SDBE GUIDANCE AND BRIEFINGS

The following is an exhaustive list of the guidance and briefings published by the SDBE, all of which can be downloaded from our website. Guidance is periodically updated or revised when substantive new legislation or statutory guidance is enacted on that topic. Briefings are written in response to important developments outside these areas. Documents are grouped by topics.

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ADMISSIONS

Guidance

Admission and appeals guidelines
Appeals statements primary
Appeals statements secondary

Briefings

SDBE Admission Appeals Code Briefing2012
SDBE Admissions Information Briefing2014
SDBE Deferred entry, summer bornchildren & education out of normal age group Briefing 2015
SDBE Revised Admission Code Briefing2014
SDBE Summary of OSA Annual Report2013

BUILDINGS

Guidance

School Place Planning Template
Priority Maintenance Scheme for VASchools

COLLECTIVE WORSHIP

Guidance

Bereavement Pack
Celebrating the Eucharist
Responding to Crises
Re-dedication Service of the ChurchSchool Community
Service for the Commissioning of aNew Headteacher
Writing Your Collective WorshipPolicy

GOVERNANCE

Guidance

Code of conduct for governors
Committee terms of reference models2016
Complaints policy procedure guidance
Discipline and behaviour principles
Election of parent and staffgovernors
Foundation governor appointing bodiesguidance
Governing bodies working effectively
Governors' Allowances
Statutory policies for schools
Home-school agreement
Introductory guidance for newgovernors
Preventing extremism andradicalisation model policy 2015
School uniform policy
School Visits Form
Skills Audit Model 2015
Standing Orders for governing bodies
Succession planning for governingbodies
The process of changing the name of a school

Briefings

Legislation update 28
Legislation update 29
Legislation update 30
Legislation update 31
Legislation update 32
Legislation update 33
Legislation update 34
SDBE Behaviour and Discipline inSchools Briefing 2013
SDBE Roles, Procedures and AllowancesRegulations Briefing 2013
SDBE School Website InformationBriefing 2015

GOVERNOR FACTSHEETS

1 - An Introduction to governingchurch schools
2 - School jargon
3 - The role of the foundationgovernor
4 - Parent and Staff governors
5 - The role of the chair
6 - The role of the clerk
7 - RE and Collective Worship
8 - Visiting your school
9 - The role of the governors in thecurriculum
10 - Governors with co-ordinatingroles
11 - Staff contracts in aided & foundation schools

OFSTED

Guidance

OFSTED Governors' interview
School Governance & OFSTED

Briefings

SDBE Changes to OFSTED InspectionFramework Briefing 2015

PERSONNEL

Guidance (where applicable password is: Rainbow6)

Application forms – Head, deputy, assistant head, teacher, support staff, NQT
Appointment guidance for governors - deputy headteachers
Appointment guidance for governors -headteachers
Appraisal - model policy
Appraisal - Report to governors onPM/appraisal
Appraisal - Smart Target planner
Capability procedures
Contracts of Employment - Head, deputy / assistant head, teacher, support staff (full time / term time), clerk (full time / term time)
Grievance & discipline procedures
Managing relationships at work
Pay and Conditions of Service - model policy
Redundancy procedures
Safer Recruitment of Chaplains inFurther or High Education Settings
Safer Recruitment of Chaplains in Schools
Safer Recruitment of Chaplains -application form
Staff sickness absence management

Briefings

SDBE HR Legislation Update 2014
SDBE HR Legislation Update 2015
SDBE HR Legislation Update 2016
SDBE Keeping Children Safe inEducation Briefing 2014
SDBE Disqualification by associationbriefing 2014
SDBE Discrimination Definitions 2015

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Guidance

Assessment document
Foundation Stage RE
Diocesan RE Syllabus2015
Diocesan Schemes of Work

SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS

Guidance

Classroom observation principles
Determining capacity & process tosupport school-to-school improvement
Judging Lesson Criteria
Teaching and learning monitoring grid
Lesson & Evidence pro-forma
Self-review for subject leaders
Summary - Self Evaluation
Termly progress report to governors(S5 and S48) for self evaluation

SIAMS

Guidance

SIAMS Inspection Protocol
SIAMS Self Evaluation Summary Document
SIAMS Evaluation Schedule