School governance

Guidance and services

• School prospectuses: guidance for headteachers and governing bodies
  The information schools are required to publish each year.
• Parents and parental responsibility: guidance for schools
  Explains who schools must involve in issues about a pupil’s education.
• Community focused schools: guidance
  How schools and their partners can develop and provide community services and activities.
• Handling allegations of abuse against teachers and staff
  Guidance for local authorities and education providers on what to do when allegations of abuse are made against staff.
• School complaints procedures: guidance
  Guidance for governors on how to deal with complaints.
• Brexit: no deal preparations for schools in Wales
  Guidance for schools on preparing for a no-deal Brexit.
• Schools causing concern: statutory guidance for schools and local authorities
  Guidance on the legal requirements when intervening in schools causing concern.
• Educational visits and outdoor learning
  Guidance to help professionals ensure educational visits and activities are safe.
• Relations between schools and local authorities: code of practice
  Guidance on the role of local education authorities in supporting schools to raise standards.
• Documents produced for schools: 2019 to 2020
  Lists all the documents, for example guidance and consultations, sent to schools for the academic year 2019 to 2020.
• Whistleblowing in schools: guidance for governors
  How to develop a policy so that school staff can raise concerns about conduct or practice in a safe and professional way.
• Partnership agreements: guidance for local authorities and schools
  Includes advice on the regulations and what should be covered in the agreements.
  
• School toilets: good practice guidance
  Advice to help schools provide good, hygienic toilet facilities for learners.
• Parent meetings: guidance for governing bodies
  The arrangements governing bodies must follow to allow parents to request meetings.
• Documents produced for schools: 2017 to 2018
  Lists all the documents, for example guidance and consultations, sent to schools for the academic year 2017 to 2018.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• School governance task and finish group: report
  Report
  Recommendations on how to improve the school governance framework.
• The Maintained Schools (Amendment of paragraph 7 of Schedule 17 to the Coronavirus Act 2020) (Wales) Regulations 2020
  Legislation
  These Regulations amend Schedule 17 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 to enable the Welsh Ministers to make a notice to temporarily dis-apply the required procedures in changing school session times and relating to consultation on school organisation proposals.
• Modification of section 3 of the Education Act 1996 (Wales) Notice 2020
  Legislation
  Temporarily amends the definition of a pupil.
• The Welshpool Church in Wales Primary School (Change to School Session Times) Order 2020
  Policy and strategy
  Our response to the application made by the governing body of Welshpool Church in Wales Primary School to change school session times.
• Use of surplus school accommodation: current practice
  Report
  A report on alternative uses of unused school buildings.
• Modification of section 3 of the Education Act 1996 (Wales) Notice 2021
  Legislation
  Temporarily amends the definition of a pupil.
• School governance task and finish group: government response
  Report
  What we plan to do in response to each of the report's recommendations.