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Meeting Minutes Assistant

Create professional governing board meeting minutes efficiently. Structured templates ensure you capture decisions, actions, and challenge questions. Built-in approval workflow and action tracker.

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Key features

Structured minute-taking with guided prompts
Action item tracking with assignees and deadlines
Decision log for governance record
Approval workflow with chair sign-off

Built for clerks, chairs, and governance professionals managing school governing boards.

Regulatory context

Governing boards must keep minutes of all meetings (School Governance Regulations 2013). Minutes should record attendance, decisions made, actions agreed, and any declarations of interest.

Frequently asked questions

What should governing board minutes include?

Minutes should record attendance, apologies, declarations of interest, decisions made (with voting if applicable), actions agreed with owners and deadlines, and challenge questions asked by governors.

Do governing board minutes need to be published?

Maintained schools must make approved minutes available to anyone who requests them (excluding confidential items). Academy trusts should follow their articles of association regarding minute publication.

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