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Agendas
- A clerk's guide to producing the agenda The agenda can be the difference between an efficient, productive meeting and one that rambles on endlessly. Find out how to prepare, draft, and finalise your agenda so you can run efficient meetings.
- Autumn term 2020 agenda items and how to prepare Here's a rundown of the headline issues you're likely to cover in your full governing board or committee meetings this term. Read on to understand each issue, and feel prepared with links to further reading and questions to ask.
- Curriculum committee agenda UpdatedDownload our template agenda for curriculum committee meetings and find out what to include, so your meetings run smoothly and your committee is focused and can monitor effectively.
- Finance committee: purpose, membership and agendas Find out what a finance committee should do, who should be on it and how often it should meet. See examples of terms of reference and meeting minutes.
- Governing boards without committees - the 'circle model' Be clear on how this model is different, what you should focus on and what you can do to make it work. See examples of terms of reference.
- How to prepare for your next governing board meeting Prepare fully for your governing board meetings to make sure you add value and can hold the school to account effectively. Download our pre-meeting checklist to stay on top of the agenda, get to grips with the critical information in the headteacher's report, and plan questions to ask.
- Spring term 2021 agenda items and how to prepare Here are the headline issues you're likely to cover in your full governing board meeting this term. Read on to understand each issue and feel prepared with questions you can ask to interrogate the agenda items effectively.
- Summer term 2021 agenda items and how to prepare UpdatedGet up to speed on the headline topics you're likely to cover in your board meetings this term. Read on to understand each issue and feel prepared with questions you can ask to scrutinise the agenda items effectively.
- Termly agenda templates for governing board meetings Use our termly agenda templates to ensure that your full governing board meetings cover key termly items and tasks. Each template includes suggested agenda items for maintained schools and academies.
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Minutes
- A clerk's guide to producing minutes Free sample Getting the minutes right is essential to your role as a clerk. Use our minutes template and advice on taking and writing up notes, and our checklist for checking the minutes, to help you do this.
- Clerk's guide to amending and approving draft meeting minutes UpdatedLearn how to send, amend, approve and file the minutes (including committee minutes) for maintained schools and academies.
- Committee meeting minutes: procedures What are the procedures for signing and distributing minutes from committee meetings? We look at the regulations on agreeing, signing and distributing committee meeting minutes in maintained schools. We also relay good practice advice for academies, who can decide their own procedures.
- How to handle confidential minutes from meetings Understand how to make minutes confidential and what to do if you've had a breach. You'll also learn about releasing confidential minutes to Ofsted inspectors or in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Minutes checklist for chairs and headteachers Use this to check over the minutes from meetings. It will help you spot errors and be sure your clerk hasn’t missed anything out.
- Publishing governing board minutes online Find out about publishing meeting minutes on your school website, and what the requirements are for making minutes available.
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Procedures
- Extraordinary meetings of the governing board There are no rules on when you should call an extraordinary meeting. See examples of when other schools have needed this type of meeting and be clear on the process for convening one, so you can meet your requirements.
- Quorum for meetings Learn what it means for a meeting to be quorate and how to calculate a quorum to ensure you have the votes you need to get business done.
- Top tips to keep your board running smoothly and protect governors' wellbeing Wellbeing and workload issues affect governors, too. Here are practical steps you can take to protect your governors and make sure your board is working at peak efficiency.
- Virtual meetings: your complete guide Your board may still be meeting remotely due to coronavirus. Find out how to run your virtual meetings effectively with our one-stop shop for chairs and clerks.