Course material & handouts – January 2020-December 2021
January 2020
- Field End Junior Governing Board Course – 11th January 2020
- Intro to Governance – Part 1 – 22nd January 2020 + Course handouts
- Intro to Governance – Part 2 – 29th January 2020 + Course handouts
February 2020
- Intro to Governance – Part 3 – 5th February 2020 + Course handouts
- Pupil Exclusions Training for Governors – 13th February 2020
- Making the most of Governor Visits to School – 25th February 2020 + Course handouts
March 2020
- Managing Difficult Situations – 3rd March 2020 + Course handouts
- Governors Introduction to School Finance – 4th March 2020 + Additional handouts
- Chairs briefing – 12th March 2020 + Course handout + Remote attendance at meetings
- Managing concerns and complaints – the governors’ role – 17th March 2020
- The New Ofsted Framework – What have we learnt so far? – 18th March 2020
- Hot Topics – 26th March 2020
May 2020
- Chairs briefing meeting – 13th May 2020
- Questions and answers from meeting and updated DfE weblinks re Corona virus guidance for schools
June 2020
- ‘Part 1 – New/Refresher Governor Training’ Slides – 16th June 2020 + Course Handouts
- Effective Governance – 18th June 2020 – Effective Governance Training Slides; NGA – Effective governance; NGA – Self Evaluation Tool; and Strategic Leadership/Governance Handbook
- ‘Part 2 – New/Refresher Governor Training’ Slides – 23rd June 2020 + Course Handouts
- ‘Understanding the School Development Plan’ (SDP) Slides – 25th June 2020; SDP 2019-20 Autumn Updates; and SDP example
- ‘Ofsted Education Inspection Framework’ Slides – 30th June 2020
July 2020
- ‘Basic Finance Understanding for Governors’ Slides – 1st July 2020; Benchmarking; Budget Monitoring Report; Budget Plan; Budget Plan Summary and School Finance Policy Model
- ‘Governance Update – what governors need to know’ Slides – 8th July 2020
- ‘Making Sense of Data’ Slides – 15th July 2020; Anonymised Primary School 2018-IDSR; Anonymised School Profile; Anonymised Raise 2019; Anonymised School Performance Survey + Questions to consider for ASP.
September 2020
- ‘Effective Clerking’ Slides – 24th September 2020 ; Chair’s 360 Feedback Form; Governor Training Cascade Form; Notes from Presentation and Template for Link Governor visits
October 2020
- ‘Introduction to Governance – Part 1 – Autumn 2020′ Slides – 7th October 2020 + Course Handouts
- ‘Headteachers Performance Management for Governors’ Slides – 8th October 2020 ; STPCD September 2020; Managing-performance-for-small-firms ; Tips for setting SMART performance objectives ; Teacher appraisal and capability – model policy ; NGA-headteacher-performance-appraisal-full-report ; Performance Management Teachers England and Headteacher Performance Management Self Evaluation; Headteacher Standards 2020 and for comparison previous standards
- ‘Understanding and Monitoring the Curriculum (Primary)’ Slides – 14th October 2020 ; Example 2019 Primary IDSR and Example 2019 Secondary IDSR
- ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing’ Slides – 20th October 2020
- Introduction to Governance – Part 2 – Autumn 2020′ Slides – 21st October 2020; Ofsted typical lines of inquiry – September 2020 and CFR Finance Headings and Cost Centre Codes
November 2020
- ‘Safeguarding for Governors’ Slides – 16th November 2020
- ‘HR Matters for Governors’ Slides – 24th November 2020
December 2020
- ‘Asking the Right Questions’ Slides – 8th December 2020
- ‘Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Governor Responsibilities’ Slides – 16th December 2020
January 2021
- ‘Basic Finance Understanding for Governors’ Slides – 13th January 2021; Benchmarking; Budget Monitoring Report; Budget Plan; Budget Plan Summary and School Finance Policy Model
- ‘Ofsted – Understanding the New Inspection Framework’ Slides – 25th January 2021 and Ofsted questions NGA
February 2021
- ‘Taking the Chair’ Slides – 10th February 2021; Checklist 1 – Building the Team; Checklist 2 – Heads Meetings and Checklist 3 – School Improvement
- ‘Managing Complaints’ Slides – 25th February 2021 and Notes from Presentation
March 2021
- ‘Introduction to Governance – Part 1’ Slides – 2nd March 2021
- ‘How do we approach virtual meetings’, Slides – 3rd March 2021
- ‘Introduction to Governance – Part 2’, Slides – 9th March 2021
- ‘Academy Governance’, Slides – 11th March 2021
- ‘EYFS and Ofsted’, Slides – 1st April 2021
May 2021
- ‘Finance for Governors (Maintained and Academies)’ Slides – 18th/26th May 2021; Benchmarking; Budget Monitoring Report; Budget Plan; Budget Plan Summary and School Finance Policy Model
June 2021
- Preparing for your Ofsted Inspection, Slides – 11th /28th June 2021; Handout, Ofsted-possible questions
- Asking The Right Questions, Slides – 15th June 2021
July 2021
- Introduction to Governance – Part 1, Slides – 7th July 2021
- Introduction to Governance – Part 2,Slides – 14th July 2021
September 2021
- Headteacher Performance Management, Slides -14th September 2021, Handouts 1-10, As leaders, how confident are you that your school is Ofsted ready?
October 2021
- Introduction to Governance – Part 1,slides – 12th & 13th October 2021
- Introduction to Governance – Part 2,slides – 19th & 20th October 2021
- How to manage the co-ordination & administration of governing board hearings – slides- 21st October 2021
November 2021
- Governor Safeguarding & Keeping Children Safe in Education – Slides,11th November 2021 – Course postponed
- Understanding School Finance – Slides – 15th November 2021+ Benchmarking, Budget monitoring report, Budget plan, Budget plan summary, School finance policy plan
- Chairs of Governing Boards Training Course-Slides-18th November 2021 + Handouts