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DfE (Department for Education) www.education.gov.uk
DfE Governance information pages
Contact the DfE with any queries – phone 0370 0002288
Governorline – phone 08000 722 181
Find your LA Governor Services
Ofsted - phone 0300 123 1231
Ofsted’s Schools and Inspection Update document (published three or four times a year) gives guidance to Inspectors on a range of topics.
Quick search for any recently published Ofsted resources for schools and inspections
Guidance for Ofsted Inspectors- how to find documents for the 2012 Ofsted framework.
C2G posts on Ofsted inspections, including the 2012 Ofsted schedule, and other Ofsted-related articles.
Find your School Profile (No longer required, since February 2012)
Guide to the Law for School Governors
NGA (National Governors Association) - phone 0121 237 3780
See also these Regional Governor Associations:
- Barnsley Governors Association
- Birmingham SG Network,
- Cheshire East Association of Governing Bodies,
- Derbyshire SGA,
- Devon AG,
- East Riding AGB,
- Essex SGA,
- Gloucestershire GA,
- Lancashire Association of School Governing Bodies
- Medway GA,
- Norfolk Governor Network,
- Staffordshire Governors Association,
- GA Stockport,
- Surrey GA
- Wirral Governors Forum
Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
Association of Muslim Governors - phone 0845 652 4016
Independent Academies Association - phone 0115 942 1202
Teachernet - now decommissioned. Previous content available through archives (via link).
Archived Governornet Discussion Board (Now obsolete. All Governornet main content has been migrated to DfE)
Times Educational Supplement (for job vacancies and news)
Find your own Local Authority Governor Services
NCOGS (National Co-ordinators of Governor Services) is the national committee representing local authority providers of services to school governors
School Governors One Stop Shop (SGOSS) – phone 020 7354 9805
Great Governance – for Governors in the Greater Manchester area
National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services – phone 0845 609 0009
The Role of the Designated Teacher for Looked After Children, including the GB’s responsibilities (pdf)
Adamson Books – publishers of a number of books on School Governance
Amazon’s list of titles for School Governors
Schools World TV (now holds all the video resources from Teachers TV, which was withdrawn in April 2011)
Blogs
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