Policy bank

Read our model policy to see what good looks like, and use our set of key questions to make sure your school is complying with data protection laws. Get a sense of what a good personal data breach procedure includes using our model.

Your school isn't required to have a finance policy, but it can be a way to keep some mandatory information or helpful procedures in one place. See examples of finance policies from primary and secondary schools.

Be clear on what questions you can ask and what to look out for in your school's pupil premium policy so you can review it confidently.

Download and adapt our model governors' allowances and expenses policy to stay compliant. Use our checklist when creating or reviewing your own policy and see examples of policies from other schools.

Maintained schools and academies are required to have an admissions policy. Understand the requirements, find out how to robustly review your policy, and use our model and examples as a guide for what a good policy looks like.

Be clear on how to review your charging and remissions policy, including what questions you can ask if you're reviewing a trust-wide policy. Save time with our model policy to see what good looks like.

Learn about the requirement for your school to adopt the ICO's model freedom of information publication scheme, and understand what it needs to publish.

Review your investment policy using our key questions. Use our model investment policy and examples from trusts to benchmark your own policy.

Use our model privacy notices to keep yours up to date with the latest regulations and guidance. They'll save you time and help your school or trust stay compliant with this complex area.

Find out how to review your school's uniform policy. Save time with our example questions to ask, and use our model to see what good looks like.

Find out what questions you can ask when reviewing your school's/trust's ICT and internet acceptable use policy. Read our model policy to see what good looks like, and see examples from other schools and trusts.

Be clear on what your suspension and permanent exclusion policy should do and the questions to ask when reviewing it. Use our model policy to see what good looks like.

Use our list of questions to help you review your school or trust's attendance policy. Read our model policy to see what good looks like, and get examples from different types of schools.

Find everything you need to review and approve your school's or trust's behaviour policy, including what to look for in the policy and key questions to ask senior leaders.

Some schools are required to have a statement alongside their behaviour policy. Download our model written statement of behaviour principles and adapt it to suit your context. Take a look at examples and read about the requirements.

Find out how to review your school's mobile phone policy with confidence, including what questions to ask to help make sure it's robust. Use our model policy to see what good looks like, and see examples from other schools.

Schools with early years' settings have additional policy requirements; read more about these, and what policies they may be included in. Plus, find everything you need to review and approve your school's EYFS policy, if it's a standalone document.

Use our key questions to review your school's curriculum policy and see what good looks like in our model policy. Plus, see examples from different school types, and know where to go for more information on requirements if you're an independent school.

Find everything you need to review and approve your school's provider access policy statement. Use our key questions to challenge your school leaders and refer to our model policy to benchmark your own and make sure it's compliant.

Find out what questions you can ask, and what to look for, to review your school's English or literacy policy with confidence. Use our model policy to see what good looks like, and see examples from other schools.

Find everything you need to review your relationships and sex education (RSE) policy, including key questions to ask your school/trust leaders. Download our model policy to see what good looks like.

Understand what to look for in your school or trust's careers guidance policy, and find questions to ask your leaders. Use our model policy to see what good looks like, and see other examples from secondary and special schools.

All schools must have an accessibility plan under the Equality Act 2010. Understand the requirements, find out what questions to ask your school or trust leaders, and use our models to see what good looks like. Plus, see examples of plans from schools and trusts, including different models of delegation.

Find out what questions you can ask to review your school's special educational needs and disability (SEND) policy and SEN information report. Use our checklists to make sure your school is meeting the requirements, and download our model policy and report to see what good looks like.

Find out how to review your school or trust's equality information and objectives. Know what questions you can ask and save time with our model policy to see what good looks like.

Use our recommended questions to help you confidently approve your school's risk assessment policy.

Get to grips with how to scrutinise your school or trust's health and safety policy. Download our model policy to see what good looks like and see examples of policies from primary, secondary and special schools.

Find out what questions you can ask to review your school's online safety policy with confidence. Use our model policy to see what good looks like, and see examples from other schools.

All state-funded schools are required to have this policy. Use our model document to benchmark your own policy or download our checklist to help you review your existing policy. Also see examples of policies from other schools and trusts.

Find out what to look for in an emergency lockdown procedure to keep everyone safe in the event of an incident. Ask the right questions to review it effectively.

See what senior leaders should include in this policy and what questions you can ask them, so you can confidently review it. Take a look at our model policy, and school and trust examples, to get an idea of what yours might look like.

Find everything you need to review and approve your school or trust first aid policy. Download our model policy and checklist to see what good looks like and see examples of policies from primary, secondary and special schools.

A thoughtful governor induction policy does more than get your new governors off to a good start – it also serves as evidence of the board's commitment to training. Adapt our model policy to save time and make sure your induction is effective.

Use our list of questions to help you review your home-school communication policy. Be clear on what good looks like with our model policy download and see examples from different types of schools.

Academies are required to have a whistle-blowing policy. Understand the requirements and use our checklist and model policy to review the procedure for your school or trust.

Adapt our model policy to help make sure your governors stay on track during visits, and so school staff know what to expect when they're visited. Plus, see examples from other schools.

Use our checklist to review the procedure for your school or trust, and make sure it complies with the law and reflects best practice. Be clear on what questions you can ask, and take a look at our model procedure to see what good looks like.

Create a governor training policy to make sure everyone on your board knows their responsibilities around training and development.

Use our model conflicts of interest policy to help you meet statutory requirements. Plus, see examples of policies from schools and trusts.

Save time by downloading our model instrument of government for maintained schools. Use our checklist to feel confident when reviewing your own.

Adapt and adopt our model policy so you can feel confident everyone knows what's expected when meetings are both fully and partly virtual.

Find out how to review your school's/trust's sustainability policy. Look at suggestions for what you could find in your policy, questions to ask and examples of sustainability and environmental policies from other schools and trusts.

Find everything you need to review and approve your school's child protection policy. Be clear on what key questions you can ask your school leaders, and use our model policy and checklist to make sure your school's compliant.

Use our recommended questions to help you confidently approve your school's policy for the designated teacher of looked-after and previously looked-after children.

If you're reviewing your school's CCTV policy, know key points to look out for as well as questions you could ask to challenge the policy. See our model policy, as well as examples from other schools, for further guidance.

Awarding bodies require exam centres to have an exam contingency plan. Use our recommended questions to help you check your school's or trust's plan is fit for purpose.

Your school or trust isn't required to have a premises management policy, but it does need premises management documents to show how it deals with things like asbestos, statutory testing or fire safety. Find out how to review your policy, and use our models as a guide to what good looks like.

Find out how to review your school's safer recruitment policy. Save time with our example questions you can ask, and use our model to see what good looks like.

Understand how to review your school/trust's staff disciplinary procedures, including questions you can ask. Save time with our policy checklist, and use our model policy to see what good looks like.

Find everything you need to review and approve your school's wellbeing policy, including what to look for in the policy and key questions to ask your school leaders.

Be confident when reviewing your procedures for dealing with allegations of abuse against staff. Know what they should include and get suggestions of questions to ask to make sure they're compliant and robust.

Be confident when approving your teacher appraisal policy. Know what it should include and what questions to ask to make sure it's compliant and robust.

Be confident when reviewing your staff code of conduct. Know what it should include and get suggestions of questions to ask to make sure your school's or trust's code is compliant and robust.

Get information on how to review your school's staff capability policy, including questions you can ask. Save time with our policy checklist, and use our model policy to see what good looks like.

Understand how to review your school's staff grievance procedures, including questions you can ask. Save time with our model policy to see what good looks like.

A dignity at work policy can help your school deal with incidents of workplace harassment, bullying and victimisation in a confident, consistent way. Get advice on how to review your policy and what to look out for.

Use our guidance and recommended questions to help you confidently approve your school's early career teacher (ECT) induction policy.

Know what to look out for and what questions you can ask to review your staff sickness and absence policy with confidence.

Find everything you need to review and approve your school's menopause policy, including what to look for in the policy and key questions to ask your school leaders.

Use our key questions to review your school or trust's family and parental leave policy. See what good looks like in our model policy and look at examples from schools and trusts.

Updated guidance on flexible working came into force on 6 April 2024. Know what to expect when reviewing your flexible working policy and use our questions to support and challenge effectively.

Know what questions you can ask school leaders and what to look out for in your assessment policy, so you can review it confidently. See examples from primary schools, secondary schools and multi-academy trusts (MATs).

Your school isn't legally required to provide remote learning, but it's good practice to do so if your school can't open safely, or if pupils are able to learn but are unable to physically attend. Find out what to expect and questions to ask when approving the policy.