Statutory guidance and additional resources for trusts
Information for trustees, those serving on committees or local committees and governance professionals on the policies and documents they must have.
This is not intended to be a complete list of policies. Unless otherwise stated in the relevant statutory or non-statutory guidance, it is up to boards to decide whether and how to delegate the creation, maintenance and approval of policy documents within their trust.
Boards remain accountable for these documents and the policies and procedures contained within them.
The list includes a link to where trusts can find guidance and, where available, a model policy.
Advice and model policies may also be available from sector organisations such as:
- admissions arrangements – school admissions code
- behaviour – keeping children safe in education, behaviour in schools
- careers (secondary education) – careers statutory guidance
- charging and remissions – charging for school activities
- data protection privacy notice – data protection: privacy notice model documents
- equality objectives – Equality Act 2010: advice for schools
- health and safety and first aid – health and safety: advice for schools, The Education Independent Schools Standards Regulations 2014
- premises management – good estate management for schools
- relationships and health – relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education
- safeguarding and child protection – keeping children safe in education
- school attendance – working together to improve school attendance
- school complaints – setting up an academies complaints procedure
- school food – school food standards
- school exclusions – school suspensions and permanent exclusions
- school uniform – statutory guidance on cost of school uniforms and guidance on school uniforms
- special educational needs and disability – SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years
- staff disciplinary and grievance – staffing and employment: advice for schools and keeping children safe in education
- support for pupils with medical conditions – supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
We recommend that trust boards review policies related to the statutory guidance and other resources referred to above annually.
As part of the boards public sector equality duty compliance, trust boards must publish equality objectives every 4 years.