The following is a list of approved policies which schools may use as templates when creating or reviewing their policies:

• Absence on medical grounds policy
  
• Collective worship policy
  
• Child protection policy
  
• Educational visits policy
  
• Freedom of information publication schemes (Information Commissioner's Office)
  
• Homework
  
• ICT policy - primary (Becta)
  
• ICT policy - secondary (Becta)
  
• Parents photographing or filming school events (Warwickshire County Council)
  
• Race equality policy (guidance on creating the policy)
  
• Sun protection policy (Cancer Research UK)
  
• Teachers' pay policy

Annex 2 of the Guide to the law for school governors contains a full list of policies that schools are required to have.

See also Governornet's year planner, which contains a list of tasks that governors need to complete every year. Under each task you will find links which provide further information about that particular task.