School Meeting Toolkit

A practical guide to navigating school meetings: what to ask, what to write down, and how to follow up. Useful before any SEND, attendance or exclusion meeting.

Built by a former Deputy Headteacher who is also an adoptive parent - including specific guidance for adoptive, foster and kinship families that you will not find anywhere else.

What's inside:

• Jargon glossary - 23 terms explained in plain English

• Meeting type identifier - know which section to use before you walk in

• Preparation checklist and documents to gather

• During the meeting: note-taking rules, what to always write down, useful phrases for the room

• Follow-up email template and escalation steps

• SEND question bank

• Attendance question bank

• Exclusion question bank

• Key rights boxes in every question bank - statutory timelines and legal protections

• "If this is not being resolved" signpost in every section

• Meeting notes template with actions table and follow-up deadline field

Includes PDF and an interactive HTML version with autosaving checkboxes and fillable notes.