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- Topic: Policies Recommended - Your single place to find out which policies you must have, should have, and if anything has changed. Plus a bank of lawyer-approved model policies ready for you to adapt
- Statutory policies and documents for schools and trusts Download our list of the policies and documents you must have, so you're clear on any changes and can make sure you’re compliant.
- Non-statutory policies and documents Use the tools in this article to help you decide which non-statutory policies would be useful for running your school.
- Statutory policies and procedures (EYFS) Find out what policies you need to have in place for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Early career teacher (ECT) induction: checklist Download our checklist to make sure you're following statutory requirements before and during early career teacher (ECT) inductions.
- Educational visits policy: model and examples An educational visits policy provides support for staff in the effective and safe planning and operation of school trips. This policy isn't statutory, but it's best practice to have one. Download our model policy with practical templates in the appendices, and see examples from other schools.
- How to review your school uniform policy Follow these steps to make sure your uniform policy is inclusive and in line with the DfE's statutory guidance on uniform costs. Use our cost calculator, policy audit and consultation guidance to help make an effective policy which provides value for money.
- Premises management policy: model You don't have to have a dedicated premises management policy, but you do need premises management documents to show how you take care of things like asbestos, fire safety and statutory testing. Use our model policy to help you set out your approach to premises management.
- How to review a school policy Here's your 5-step guide to reviewing a policy. You'll find a tool to help you check changes to statutory guidance and advice on assessing whether the policy is working effectively. Use our model statement on equality once you've evaluated the impact of your existing policy on those with protected characteristics.
- Cost of school uniform: statutory guidance Be clear what the DfE's statutory guidance on the cost of school uniform means for your school and what you need to do to comply.
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) policy: model Download and adapt our model early years policy to help you write or review yours in line with the statutory procedures you must have for the EYFS, and the latest version of the EYFS framework.
- Teacher appraisal policy: model, checklist and examples Adapt our model appraisal policy to use in your school, or use our checklist to make sure your own policy covers everything it needs to. Also see examples of school policies covering appraisal of teachers' performance.
- Children missing education (CME): procedures and policies Find out about the statutory requirements for school procedures on children absent from education and children missing education (CME), including monitoring attendance, updating admission registers and making reasonable enquiries about a child's whereabouts. See CME policies from primary, secondary and special schools.
- Instrument of government: model and examples Download our model instrument of government or use our checklist of statutory content to create or review your own. Take a look at some examples from schools for inspiration.
- School premises maintenance: checklist Use our checklist to help you maintain your premises and meet your statutory health and safety duties. It outlines how often you should carry out tasks, separating daily, weekly, termly and annual duties.
- Staff capability policy and procedures: model and examples Download and adapt our model staff capability policy, or use our checklist to make sure your own policy covers everything it should. Plus, see examples from a primary and a secondary school, as well as a multi-academy trust.
- Pupil reports to parents: checklist and templates Use our checklist to make sure your annual reports to parents meet statutory requirements, and see what extra information you need to include at the end of Key Stage (KS) 1 and KS2. Download our templates and adapt them to suit your needs.
- Mobile phone policy: model and examples Updated - Adapt our model mobile phone policy to suit your school, or use our checklist to help you write your own. See examples of policies from other schools on the use of mobile phones by pupils, staff, parents/carers, visitors and volunteers.
- Division of responsibilities: headteacher and governing board Updated - Understand the difference between strategic and operational responsibilities, and download a checklist of key tasks that governing boards should perform to meet their statutory duties. Find questions your board might ask to support and challenge your decisions.
- Teachers' pay policy: model and examples Download and adapt our model pay policy to suit your school's context, or use our checklist to make sure your policy complies with the STPCD. See examples of teachers' pay policies from a range of schools.