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Government Policies

The information from this page is from Teachernet http://www.teachernet.gov.uk

The governing body of each school makes decisions relating to the school policies. Some policies and other documents are statutory, and schools are legally required to adapt a policy for each of these areas.

The table below lists the policies and other documents that schools are required to have.
 
Policies legally required Type of school
Accessibility plan All schools
Action plan following Ofsted inspection All schools
Admissions Aided schools and Foundation schools. Community and Controlled schools if the LEA transfers the responsibility to them.
Annual report to parents All schools
Attendance targets All schools
Charging All schools
Community and Voluntary Controlled schools should consult their LEA
Child protection All schools
Collective worship All schools
Complaints procedure All schools
Curriculum All schools
Discipline (including anti-bullying) All schools
Freedom of information publication scheme All schools
Governors' allowance All schools (where governing body agrees to pay expenses)
Health and safety All schools
Home-school agreements All schools except Maintained Nursery Schools
Instrument of government All schools 
Minutes of and papers considered at meetings of the governing body and its committees All schools
Performance management All schools
Prospectus All schools except Maintained Nursery Schools
Race equality All schools
Register of pupils All schools
Register of business interests of head teacher and governors All schools
Risk assessments See health and safety policy above
Sex education All schools
Special educational needs All schools
Staff appraisal See performance management policy above
Staff discipline, conduct and grievance procedures All schools
Target setting for schools All schools except Maintained Nursery Schools
 
More information can be found in A Guide to the Law for School Governors, which is available on the GovernorNet website.

See also the A to Z entry Model policies, which contains example policies which schools can consult when reviewing or creating their school policies. Where a model policy is available, we have also added a link to it from the table below.


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