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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.
| Accessibility plan |
All schools |
| Action plan following Ofsted inspection |
All schools |
| Accessibility plan |
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 |
| Child protection |
All schools |
| Collective worship |
All schools |
| Complaints procedure |
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 |
See performance management policy above |
| 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 GoverorNet 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