Virtual meetings policy: model and examples
Your board needs to continue its important work even if you can't meet in person right now. Adapt and adopt our model policy so you can feel confident everyone knows what's expected and how your virtual meetings should run.
Download our model policy
Our policy is:
- Designed for you to adapt to suit your context
- In line with relevant requirements and good practice
- Approved by Forbes Solicitors
Approving the policy
This policy isn't statutory, so there aren't any rules on who should approve it.
You can:
- Approve it as part of a virtual meeting – if you're the clerk, be sure to minute this decision
- Use the chair's action to approve it (in an emergency)
Examples
- The Community Inclusive Trust is made up of 14 academies across Lincolnshire ('virtual governance policy')
- Moss Hey Primary School in Cheshire ('virtual governance policy')
- Fowlmere Primary School in Cambridgeshire (see page 6 of its standing orders)
- Up Holland High School in Lancashire ('virtual meeting attendance policy')
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