School governors
Guidance on good practice
Guidance documents are available on a range of issues. The documents are updated periodically to take account of legislative changes. Guidance documents are produced to disseminate good practice.
Governing body decision planner
Draft procedures
A code of conduct for the governing body
Educational abbreviations and acronyms
Guidance for governing bodies on the appointment of headteachers and deputy headteachers - summer term 2006
Guidance for appointing Headteachers / Deputies [Word file 126KB]|
Guidance for appointing Headteachers / Deputies [PDF file 123KB]|
Documents and policies that governing bodies must legally have in place (as at October 2003)
Governors four year plan
Headteacher's report
Guidance on governor visits to schools
School Visit Record Form
The appointment and election of school governors
Election and Appointment of School Governors [Word file 324KB]|
Election and Appointment of School Governors [PDF file 120KB]|
Committees of Governing Bodies
Committees of governing bodies [PDF file 163KB]|
Complaints
From 1 September 2003, Governing Bodies of all maintained schools and nursery schools in England were required, under Section 29 of the Education Act 2002, to have in place a procedure to deal with complaints relating to the school and to any community facilities or services that the school provides. The law also requires the procedure to be publicised.
The Local Authority circulated guidance in 2001. The DCSF also provided a model for schools when General Complaints procedures became a legal requirement.
GovernorNet: DCSF complaints toolkit|
This model is intended to help schools draw up a school complaint procedure if they have not already done so, or to review their existing procedure if they wish.
General complaints procedure for dealing with school complaints
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