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- Home-school agreement: model and examples You're not required to have a home-school agreement. If you'd like to use one, download and adapt our primary and secondary models and see examples from other schools, to set clear expectations and promote effective partnerships with your school community.
- Home-school communication policy: model and examples Download and adapt our model policy. Use it to set clear guidelines for staff and parents, and to give parents a list of contacts so they know the right member of staff to send their queries to.
- Service level agreements: template and examples Download and adapt our service level agreement template. See examples of SLAs used by schools and get guidance on determining the responsibilities of each party.
- EYFS: home visits Find advice around conducting home visits in the EYFS, as well as examples of policies from other schools.
- Parental engagement: guidance and examples Take a look at practical strategies to engage parents with their child's learning and your school community, including examples from different schools and a trust.
- Flexi-schooling: guidance Get to grips with flexi-school arrangements. Find out what to consider before agreeing to a request for one and what to include in an agreement with parents.
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How a 6-school trust set its top-slicing strategy: case study
Learn how one trust set its top-slicing strategy, and get advice from an academy finance expert on how to make its approach work for you. Download the trust's service level agreement to see what central services it provides to its schools.
For Trust Leaders
- Staff CPD: paying and recovering costs Download our template CPD agreement, approved by Forbes Solicitors, to use when covering the cost of staff training and qualifications. Also understand how to manage repayments and reimbursements of CPD costs.
- How to get your school community on board with your policies Get tips on bridging the gap between your school and your community, so you can get buy-in from everyone involved and gain advocates for your policies.
- Remote learning policy: model You're only expected to consider offering remote learning if your school can't open safely, or if pupils are able to learn but are unable to physically attend school. Adapt our model policy to set out your expectations in these situations.
- School policies: consulting staff, unions and parents Learn what policies you should open a consultation on, and how to best consult with staff, unions and parents.
- Parent code of conduct: model and examples Use our model parent code of conduct to set clear expectations and guidelines on appropriate behaviour. See examples from schools to help you develop your own.
- Contracts register: template Use our template contracts register to keep a record of all of your school's contracts and service level agreements in 1 place.
- Managing mobile phone usage in school Get to grips with DfE guidance on managing mobile phone usage in school, and adapt our template letters to parents/carers to let them know about any changes to your policy and approach.
- Managing late collection of pupils Get expert advice on what to do if parents don't collect their children from school on time or fail to collect them. See examples of school policies on late or non-collection.
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Centralising a service, step 6: create a full service catalogue to run your service
This final step will help you put the right things in place to deliver the service. Put together the service provider, finish the service catalogue and get a service level agreement in place.
For Trust Leaders
- Behaviour policy: model and examples Download and adapt our model behaviour policy, or if you prefer to write or review your own, use our checklist to make sure you're following requirements and good practice.
- Bring your own device (BYOD) policies Find examples of 'bring your own device' (BYOD) policies for pupils and staff that you can use as inspiration when writing your own. The UK GDPR doesn't stipulate what these must include.
- Online safety policy: model and examples Download and adapt our model online safety policy, which includes acceptable use agreements for pupils, parents/carers and staff. See examples of policies from primary, secondary and special schools.
- Social media: how to deal with negative comments or behaviour by parents and carers Use our internet acceptable use agreement to help prevent inappropriate social media use by parents/carers. Get tips on how to respond to issues, and download our template letters to address incidents and make your expectations clear.