Minutes
Contents
- A clerk's guide to producing minutesGetting 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.
- Clerk's guide to amending and approving draft meeting minutesLearn how to send, amend, approve and file the minutes (including committee minutes) for maintained schools and academies.
- How to handle confidential minutes from meetingsUnderstand how to make minutes confidential and what to do if you've had a breach. Get to grips with the rules around releasing confidential minutes to Ofsted inspectors or in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Minutes checklist for chairs and headteachersUse our list to check over the minutes from meetings. It will help you spot errors so you're sure your clerk hasn’t missed anything out.
- Publishing governing board minutes onlineUnderstand expectations around publishing meeting minutes on your school website, and what the requirements are for making minutes available.