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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.