Leadership & governance policies

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Use our 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.

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.

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.

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 be confident everyone knows what's expected when meetings are fully or partly virtual.