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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.
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Charging and remissions policy
The Governance Handbook
Model code of conduct for governing boards
Twenty questions for governing board self-review
Parents: the key stakeholders?
Model procedure for electing a chair and vice chair
Statutory Framework for Governance
Appointment, election and removal of maintained school governors
A Governors’ Expenses (Allowances) Scheme
Delegation of functions to individuals or committees
Intervening in schools causing concern
PSHE education
Summer schools
The right people around the table
NGA Guide to Staffing for Governing Boards
Managing staffing costs
Skills audit and skills matrix
Being Strategic
Eight Elements of Effective Governance
Knowing your school: questions for governing boards to ask
MATs moving forward: the power of governance
Refreshing the board
Disadvantaged pupils
School governance in 2020
Questions for governing boards to ask: extra-curricular provision
Role descriptions for chairs, governors, trustees, governance professionals and clerks
Persons with significant control in academies
Questions for governing boards to ask: curriculum
Capability Procedures
Link governors and trustees
Ofsted opens consultation on new education inspection framework
NGA joins unions and associations in issuing joint statement on mass testing rollout
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on academy schools’ finances
Joint Ofsted and NGA research shows school governance is prepared for COVID-19 impact
New Year Honours list 2017: gongs for governance
School budgets ‘close to breaking point' say NAHT
PISA 2015 research published
Consultation on ethical leadership in education framework opened
NGA urges governing boards to respond to the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into education fun
Unifying concerns of school governors and trustees revealed
The governing boards role in closing the disadvantage gap for pupils
SEND Advisory Group
Local Academy Governance Leadership Forum
Community MATs network meeting
Clerks’ Network
The governing board’s role in well-being and retention of senior leadership
MAT Governance Network
Clerking Conference 2021
Clerks Advisory Group - London
Young Governors' Network Reception
Safer recruitment - an introduction
An introduction to data and school performance measures
Governing groups of schools – the options
Induction - for trustees of academy trusts
Financial oversight in maintained schools
Performance management in schools and trusts
Preparing for Ofsted – what governors and trustees need to know
The effective governance of SEND
Effective chairing - an introduction
Chairs 360