Finance & admin policies

  • Data protection: model privacy notices
    If you're a data protection officer (DPO), use our model privacy notices to keep yours up to date with the latest regulations and guidance. They'll save you time and help you stay compliant with this complex area. Boards, see what good looks like so you can be assured your school or trust has the right notices in place.
  • Finance policies
    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 1 place. See examples of finance policies from a primary and a secondary school, as well as a trust.
  • Freedom of information: publication scheme
    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.
  • Governors' allowances and expenses policy: model and examples
    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.
  • How to review your admissions policy
    Understand the requirements, find out what questions to ask, and use our model as a guide for what good looks like.
  • How to review your artificial intelligence (AI) policy
    Your school isn't required to have an AI policy, but having one can help your school community use AI tools in an ethical and responsible way. Find out how to review your policy, what it should cover and the questions to ask. Use our model to understand what good looks like and see examples from other schools.
  • How to review your charging and remissions policy
    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.
  • How to review your data protection policy
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    Read our model data protection policy and data breach procedure to see what good looks like, and use our set of key questions to make sure your school is complying with data protection laws.
  • How to review your investment policy
    Review your investment policy using our key questions. Use our model investment policy and examples from trusts to benchmark your own policy.
  • How to review your procurement policy
    An effective procurement policy should clearly set out your school or trust's approach to buying goods and services, including competitive tendering procedures. Download our model policy so you can see what good looks like, and use our suggested questions to challenge your senior leaders.
  • How to review your pupil premium policy
    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. Use our model to see what good looks like, and see examples of policies from other schools.
  • How to review your reserves policy (trusts)
    Your trust must set a policy for holding reserves, including a clear plan for managing them. Take a look at our examples and model policy so you know what good looks like.
  • How to review your school uniform policy
    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.