Resources for school governors
Your guide to model policies and other resources for school governors.
You can download the policies and adapt them for your school or use them to review policies you already have.
Agenda handbook
Spring Term 2012
Knowing your school - Primary[pdf - 144kb]
Knowing your school - Secondary[pdf - 184kb]
Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS)[pdf - 144kb]
Draft Agenda - Spring Term 2012[pdf - 69kb]
Latest information - Spring Term 2012[pdf - 77kb]
Online participation - guidance for governors[pdf - 212kb]
Autumn Term 2011
Comittees[pdf - 80kb]
GEL online training for governors[pdf - 124kb]
Roles and responsibilities of the Chair and Vice Chair[pdf - 128kb]
School based governor induction[pdf - 87kb]
Model school policy documents
Model publication scheme
Generic Governors Code of Conduct[word - 25kb]
Governors Code of Conduct (VA Schools)[word - 27kb]
Human resources policies
View all Human Resources policies
Declarations of interest
Business Interests and Pecuniary Interests[word - 21kb]
Register of Governors Business Interests[word - 24kb]
Checklist of information for new governors
Checklist for New Governors[word - 28kb]
Financial Management Standard in Schools
This links to the DfE site covering financial management standards: DfE webpages on SFVS
Time off from work
Time Off From Work[word - 27kb]
Preparing for school visits
Guidance for govenors visiting schools[pdf - 30kb]
Acronyms
Useful Terms and Abbreviations[pdf - 127kb]
Please contact us on 0191 427 7000 if you have any comments or questions, or if you have any policies you would like to include on this site to share with other schools.
Other useful documents
Succession breeds success: How to grow leaders in your governing body[pdf - 1Mb]
Governor Mark: Quality mark for governance[pdf - 297kb]
Governer Mark: Guidance and Application[pdf - 749kb]
