sourced from public sector bodies and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The Key Group sites

Site navigation

You are here: