For schools in England
A joined-up workspace for governance, policy, board oversight, finance and inspection readiness in UK schools.
Practical prompts for induction, oversight and annual review.
Understand trust-wide accountability and delegated activity.
Record ownership, approval, review and publication evidence.
Follow the current governance guides and material updates.
Review current DfE publication topics and evidence.
Organise governance evidence without predicting an outcome.
Prepare decision-ready papers for governors and trustees.
Plan the agenda, evidence, decisions and follow-up.
Understand chair of governors responsibilities, election, terms, urgent action and succession, with maintained-school and academy distinctions explained.
Understand the clerk to governors role: appointment, advice, minutes, notice periods, academy differences and a practical termly checklist for school boards.
Run a governor skills audit, use a free copyable template and turn the results into training, recruitment and succession priorities for your school board.
Free governor checklists for meetings, policies, safeguarding, inspection, finance, websites and MAT oversight, with a practical annual calendar.
Use this KCSIE 2026 readiness checklist to review staff reading, safeguarding policy, DSL training, filtering, SCR evidence and board oversight.
Understand MAT governance structure: members, trustees, local committees, executive leaders and how the scheme of delegation connects their roles.
Connect approved policies to the correct public version.
Keep governance evidence organised and ready to explain.
Organise evidence and possible follow-up before inspection.
Manage review dates, owners, approvals and publication.