Governing bodies

Guidance and support for school governing body members including how to become a local authority (LA) governor.

Guidance for health and safety, safeguarding, schools finance and SEND

National and local guidance for schools is available for schools.

Health and safety guidance

For national guidance on health and safety, visit Health and safety: advice for schools on GOV.UK.

For local guidance visit our Health and safety web page.

Safeguarding guidance

For national statutory guidance on safeguarding, including safer recruitment and child welfare, visit Keeping children safe in education on GOV.UK.

For local guidance on safeguarding, visit our Safeguarding section.

Schools finance guidance

For national guidance about school finance, visit Schools financial value standard (SFVS) and assurance statement on GOV.UK.

For local guidance on school finance, visit our School finance section.

SEND guidance

For a high-level summary of SEND statutory guidance, types of needs, Essex processes and provisions, use our online Governors Guide to SEND in Essex handbook.