diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml
index 570a2cf..a227476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-repository-template-sync.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  actions: write
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
   checks: read
diff --git a/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore b/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
index 2626b4a..7564f3e 100644
--- a/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
+++ b/scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Files and folders to ignore when syncing nhs-notify-repository-template back in to this repository
 scripts/config/.repository-template-sync-ignore
+.github/workflows/
 nhs-notify-repository-template/
 
 # Files and Folders in this repository to ignore