Guidance

Governors' handbook

Departmental advice outlining governors' roles and duties.

From:
Department for Education, National College for Teaching and Leadership, and Lord Nash
Published
14 May 2013
Last updated
3 March 2014 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on

This document has been replaced by the ‘Governance handbook’.

Documents

Governors' handbook

Ref: DFE-00050-2013 PDF, 1.02 MB, 111 pages

Governors' handbook

Ref: DFE-00050-2013 MS Word Document, 1.03 MB

Changes that reduce burdens on maintained school governing bodies

PDF, 26.7 KB, 4 pages

Details

This departmental advice is for governing bodies in:

  • maintained schools
  • academies and free schools

The ‘Statutory policies for schools’ page outlines the policies and other documents school governing bodies are legally required to hold.

If you are are governor looking for more advice, you can contact GovernorLine free of charge.

GovernorLine

Contact form https://www.education....

Telephone 08000 722 181

Textphone 0845 604 1230

Telephone line is open:
Monday to Friday from 9am to 8pm

The line is closed on bank holidays.

Published 14 May 2013
Last updated 3 March 2014 + show all updates

  1. Replaced out-of-date statutory policy documents with a link to the up-to-date ones.

  2. Added contact details for GovernorLine.

  3. Replaced governors handbook Word 2010 version (.docx) with Word 1997-2003 version (.doc)

  4. Updated both versions of the statutory policies for governing bodies downloads.

  5. Added word version of the handbook.

  6. Updated the handbook with the January 2014 version.

  7. First published.