Governor Support and Development

This bundle is perfect for headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals and SLT members who wish to be consistent in the way they report information to their governing board. The thirteen editable reporting templates will help your governing board to gain a clearer picture in each of the areas, which include school finance, safeguarding, subject reports, wellbeing, pupil premium and more. Each template contains space for data and commentary, allowing governors to build a picture of the school's current position and the reasons behind this.

Regular reports to the relevant governor committees, the full governing board or your local board members allows all of your governors to make more effective strategic decisions because they'll hold a deeper understanding of the school. It can also support governors to share how they hold school leadership to account to ensure compliance, which is a crucial part of the Ofsted leadership and management judgement and a key feature of an effective governing board.

👉 For support with a specific link governor role, the relevant report to governor template is also available in our individual link governor support packs. These packs also include full audits that can be used in a collaborative manner between schools leaders and governors, plus a role and responsibilities document to support link governors with their specific roles.

🔒 Fully aligned with Ofsted 2025 School Inspection Toolkit

This Headteacher's Report to Governors template is ideal for school leaders who are seeking a little extra support when considering what to include in their termly report to the governing body and how to best present information about the school's successes and challenges. 

The HT report to governors template is carefully structured so you can report back to your governing board and give them an overview across a wide range of areas, including:

• A summary of the term
• Pupil information, including numbers on roll, leavers, admissions and details of those in receipt of pupil premium (free school meals)
• Attendance
• SEND and Inclusion
• Safeguarding, behaviour and welfare, including suspensions, exclusions and bullying
• Curriculum and teaching, including outcomes from monitoring and staff CPD
• School improvement visits
• Staffing and personnel updates
• Health and safety 

The 15-page template is fully editable, so you can add or remove details depending on your school's context.

Ensuring that your governors know the school well is a vital part of the leadership and management of any setting. As such, this template can also be found as part of our Reports to Governors Template Bundle and our Ofsted Preparation Pack, which support school leaders with understanding and preparing for the inspection process. A separate Annual Safeguarding Report to Governors template is also available to help you to work effectively with your governing board.

This Annual Safeguarding Report to Governors template is ideal for school leaders who are seeking a little extra support when considering what to include in their annual report to the governing body to give a picture of safeguarding across the school.

The template is carefully structured so you can work with your safeguarding lead governor to report back to your full governing board across the following areas:

• Safeguarding-related roles and training
• New starter information, including processes for safer recruitment and safeguarding induction
• A Single Central Record (SCR) checklist that can be used by the safeguarding lead governor to ensure the correct safeguarding systems for safer recruitment are in place
• Safeguarding policies and procedures checklist
• Curriculum and online safety
• Child protection overview (e.g. referrals, number and types of child protection cases)

The template is fully editable, so you can add or remove details depending on your school's context.

Ensuring that your governors know your school well - especially when it comes to safeguarding pupils - is a vital part of the leadership and management of any setting. As such, this template can also be found as part of our Reports to Governors Template Bundle, Ofsted Preparation Pack and our Safeguarding Audit Pack. A separate Headteacher's Report to Governors Template is also available to help you to work effectively with your governing board.