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- Website publishing requirements and your role Know what needs to be published on your school website or trust website and understand your role. Use our checklists if you want to dig deeper to check your website is compliant.
- School website: publishing information about the governing board Find out what governing board information you're required to publish on your school website, and download our checklists for maintained schools and academies to make sure you haven't missed anything out.
- Publishing governing board minutes online Understand expectations around publishing meeting minutes on your school website, and what the requirements are for making minutes available.
- Know your school: a checklist There's so much information to know as a governor that it can be tricky to know where to start. Download our checklist to understand the key information you should know about your school and where to find it.
- How to review your SEND policy and SEN information report 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.
- How to review your complaints procedures: checklist, model and examples 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.
- How to review your whistle-blowing policy: checklist, model and examples 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.
- Monitoring safeguarding provision: checklist Your governing board must make sure your school has effective safeguarding policies and procedures in place. Use our checklist to help you monitor your school's safeguarding practice in line with the latest version of statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
- Instrument of government: model and checklist Save time by downloading our model instrument of government for maintained schools. Use our checklist to feel confident when reviewing your own.
- Staying Ofsted-ready as a governor Use our checklists to be confident that when Ofsted arrives, you've got everything under control. Download our list of questions that inspectors might ask governors, and follow our links to brush up on any areas you're not sure of.
- Careers guidance: statutory requirements (secondary) Understand what you and your senior leaders need to do to provide compulsory careers guidance, while meeting Ofsted's 'personal development' requirements.
- Clerk's induction: checklist and guidance Know how to provide an effective induction for your new clerk so they can hit the ground running. A thoughtful induction process will also serve as evidence of your commitment to training. Download our checklist to make sure you've got everything covered.
- How to review your child protection policy Updated - 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.
- School resource management self-assessment: summary and questions to ask Academy trusts must complete the self-assessment checklist annually. Find out what questions you can ask your trust leaders to make sure your trust meets good financial standards.
- Headteacher's appraisal: chair of the appraisal panel Be clear on what your role is as chair of the headteacher’s appraisal panel, and use our checklist of the process so you know what has to happen when.
- How to support a new headteacher As a chair, be clear on how you can support your new headteacher and induct them effectively. Download our checklist to help you keep track of what you need to do.
- Governors' allowances and expenses policy: model and examples Download and adapt our model governors' allowances policy to stay compliant. Use our policy checklist when creating or reviewing your own policy and look at examples of policies from schools.
- A clerk's guide to producing minutes Getting the minutes right is essential to your role as a clerk. Read up on our top tips for taking and writing up notes, then use our handy template and checklist to save your valuable time.
- Headteacher appraisal: step-by-step process and templates Use our 5-stage process for your headteacher's appraisal this year. Download our templates and checklist so you know you've met all your statutory requirements and have everything covered.
- Academy conversion: step-by-step process Be clear on each step of the academy conversion process so you know what you need to do from start to finish. Use our handy checklist to keep track of the tasks to complete, to make sure everything's covered.