Minutes of Board meetings are among the most important of school records. They should be written by the Secretary of the Board of Management as soon as is practicable after each Board meeting. In their draft form, they are circulated to Board members and tabled at the next Board meeting. Once they are adopted "as a true and accurate account" of the proceedings of a meeting and are signed by the Chairperson of the Board, they then form part of the official records of the school.

The minutes are open to inspection by the Minister and the Board is required to forward forthwith a copy of the minutes of every meeting to the Department of Education and Science for inspection. The minutes may also be inspected by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

It is advisable that minutes:

• are numbered - for easy reference
• are short and concise - contain decisions but without detailed recording of discussions
• record the name of the proposer and seconder of all formal motions. However, a member’s name in association with a contribution to a discussion ought not to be recorded unless the member so requests.