City Council
Guidance and documents
Policies, templates, toolkits and advice from the council's service teams.
Guidance and documents
Safeguarding
Subscribers
Safeguarding audit toolkit 2026/27
The section 175 audit template, the evidence checklist and the model action plan.
HR and Payroll
Subscribers
Model employment policies
Around ninety model policies, reviewed each year against current employment law.
Education and Learning
How training bookings, cancellations and delegate changes work
Reserve places first, name delegates later, and swap them at no charge.
Property and Facilities
What emergency cover actually covers
When it applies, what response you get, and what happens if you have not bought it.
Documents
Everything in the library, including items reserved for subscribers.
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If you think you have clicked something
One page, for the wall by the telephone: what to do in the first ten minutes, in order.
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ICT and Digital | 2 KB | Open to everybody | |
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Model employment policies
The full policy set, reviewed against employment law each September.
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HR and Payroll | 2 KB | Needs Comprehensive HR and Employee Relations SLA | |
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Safer recruitment file checklist
What a single central record has to hold, and in what order an inspector will look for it.
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Safeguarding | 2 KB | Needs Safeguarding Advice Line and Audit SLA | |
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Starting a traded services account
How a school sets itself up, adds colleagues and decides who may spend what.
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