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Roles and responsibilities
This section covers the role of the governing body within the school. You will find information about the legal responsibilties that the governing body has, decisions it must make, examples of good practice and suggested working methods.
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Health and safety in schools: Overview
Publish date: 30 March 2004
There are a very broad range of issues relating to health and safety in schools. This article identifies many of the key issues and provides access to more detailed articles and resources for a range of these topics including: asbestos, children's health, child protection, educational visits, first aid, fire safety, health and safety policy, reporting accidents, RIDDOR, risk assessment, safe use of ICT, school meals and nutritional standards, school security and use of force to control or restrain pupils...... more »
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Effective Governance - Overview
Publish date: 30 March 2004
This article provides some insight into how governing bodies can evaluate and improve their effectiveness... more »
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Governing body - Overview
Publish date: 30 March 2004
This article provides a brief overview of the main procedures that governing bodies should follow in carrying out their day-to-day business, with links to articles and other resources containing more detail...... more »
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Complaints - Overview
Publish date: 30 March 2004
This article provides a summary of issues relating to developing policies and procedures to deal with complaints.... more »
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Governors' Visits to the School - Overview
Publish date: 30 March 2004
This article provides an overview of issues relating to governors' visits to the school... more »
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Award schemes and accreditation mark initiatives
Publish date: 14 March 2004
Numerous benchmarking and accreditation schemes are available for schools to apply to for awards and marks.... more »
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Regulations and guidance on governing body procedures
Publish date: 09 March 2004
The Regulations on governing body procedures came into force on 1 September 2003. The Regulations, guidance, a presentation and explanation of the main changes can be accessed through this article...... more »
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School Staffing (England) Regulations 2003 No.1963 and Staffing Guidance under Sections 35(8) and 36(8) of the Education Act 2002
Publish date: 29 February 2004
These staffing regulations provide a greater level of flexibility for schools than the former arrangements.... more »
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Chair of governors and vice chair of governors
Publish date: 29 February 2004
This topic deals with the roles of the chair and vice chair and their election and removal.... more »
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Instrument of Government
Publish date: 29 February 2004
The Instrument of Government is the document which records the name of the school and the constitution of its governing body.... more »
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