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Resources

Resources and guidance to help you become an effective school governor

  • Key Abbreviations and Acronyms

    This document has the most common abbreviations and acronyms used across governing bodies and schools.

    Link: Download

  • Governors for Schools – University brochure

    This guide sets out the reasons why Universities should work with Governors for Schools.

    Link: Download

  • Governors for Schools – Schools brochure

    This guide sets out the reasons why a school should register their governor vacancies with Governors for Schools.

    Link: Download

  • The role of a school governor

    This guide sets out the role and responsibilities of a school governor.

    Link: Download

  • Education Inspection Framework 2019

    The Education Inspection Framework sets out how Ofsted inspects maintained schools and academies, non-association independent schools, further education and skills provision and registered early years settings in England.

    Link: The Education Inspection Framework

  • School Inspection Handbook 2019

    This handbook describes the main activities undertaken during inspections of schools in England under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

    It sets out the evaluation criteria that inspectors use to make their judgements and on which they report.

    Link: School Inspection Handbook 2019

  • Schools financial efficiency: top 10 planning checks for governors

    The following top 10 planning checks are to support school and academy governors by providing information to help governors understand effective financial management. Governors can then use this information to make sure their school is efficient in managing its resources.

    Link: Schools Financial Efficiency - 10 Checks for Governors

  • Primary school accountability

    This guide explains the primary accountability measures, including how a school’s progress scores are calculated.

    Link: Primary School Accountability

  • Secondary school accountability

    This guide explains the secondary accountability measures, including how a school’s progress scores are calculated.

    Link: Secondary school accountability

  • What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online

    A list from the Department for Education of all information that schools should publish on their websites.

    Link: What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online

  • Keeping children safe in education

    Keeping children safe in education is statutory guidance from the Department for Education for schools and colleges who  must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

    Link: Keeping Children Safe in Education

  • Governance Handbook

    The Governance handbook is guidance from the Department for Education. It sets out the government’s vision and priorities for effective governance.

    Link: Governance Handbook

  • A Competency Framework for Governance

    The knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for effective governance in maintained schools, academies and multi-academy trustsl

    Link: Competency Framework

  • Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19

    Ofsted's Annual Report presents their findings for the areas they inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care.

    Link: Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19

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