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COVID-19 guidance and information
We've updated our COVID-19 guidance and information in light of national lockdown and the partial closure of schools.
Updated resources include:
Monitoring priorities: key areas of focus for governing boards right now
Remote education: safeguarding, expectations and monitoring
Disadvantaged pupils: reducing the impact of partial school closures
Frequently asked questions: how to conduct governing board business and more
Virtual governance: remote meetings, monitoring and induction
Our complete collection of COVID-19 resources:
Bereavement support for schools
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Continuity and recovery plans
COVID-19 Frequently asked questions
Disadvantaged pupils
Monitoring priorities
Ofsted plans whilst schools partially closed
Parent governor and trustee elections
Parental engagement
Professional matters: appraisal, restructure, conversion and HR procedures
Remote education
Virtual governance
The governance of safeguarding: a guide for governing boards
Integrated curriculum and financial planning
Skills audit and skills matrix
Chairing a board: developing governance, sharing leadership
Risk Management
Questions for governing boards to ask: Finance
The right people around the table
From special measures to good
COVID-19 and governance: Governing in unprecedented times
A view from the board: Ofsted's new inspection framework (2020)
Service Pupil Premium: best practice examples
Health and Safety
Post-16 Education
Fifth MAT shares governance experiences in case study series
Funding reform delayed
NGA responds to removal of local governing bodies by E-Act
Coronavirus: NGA publishes information for governing boards
Business continuity guidance to support boards through COVID-19 released
Guidance for governing boards on reducing the impact of COVID-19 on disadvantaged pupils
Characteristics of the most effective pupil premium strategies revealed in research report
Headteacher Recruitment: new guidance and toolkit published
New Headteachers' Standards published by DfE
GCSE results day: fluctuating entry rates overshadowed by focus on reformed GCSEs
Northern Regional Conference
London and South East Regional Conference
Annual General Meeting and the Annual Address 2020
Clerks Advisory Group - London
The governing board’s role in promoting diversity and equality in staffing
Young Governors' Network Reception
The governing board’s role in well-being and retention of senior leadership
The governing boards role in closing the disadvantage gap for pupils
Community MATs network meeting
The governing board’s role in school and trust improvement
Preparing for Ofsted – what governors and trustees need to know
Induction - for governors of maintained schools
Governor or trustee visits to their organisation
The effective governance of SEND
Financial oversight in maintained schools
Chairs 360
Generating income: the governance role
Question and challenge and courageous conversations
Performance management in schools and trusts
Governing groups of schools – the options