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• 2013 – 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?
• Improving Attendance – the report from Charlie Taylor Pub 2012
• Behaviour and Discipline
• Behaviour Checklist from Charlie Taylor (DfE 2011)
• Bullying
• Code of Governance
• Complaints – a DfE Complaints Procedure Toolkit. Complaining to Ofsted.
• Coordinators of Governor Services – COGS
• Constitution of the Governing Body – new regulations from September 2012
• CRB checks – now known as DBS checks
• Data Protection and Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
• DfE (and other) guidance on industrial action in schools, such as a teachers’ strike
• Does the DfE site always give correct information?
• The Education Act 2011
• The Equality Act 2010  (See: Case study of an inclusive school - an Ofsted Good Practice Resource, and Setting PSED Objectives)
• Faith schools -Ofsted guidance to inspectors
• Fraud – the Audit Commission’s advice to Governing Bodies (2011)
• Latest version of the Guide to the Law
• The composition of the Governing Body - how many governors can there be for each category? See also the new regulations, coming into effect from September 2012
• School Governance – a report by Ofsted (May 2011)
• Ofsted judgements on Governance (January 2012 schedule)
• The “Hidden Givers”: a study of school governing in England 2011
• What does “The Importance of Teaching” say about governors?
• Home School Agreements
• Interim Executive Boards
• What is the process for undertaking the Headteacher’s Performance Management?
• Headteacher’s Performance Management – appointing an external advisor
• Headteacher recruitment – NCSL guide
• KS2 Assessment: tests for English grammar, punctuation and spelling in 2013
• National Curriculum Review
• NGA – National Governors Association
• Ofsted
• What to expect when your school gets the phone call
• What happens during the inspection
• A Good Education for All – the consultation document for revised arrangements for September 2012 inspections
• The January Ofsted criteria for 2012 have now been superseded by the following:
  • Grade descriptors for the September 2012 Ofsted evaluation schedule (this was republished in January 2013 but without any revisions to the grade descriptors)
  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement
  • Behaviour and Safety
  • Leadership and Management
  • Overall Effectiveness
• Ofsted Inspection documents including forms, questionnaires and guidance for inspectors. eg: Safeguarding, Faith schools, equalities (all from 2012 but check for the updated versions, published early September 2012)
• Governance in Outstanding primary schools – examples of Leadership & Management in schools judged as Outstanding (extracts from Ofsted reports published Jan / Feb 2012)
• The role of the Inspection Liaison Officer (aka Inspection Coordinator)
• Newsletters and Bulletins from Ofsted
• Parent View (an Ofsted website)
• Public Sector Equality Duty – setting objectives. Guidance from the DfE.
• Pupil Referral Unit – the management committee of a PRU
• Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development – a key Ofsted judgement
• Online Communication for Governors (Twitter, Facebook, blogging, texting)
• Assessing and improving your Parental Engagement
• Policies: What are the statutory policies, as specified by the DfE?
• Pupil premium
• Power to Innovate – the Secretary of State’s power to temporarily set aside education legislation for particular schools
• 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
• Safeguarding – what do Ofsted look for? Guidance for inspectors (2012)
• Safeguarding – myths and facts about CRB checks and renewals (Ofsted guidance)
• School Profile – discontinued February 2012
• School website – statutory requirements for what must be published on the website from September 2012
• 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)
• SGOSS – Governors for Schools
• Statutory target setting
• Studio schools
• Ten Governor
• Teachers Standards (with effect Sept 2102)
• Vulnerable groups – what have Ofsted inspections said about narrowing the gap?