November 2026 Leadership Pack

The November 2026 Leadership Pack helps you review the improvement plan, draft the two December publications and start work on next year's budget. This pack helps you do each of those with time to spare, and includes a planner for budget and staffing scenarios for 2027/28.

Updated 7 October 2026 with a new section on resignations and recruiting for January, a Reception Baseline checklist for the 6 November declaration, the October IDSR release, the KCSIE 2026 volunteer checks and the information sharing duty, and more detail on the inclusion strategy. Four companion resources are now included too.

What's inside

• November Leadership Pack 2026 (about 13 landscape pages): the fixed dates for the month and a Reception Baseline checklist, then thirteen sections covering the mid-point review of the improvement plan, self-evaluation, the workforce census on 5 November, the pupil premium strategy statement, the inclusion strategy, budget planning, curriculum reviews, reading, staff wellbeing and absence, resignations and recruitment for January, safeguarding and attendance, families, and what can wait. Each section is a table with columns for Now, Delegate or later, an owner and a tick.
• Budget and staffing scenario planner 2027/28 (about 7 pages): the dates you are working back from, a roll projection, an income sheet, three costed staffing scenarios, a decision timeline and a risk register.
• The first fortnight after half term: November checklist: a short list for the first two weeks back after the October break.
• Recruiting a teacher for January: safer recruitment timeline: eight weeks from resignation to induction, with a pre-appointment checks log.
• Inclusion strategy statement 2026/27: planning workbook: barriers, activities and budgeted costs, outcomes, a spending check, consultation and governor sign-off.
• IDSR autumn 2026: first-read worksheet: a section-by-section grid for reading the IDSR and a ten-minute governor briefing.
• 00 How to use this pack: a short guide to getting started.

Format: seven editable Word documents and four PDFs in one zip file, delivered as a digital download.

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