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Here you will find guidance documents and information on a number of topics relating to governance and education. Please use the below filters to find relevant information that meets your needs.
Ofsted: No place for bullying
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Appointments: An Overview
Pay: Statutory Responsibilities
Staff Discipline and Capability
Dismissing and Suspending Staff
Redundancy
Monitoring monthly expenditure
Charging and remissions policy
Model Documents: Recruiting and Selecting a New Headteacher
The Governance Handbook
Model code of conduct for governing boards (2019)
Twenty key questions for the governing board to ask itself
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Refreshing the board
Managing risk: a guide for governing boards
Moving MATs forward: the power of governance (2019)
Frequently Asked Questions on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Skills Audit and Skills Matrix 2019 version
Model Role Descriptions for Governors, Trustees and Clerks
School Governance and Staff Performance: Overview
Persons with significant control in academies
Questions for governing boards to ask: Raising standards
Board Dynamics
Spotlight on Disadvantage: spending and evaluating pupil premium (2018)
Clerks learning on the job
Eight Elements of Effective Governance
Financial scrutiny
NGA responds to Justine Greening's speech on funding
Inspiring Governance: New Governor/Trustee Helpline
Ofsted assesses the state of school governance
Visible governance in schools campaign announced by NGA
NGA urges the Chancellor to make urgent investment in the education of young people
Diverse governing boards will make schools successful for everyone: ethnic minority and young people
Another year over - here’s what happened at NGA in 2017…
Current policy on academisation will remain unchanged, DfE confirms
NGA responds to Budget 2018
Annual school governance survey opens with message from NGA chief executive
East of England Regional Conference
West Midlands Regional Meeting
Board dynamics, relationships and trust in challenging times
South East Regional Meeting
MAT Governance Conference 2019
South West Regional Conference
Yorkshire & Humber Regional Conference
Community MATs Network
An introduction to being strategic
Forming or joining a MAT
The effective governance of SEND
Using data in your organisation - for those familiar with school performance measures
Question and challenge and courageous conversations
Safeguarding - an introduction
Getting the right people round the table
Performance management in schools and trusts
An introduction to data and school performance measures
Safer recruitment - an introduction