Leadership and Governance Resources

Designed for headteachers, school business managers and senior leaders, this ready-made template gives you a clear, structured starting point for reporting on school finances to your governing board without having to build a report from scratch.

You'll get:

☑️ Finance Report to Governors Template – a comprehensive, editable 10-page Word document covering:

• pupil numbers and funding impact
• a summary of the current budget including income, expenditure and reserves
• in-year budget monitoring with variance analysis
• a three-year financial forecast
• detailed income and expenditure breakdowns
• pupil premium allocation, strategy and impact
• spending aligned to school priorities and value for money
• benchmarking against similar schools using the DfE Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool
• a procurement and contract register
• a financial risk register
• SFVS and compliance checks
• a summary and evaluation section including recommendations for the governing board and governor questions and challenges

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for headteachers, school business managers and senior leaders preparing termly or annual finance reports to governors.

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Designed for headteachers, deputy heads and curriculum leads, this ready-made template gives you a clear, structured starting point for reporting on whole-school curriculum quality to your governing board without having to build a report from scratch.

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☑️ Curriculum Report to Governors Template – a comprehensive, 14-page editable Word document covering:

• curriculum leadership and governance
• whole-school curriculum intent including vision, design for all pupils and evidence base
• curriculum breadth across all national curriculum subjects
• curriculum implementation including sequencing, consistency and pedagogical approach
• whole-school progress and attainment data by pupil group
• assessment across the curriculum including phonics and key stage outcomes
• reading and targeted reading support
• whole-school curriculum monitoring activities
• achievements and staffing updates
• subject leadership overview with RAG ratings
• enrichment and cultural capital
• staff and pupil feedback
• curriculum CPD and subject leader development
• curriculum policy review dates
• a strengths and areas for development evaluation including governor questions and challenges

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for headteachers, deputy heads and curriculum leads preparing termly or annual curriculum reports to governors.

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Designed for headteachers, deputy heads and subject leaders, this ready-made template gives you a clear, structured starting point for reporting on individual subject provision to your governing board without having to build a report from scratch.

You'll get:

☑️ Subject Report to Governors Template – a comprehensive, editable 8-page Word document that can be used for any subject. The subject report covers:

• curriculum intent including subject rationale, key concepts and evidence base
• short and long-term subject improvement priorities
• pupil progress and attainment data by group including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND
• assessment approaches and gap analysis
• achievements and staffing updates
• quality of teaching and subject monitoring including learning walks and book looks, reading and vocabulary and oracy in the subject
• SEND and inclusion including adaptive teaching strategies
• staff and pupil feedback
• subject CPD and staff meetings
• link governor visit summaries
• a strengths and areas for development evaluation including governor questions and challenges

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to any subject and your school's reporting cycle.

Ideal for subject leaders preparing termly or annual subject reports to governors.

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Designed for headteachers, school business managers and premises leads, this ready-made template gives you a clear, structured starting point for reporting on health and safety compliance to your governing board without having to build a report from scratch.

You'll get:

☑️ Health and Safety Report to Governors Template – a comprehensive, 10-page editable Word document covering:

• a health and safety summary and site update
• fire evacuation drill records and fire risk assessment dates
• the named H&S governor visit summary
• a statutory compliance checklist covering fire, legionella, asbestos, electrical testing, PAT testing, gas safety, lift inspections, playground equipment, COSHH and educational visits
• asbestos management including contractor briefing,
• water safety and legionella control
• RAAC mitigation
• incident and accident reporting and RIDDOR analysis
• insurance and liability claims
• premises issues and development
• staff training including first aid and fire warden
• educational visits and EVC management
• health and safety priorities and concerns
• infection control and public health incidents
• health and safety monitoring and inspections
• staff well-being and occupational health
• strengths and areas for development evaluation including governor questions and challenges

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for anyone preparing termly or annual health and safety reports to governors.

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Designed for headteachers, SENDCos and senior leaders, this ready-made template gives you a clear, structured starting point for reporting on SEND and inclusion to your governing board without having to build a report from scratch.

You'll get:

☑️ SEND and Inclusion Report to Governors Template – a comprehensive, 15-page editable Word document covering:

• SENDCo and SEND governance arrangements
• the SEND school profile and data by need type including communication and interaction, cognition and learning, SEMH and sensory and physical needs
• referrals and assessments including EHCP timescales and annual reviews
• the graduated approach and identification of need
• progress and attainment by key stage compared to non-SEND peers
• interventions and support across all four areas of need
• TA and LSA deployment
• attendance and exclusions for pupils with SEND
• SEND funding allocation and impact including EHCP top-up funding and pupil premium
• pupil voice and parent and carer engagement
• transitions across all stages including post-16 and into adulthood
• local area partnership and local offer
• work with external agencies including educational psychology, SALT, OT and CAMHS
• inclusion across broader groups,
• specialist staff training and SENDCo capacity
• policy review dates
• a strengths and areas for development evaluation including governor questions and challenges

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for headteachers, SENDCos, inclusion leads and senior leaders preparing termly or annual SEND and inclusion reports to governors.

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For designated teachers and headteachers who need a structured, comprehensive way to report on looked-after children (LAC) and previously looked-after children to their governing board.

You'll get:

☑️ Looked-After Children and Previously Looked-After Children Report to Governors – a fully editable Word document covering:

• designated teacher details and governance arrangements
• numbers of LAC and previously LAC on roll by key stage
• local authority corporate parents
• Personal Education Plans (PEPs) including review and target data
• Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) allocation, strategy and impact
• progress and attainment by key stage with narrative commentary
• SEND, attendance, suspensions and exclusions data for looked-after children
•  mental health and well-being including SDQ completion and trauma-informed practice, intervention and support
• safeguarding and DSL collaboration
• multi-agency and Virtual School Head collaboration
• staff training
• policies and procedures
• a structured evaluation and improvement section including governor questions and challenges.

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for designated teachers, headteachers and deputy headteachers preparing termly or annual looked-after children reports to governors.

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For pupil premium leads and headteachers who need a structured, comprehensive way to report on pupil premium strategy, spending and impact to their governing board.

You'll get:

☑️ Pupil Premium Report to Governors – a fully 8-page editable Word document covering:

• named lead and governance arrangements
• pupil premium cohort and grant allocation by eligibility category (including FSM, LAC, previously looked-after children, service pupil premium and EYPP)
• barriers to learning for disadvantaged pupils
• the tiered pupil premium strategy and spending breakdown across high-quality teaching, targeted academic support and wider strategies
• progress and attainment data by term with gap analysis narrative
• intervention impact
• attendance and exclusions data for disadvantaged pupils
• pupil voice and parental/carer engagement
• disadvantaged pupil subgroup analysis
• review of the previous year's strategy and outcomes
• staff training
• a structured evaluation and improvement section including governor questions and challenges.

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for pupil premium leads, headteachers and deputy headteachers preparing termly or annual pupil premium reports to governors.

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For senior mental health leads, headteachers and pastoral leaders who need a structured, comprehensive way to report on school well-being and personal development to their governing board.

You'll get:

☑️ School Well-being and Personal Development Report to Governors – a fully editable 11-page Word document covering:

• strategic leadership of well-being including the Senior Mental Health Lead, whole-school strategy and Mental Health Support Team arrangements
• strategic well-being objectives
• pupil well-being data and monitoring
• pupil mental health and emotional well-being provision across universal, targeted and specialist levels, plus safeguarding and crisis protocols
• personal development including PSHE, RSE, British values, SMSC, physical health, online safety, careers education and pupil leadership
• pupil feedback and voice
• well-being of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups
• anti-bullying data
• staff well-being data and monitoring
• staff initiatives and support
• workload and working conditions
• staff feedback
• parent, carer and community well-being
• staff training
• well-being challenges and emerging concerns
• policies and procedures
• a structured evaluation and improvement section including governor questions and challenges.

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for senior mental health leads, headteachers and deputy headteachers preparing termly or annual well-being and personal development reports to governors.

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🔄 Updated for 2026

A strong governing board starts with an honest picture of where it stands. This pack gives chairs of governors, clerks and headteachers the tools to evaluate board skills and knowledge systematically, helping the governing body to identify gaps, plan for governor recruitment and supporting governor development with confidence.

You'll get:

☑️ Governing Body Skills Matrix and Action Plan – maps the collective skills and experience your governors bring to the board across ten categories, identifies gaps and turns findings into a prioritised recruitment and training plan

☑️ Governing Body Knowledge Audit – evaluates the board's knowledge across ten governance areas, with example evidence and suggested actions built in to help you assess where you are and plan next steps

☑️ Governing Body Profile – a quick-reference record of every governor's appointment details, roles, training dates and declared interests, designed to be updated annually and whenever the board composition changes

☑️ Governing Body Self-Evaluation Form – a RAG-rated self-evaluation framework covering eight key areas of governance effectiveness, with evidence prompts and a summary table to agree priorities and next steps as a board

Ideal for chairs of governors, vice-chairs, clerks to governors and headteachers who are carrying out an annual governance review, organising governor CPD or  improving governor effectiveness through role and succession planning.