Correspondence

School governance update

Important news and communications from the Department for Education (DfE) relating to governance in maintained schools and academy trusts in England.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 18 September 2019
• Last updated: 16 December 2022
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  1. 16 December 2022

     Added 'School governance update: December 2022’.

  2. 29 September 2022

     Added 'School governance update: September 2022'.

  3. 1 July 2022

     Added an article on the recruitment of National Leaders of Governance to 'School governance update: July 2022'.

  4. 30 June 2022

     Added 'School governance update: July 2022' and removed updates for March 2021 and April 2021.

  5. 4 November 2021

     Added 'School governance update: November 2021'.

  6. 15 July 2021

     Added July 2021 updates for maintained schools and academy trusts. Some previous editions have been removed and placed in the National Archives.

  7. 20 April 2021

     Added 'School governance update: April 2021'.

  8. 1 March 2021

     Added 'School governance update: March 2021'.

  9. 2 December 2020

     Added 'School governance update: December 2020'.

  10. 8 October 2020

      Added 'School governance update: October 2020'.

  11. 17 July 2020

      Added 'Local authority maintained schools: school governance update July 2020' and 'Academy trusts: school governance update July 2020'.

  12. 4 June 2020

      Added 'School governance: coronavirus (COVID-19) update'.

  13. 15 April 2020

      Updated information about video or teleconferencing applications in 'School governance update March 2020: advice for governing bodies'.

  14. 25 March 2020

      Added 'School governance update March 2020' which includes guidance in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19).

  15. 16 January 2020

      Added updates for January 2020.

  16. 5 November 2019

      Added school governance update for November 2019.

  17. 19 September 2019

      Added sentence to specify that all changes made to the statutory policies list for schools and academys reflect previously announced requirements on schools, there are no new requirements or policies announced in this update.

  18. 18 September 2019

      First published.

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These updates are for anyone involved in school and trust governance who wants to know the latest messages from the DfE, such as:

• governors
• trustees
• chairs
• governance professionals
• members
• anyone else involved in the governance of schools and trusts in England

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Previous newsletters are available from the National Archives.