Information for governors

Downloadable documents

Assessment

• Assessment reforms (Adobe PDF format, 99kb)

Attendance

• School attendance guidance, October 2014 (Department for Education) (Adobe PDF format, 313kb)

Finance

• Asset management and disposal policy (Adobe PDF format, 127kb)
• Delegation form (Adobe PDF format, 282kb)
• Financial checklist for governing boards 2016 to 2017 (Adobe PDF format, 238kb)
• Internal audit governing body guidance (Adobe PDF format, 206kb)
• Risk register (blank) (Adobe PDF format, 446kb)
• School fund and hospitality guidance for governors (Adobe PDF format, 165kb)
• School fund policy (model) (Adobe PDF format, 398kb)
• School fund statement of account (blank) (Adobe PDF format, 466kb)
• School hospitality policy (model) (Adobe PDF format, 59kb)
• Internal audit reviews in schools (Adobe PDF format, 137kb)
• Salford scheme of delegation - October 2015 (Adobe PDF format, 415kb)
• Governing board responsibility for the Schools Financial Value Standard (Microsoft Word format, 13kb)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

• The Department for Education GDPR toolkit for schools (Adobe PDF format, 615kb)
• The Information Commissioner's Office guide to GDPR (Adobe PDF format, 1.1mb)
• The Information Commissioner's Office webinar for schools (Adobe PDF format, 4.3mb)

Governing bodies - general guidance

• Code of conduct for governing boards (model) (Adobe PDF format, 446kb)
• Reconstitution frequently asked questions (Adobe PDF format, 718kb)
• What governing bodies should expect from school leaders and what school leaders should expect from governing bodies (Adobe PDF format, 311kb)

Ofsted Inspections

• Ofsted Inspection Handbook – August 2016 (Microsoft Word format, 917kb)
• Ofsted school inspection grade descriptors (Microsoft Word format, 38kb)
• Questions for governors about performance data (Microsoft Word format, 32kb)
• Questions governors have been asked by inspectors (Microsoft Word format, 44kb)

Outdoor education

• Lledr Hall outdoor education centre (Adobe PDF format, 180kb)

Safeguarding

• Safer recruitment working practices - October 2013 (Adobe PDF format, 322kb)
• Keeping children safe in education - GB checklist 2015 to 2016 (Adobe PDF format, 236kb)
• DBS checks for governors - September 2016 (Adobe PDF format, 173kb)
• Keeping children safe in education - DFE statutory guidance, September 2016 (Adobe PDF format, 830kb)
• RM and Salford City Council internet filtering advice (Adobe PDF format, 366kb)

School websites

• Governors' register of interests - model text for school websites (Adobe PDF format, 164kb)
• School website compliance checklist for secondary schools  - September 2017 (Salford LA) (Microsoft Word format, 121kb)
• School website compliance checklist for primary schools  - September 2017 (Salford LA) (Microsoft Word format, 120kb)

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