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
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  1. 3 March 2014

     Replaced out-of-date statutory policy documents with a link to the up-to-date ones.

  2. 10 February 2014

     Added contact details for GovernorLine.

  3. 4 February 2014

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

  4. 17 January 2014

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

  5. 17 January 2014

     Added word version of the handbook.

  6. 13 January 2014

     Updated the handbook with the January 2014 version.

  7. 14 May 2013

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 15 May 2014

This document has been replaced by the ‘Governance handbook’.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[Withdrawn] Governors' handbook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[Withdrawn] Changes that reduce burdens on maintained school governing bodies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.