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Statutory policies and documents

Download our list of statutory policies and documents to check that your school or trust has all the policies it needs to be compliant.

Last reviewed on 9 February 2026See updates
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Contents
  1. Maintained schools
  2. Academy trusts
  3. Independent schools
  4. Pupil referral units (PRUs), non-maintained special schools (NMSS) and non-maintained nursery schools (NMNS)
  5. Policies you must publish online
  6. Ofsted doesn't set the rules on school policies

Our lists of statutory policies and documents are based on the lists of statutory guidance included in the governance guides for maintained schools and academy trusts. 

We've also included:

  • Any policies and documents that are statutory, but are not included in the governance guides
  • Non-statutory policies for safer recruitment, and allegations against staff and low-level concerns, which we suggest you incorporate into your child protection policy

Maintained schools

This is based on the list of statutory policies included in the governance guide for maintained schools, and other relevant statutory guidance. 

Download: list of statutory policies and documents (maintained) DOCX, 683.1 KB
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Our list covers:

  • All local authority (LA)-maintained schools, including maintained special schools
  • Maintained nursery schools

Academy trusts

We've also included other policies and documents which