This page contains guidance on good practice in making clergy appointments.

The Covenant for Clergy Care and Wellbeing was made an Act of Synod at the February 2020 Group of Sessions of the General Synod. The Covenant is the expressed view of the mind of the Church of England on issues relating to clergy care and wellbeing.

This page introduces the work of the Clergy HR team, within the NCIs' HR department.

Copies of Rules and forms relating to appeal proceedings under the Clergy Discipline Measure ('CDM')

Guidelines for the Professional Conduct of the Clergy.

The final stages for publishing a National Register of Clergy, to strengthen safeguarding in the Church of England, are now underway.

Details on the membership and functions of the Clergy Discipline Commission.

Copies of the Clergy Discipline Rules and various forms for making/responding to Clergy Discipline complaints

Resources and links to support clergy wellbeing 

NEWS / Synod voted today to take note of the report: Guidelines for the Professional Conduct of the Clergy. These are not a legal code but a set of draft guidelines, commended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, describing what is desirable in the professional conduct of clergy.