Useful documents and templates for schools and governing boards

We’ve created a range of documents to help support schools and governing boards:

Documents for schools

• Data protection
• Data sharing agreement
• Freedom of information
• School lockdown guidance
• Business continuity and emergency planning
• Guidance on altering the timings of the school day
• Framework School Complaints Procedure (available on request to subscribing schools)

Documents for governing boards

• School governance: A practical guide
• Guidance on holding staff governor elections
• Guidance on holding parent governor elections
• Publishing governors details and the register of interests on the schools website (available on request to subscribing schools)
• Payment of governors' allowances example (available on request to subscribing schools)
• Oversight of governance at schools maintained by Birmingham City Council
• Briefing note on the role of the training and skills link governor (available on request to subscribing schools)
• Briefing note role of the Safeguarding Governor