Reports to governors

  • Attendance: template report to governors
    Be clear on how to report your attendance data and strategies to your governing board. Use our adaptable template and/or DfE tools to share absence and attendance information with governors.
  • CEO report to the board: template and guidance
    Use our template and guidance to help you make sure your report covers the right level of detail for your trustees.
    For Trust Leaders
  • Finance: reports to governors
    There's no statutory guidance on what you should report to your governors' finance committee. Find advice on what to include, use our template to set out your report, and find out what other information you could share alongside it.
  • Headteacher’s report to the governing board: guidance and template
    Updated
    Download our template to help you report to your board – it includes the topics you'll likely want to cover, and the evaluation areas in Ofsted's 2025 inspection framework. Find out how to make sure you give your governors what they need to do their job well.
  • Health and safety report to governors: template
    Download and adapt our template health and safety report, so you can give your governors oversight of the health and safety of pupils, staff and visitors.
  • Report to governors on LAC and previously LAC
    Use our template to help you report to your governing board on how you support looked-after children (LAC) and previously LAC, and find links to more support for designated teachers.
  • SEND: reports to governors
    Download our SEND report to governors template, which has space to record your school's SEND profile and progress information. See examples of reports from other schools to help you decide what to include.
  • Teachers' performance and pay: reports to the governing board
    Know how to present anonymous staff appraisal reports and pay recommendations to your governing board, and download our templates to help you prepare this information.