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General Governors Committees Training and Development The Strategic Role The Monitoring Role Accountability Clerking Matters Being Chair
- 2012 – a calendar of events, forthcoming publications and deadlines for governors
- Academies– links for schools that have already become an academy
- Academies - considering seeking academy status?
- Appointing an external adviser / replacement SIP. What to look for?
- Behaviour and Discipline
- Bullying
- Complaints – a DfE Complaints Procedure Toolkit. Complaining to Ofsted.
- Coordinators of Governor Services – COGS
- DfE (and other) guidance on industrial action in schools, including the proposed teachers’ strike
- Does the DfE site always give correct information?
- The Education Act 2011
- The Equalities Act 2010 (See: Case study of an inclusive school - an Ofsted Good Practice Resource)
- Latest version of the Guide to the Law
- The composition of the Governing Body - how many governors can there be for each category?
- School Governance– a report by Ofsted (May 2011)
- The “Hidden Givers”: a study of school governing in England2011
- What does “The Importance of Teaching” say about governors?
- Interim Executive Boards
- What is the process for undertaking the Headteacher’s Performance Management?
- Headteacher’s Performance Management – appointing an external advisor
- National Curriculum Review
- Ofsted
- The new Ofsted criteria for 2012 includes four main aspects: Leadership and management, quality of teaching, achievement, and the behaviour and safety of children, plus an overall judgement on the effectiveness of the school.
- Ofsted Inspection documents including forms, questionnaires and guidance for inspectors
- Proposed change of “Satisfactory” grade to “Requires Improvement“
- The role of the Inspection Liaison Officer (aka Inspection Coordinator)
- Newsletters and Bulletins from Ofsted
- Parent View (an Ofsted website)
- Online Communication for Governors (Twitter, Facebook, blogging, texting)
- Assessing and improving your Parental Engagement
- Quiz! Check your knowledge of rules and procedures
- Research papers and reports
- The DfE School Comparison Tool and the numbers of each type of school
- School Profile
- Evaluating your school website – a checklist of essential and desirable content
- Self evaluation and an answer to: Is the SEF still required?
- SFVS – (previously FMSiS (Financial Management Standard in Schools)
- Statutory target setting for 2013
- Teachers Standards (coming into effect Sept 2102)
