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This publication was withdrawn on

This document has been replaced by the ‘Governance handbook’.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

[Withdrawn] Governors' handbook

PDF, 1.32 MB, 111 pages

[Withdrawn] Changes that reduce burdens on maintained school governing bodies

PDF, 373 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.

Updates to this page

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 Replaced out-of-date statutory policy documents with a link to the up-to-date ones.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

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