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Working together: Governors and School Leaders in Effective Partnership

Home > Courses > Working together: Governors and School Leaders in Effective Partnership

This course is offered jointly with the National Education Trust 

The partnership of Governors and school leaders has never been more crucial.

This intensive one day course will provide an excellent opportunity for Governors and School Leaders to get to grips with the most pressing issues schools face today.

The growth of academies and free schools has brought with it greater demands in terms of responsibility and accountability for Governors, not only for their core strategic functions but also for the most challenging issues facing schools today

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Overview

 These issues include:

  • How the gap between disadvantaged students and the rest can be narrowed
  • How schools meet the demand to promote ‘British Values’
  • The greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum in the new Common Inspection Framework.

In order to meet these demands it has never been more important for Governors and School Leaders to work closely together to provide principled and clear direction for our schools.

Tutors


David Birch

David is an Associate Director of NET and has worked extensively on its school improvement projects across the country, speaking at conferences and training events, leading CPD and undertaking school reviews. 

David taught English in schools in London and Oxfordshire before becoming a secondary headteacher in Devon for 12 years. He has been a School Improvement Partner with nine schools in the South West and continues to work with schools in three local authorities as a school improvement adviser. In this role he has conducted governance reviews, led governor training and supported governing bodies in the recruitment and appointment of Headteachers.

As a freelance consultant he works on school evaluation and improvement projects nationally. Much of his recent work has focused on leadership & management coaching in secondary schools, the impact of the Pupil Premium, improving teaching and learning and leadership in sixth forms, and developing the teaching of English and literacy 3 -19. He also writes and leads training courses, and is an A level English examiner and subject consultant for Ofqual.

Joe Dilger

Joe is an Educational Governance Consultant (since 2012), where on Governance he trains, advises and supports Governing Bodies of a range of Schools, Academies, Free Schools, UTCs, and multi Academy groups around England. Previously, Joe worked as Head of Governance for the multi academy group Oasis Community Learning from 2008 to 2011, during which time he led and managed on governance that growing multi Academy group from 3 to 12 Academies (2008-11). As part of his (then) responsibilities at Oasis, this included for Joe chairing 3 local Academy Councils (local governing bodies) for Oasis Academies in Bristol, Oldham, and Enfield (London). Joe also now serves as a Governor of Heartlands High School in north London, and is a Director also of Heartlands Community Trust. 

 

Agenda

9.30Registration and Coffee
10.00

Key principles

  • Defining the role of governors: vision, ethos and strategic direction; holding the HT to account; overseeing financial performance (in line with DfE’s 3 ‘core strategic functions’ for Governing Bodies).   
  • The NGA eight elements of good governance
  • Essential prerequisites for the GB to carry out its role: self-review; skills audit; access to external advice; skilled and knowledgeable clerking
  • Clarifying strategic and operational functions 

11.00

Coffee

11.30

The relationship of the Governing Body with the Headteacher

  • Responding to the joint guidance from NGA/NAHT/ASCL and LGA ‘School leaders and governors: what do we expect’ (April 2015)
  • Recruitment and appointment of the HT
  • HT Performance management and appraisal
  • Ensuring the HT’s work-life balance 

12.15

How the Governing Body fulfils its role in overseeing the work of the school

  • Carrying out in practice the DfE’s 3 ‘core strategic functions’ 
  • Responding to the Ofsted Common Inspection Framework (CIF) from September 2015, including the greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum.     
  • Protocols for visits 
  • Governor links to SLT and middle leadership
  • Knowledge of school performance: data, quality of teaching, appraisal
  • ‘Hot topics’ to face - e.g. what does School/Academy need to do about the ‘British values’ requirement 
  • Responding to and preparation for inspection 

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Practicalities

  • Effective meetings
  • Good chairing
  • Complaints and disputes
  • Policies
  • Recruitment, induction and training of governors
  • Working effectively in School groups and Academy groups/multi academy trusts etc.   

14.45

Final thoughts: reflections and next steps

15.15

Close

All Dates & Locations

Date Venue Price from: Status Spaces Book Now Enquire

No dates are available.

Learning Outcomes

This intensive one day course will provide an excellent opportunity for Governors and School Leaders to get to grips with the most pressing issues schools face today. At the end of the day you will have greater knowledge and understanding of:

  • The principles of good governance
  • The distinct roles of Governors and School leaders: clarifying their strategic and operational functions
  • How to review the effectiveness of your governing body
  • How to meet the new demands of accountability and responsibility
  • Practical guidance on how Governors can know their schools and monitor their effectiveness
  • Good practice in Headteacher recruitment and performance management
  • Effective governance: getting the practicalities right
  • How to prepare for and manage your inspection
  • Collaborating in school and academy groups

Who should attend?

Chairs of Governors, Governors, Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Clerks to Governors and Local Governing Body Members (and equivalent) in Academy Groups

Overview

 These issues include:

  • How the gap between disadvantaged students and the rest can be narrowed
  • How schools meet the demand to promote ‘British Values’
  • The greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum in the new Common Inspection Framework.

In order to meet these demands it has never been more important for Governors and School Leaders to work closely together to provide principled and clear direction for our schools.

Tutors


David Birch

David is an Associate Director of NET and has worked extensively on its school improvement projects across the country, speaking at conferences and training events, leading CPD and undertaking school reviews. 

David taught English in schools in London and Oxfordshire before becoming a secondary headteacher in Devon for 12 years. He has been a School Improvement Partner with nine schools in the South West and continues to work with schools in three local authorities as a school improvement adviser. In this role he has conducted governance reviews, led governor training and supported governing bodies in the recruitment and appointment of Headteachers.

As a freelance consultant he works on school evaluation and improvement projects nationally. Much of his recent work has focused on leadership & management coaching in secondary schools, the impact of the Pupil Premium, improving teaching and learning and leadership in sixth forms, and developing the teaching of English and literacy 3 -19. He also writes and leads training courses, and is an A level English examiner and subject consultant for Ofqual.

Joe Dilger

Joe is an Educational Governance Consultant (since 2012), where on Governance he trains, advises and supports Governing Bodies of a range of Schools, Academies, Free Schools, UTCs, and multi Academy groups around England. Previously, Joe worked as Head of Governance for the multi academy group Oasis Community Learning from 2008 to 2011, during which time he led and managed on governance that growing multi Academy group from 3 to 12 Academies (2008-11). As part of his (then) responsibilities at Oasis, this included for Joe chairing 3 local Academy Councils (local governing bodies) for Oasis Academies in Bristol, Oldham, and Enfield (London). Joe also now serves as a Governor of Heartlands High School in north London, and is a Director also of Heartlands Community Trust. 

 

Agenda

9.30Registration and Coffee
10.00

Key principles

  • Defining the role of governors: vision, ethos and strategic direction; holding the HT to account; overseeing financial performance (in line with DfE’s 3 ‘core strategic functions’ for Governing Bodies).   
  • The NGA eight elements of good governance
  • Essential prerequisites for the GB to carry out its role: self-review; skills audit; access to external advice; skilled and knowledgeable clerking
  • Clarifying strategic and operational functions 

11.00

Coffee

11.30

The relationship of the Governing Body with the Headteacher

  • Responding to the joint guidance from NGA/NAHT/ASCL and LGA ‘School leaders and governors: what do we expect’ (April 2015)
  • Recruitment and appointment of the HT
  • HT Performance management and appraisal
  • Ensuring the HT’s work-life balance 

12.15

How the Governing Body fulfils its role in overseeing the work of the school

  • Carrying out in practice the DfE’s 3 ‘core strategic functions’ 
  • Responding to the Ofsted Common Inspection Framework (CIF) from September 2015, including the greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum.     
  • Protocols for visits 
  • Governor links to SLT and middle leadership
  • Knowledge of school performance: data, quality of teaching, appraisal
  • ‘Hot topics’ to face - e.g. what does School/Academy need to do about the ‘British values’ requirement 
  • Responding to and preparation for inspection 

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Practicalities

  • Effective meetings
  • Good chairing
  • Complaints and disputes
  • Policies
  • Recruitment, induction and training of governors
  • Working effectively in School groups and Academy groups/multi academy trusts etc.   

14.45

Final thoughts: reflections and next steps

15.15

Close

All dates & locations

Date Venue Price from: Status Spaces Book Now Enquire

No dates are available.

Learning outcomes

This intensive one day course will provide an excellent opportunity for Governors and School Leaders to get to grips with the most pressing issues schools face today. At the end of the day you will have greater knowledge and understanding of:

  • The principles of good governance
  • The distinct roles of Governors and School leaders: clarifying their strategic and operational functions
  • How to review the effectiveness of your governing body
  • How to meet the new demands of accountability and responsibility
  • Practical guidance on how Governors can know their schools and monitor their effectiveness
  • Good practice in Headteacher recruitment and performance management
  • Effective governance: getting the practicalities right
  • How to prepare for and manage your inspection
  • Collaborating in school and academy groups

Who should attend?

Chairs of Governors, Governors, Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Clerks to Governors and Local Governing Body Members (and equivalent) in Academy Groups

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