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- How to work with your chair of governors Recommended - Read about how you can effectively work with your chair of governors, and understand what the role of the chair involves and how it differs to your own.
- Checks for new school staff, governors and trustees Use our checklist to stay compliant with all the pre-employment checks you need to carry out and record for new staff, volunteers, governors and trustees.
- Governor visits School visits are an important part of your governors' monitoring role. Get tips on how to make sure their visits are effective, and use our templates to help structure the conversations.
- How to keep governors Ofsted-ready Update your board regularly on what's going on in your school. If governors are up to speed, they'll feel more ready for an Ofsted inspection. Share our list of questions so they know what inspectors might ask them.
- 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 schools to help you decide what to include.
- Need-to-know: New governance guides replace the Governance Handbook New - There are no new requirements for governors or trustees, but get up to speed on the new format for DfE governance guidance.
- CPD reports to governors: template Use our template and guidance to report to governors about continuing professional development (CPD).
- 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.
- School improvement planning: how to work with your governors Know how to involve your governors in the process, so you get the challenge and support you need to create an effective school improvement plan (SIP).
- Headteachers' reports to governors based on the Ofsted framework See examples of headteachers' reports to governors based on the Ofsted framework.
- Presenting your budget to governors: templates Keep your governors fully informed about your budget planning and decision-making with our downloadable templates. You'll find a detailed budget planner, and a planning report that will help you explain your budget planning decisions.
- Governor visits policy: model and examples Download our model policy for governor visits and adapt it to your needs. Check out our guidance for what you should include, and see examples from different types of schools.
- DPO's report to governors: template Use our template to make sure you're giving your governors all the information they need to know about data protection and your school's compliance with the UK GDPR.
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MAT HR director: model job description
Download and adapt our model job description for a multi-academy trust human resources (HR) director.
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MAT ICT director: model job description
Download and adapt our model job description for a multi-academy trust ICT director.
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- Parent governor/trustee elections: documents Check if you're responsible for organising parent governor/trustee elections, and use our template documents to save you time and make sure the process runs smoothly. Download our template letters to parents/carers, ballot paper and candidate form.
- Attendance: template report to governors Use our adaptable template to paint a clear picture to governors of absence and attendance in your school. Get governors up to speed on the common barriers to attendance, your approach to tackling them, and demonstrate impact.
- How Ofsted inspects governance Get to grips with how governance is inspected under the Ofsted framework, and the role of governors on inspection day.
- Governors' allowances and expenses policy: model and examples Signpost your governors to our model policy and adapt it to suit your school's context. Plus, see examples from a range of schools to find out how other schools have done it.
- Finance: reports to governors There's no statutory guidance on what you should report to your governors' finance committee. Use our template to help you set out your report and find out what you could share alongside it.