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: 2018 to 2019
  Lists all the documents, for example guidance and consultations, sent to schools for the academic year 2018 to 2019.
• 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.
• Registering temporary pupils: coronavirus
  Advice for schools and local authorities about registering pupils at temporary schools and hubs.
• Changes to school session times: coronavirus
  Advice for schools and local authorities on changing school session times for summer term 2020.
• 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.
• Changes to the School Organisation Code: coronavirus
  Advice for schools and local authorities about changes to the School Organisation Code.

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.
• Use of surplus school accommodation: current practice
  Report
  A report on alternative uses of unused school buildings.
• School governance task and finish group: government response
  Report
  What we plan to do in response to each of the report's recommendations.