Clerks Area Briefing

South Kent - Ashford, Shepway, Dover

23 June 2014

Welcome

Agenda

1. Welcome and Outline of the Meeting

2. Reconstitutiona) Timeline

b) Skills Audit

c) GAP (Governor Appointments Panel)

3. Traded Services/SLA (Service Level Agreement)

4. CPD Online

5. In The News - General Updates

6. Questions/Items for the Next Agenda

7. Close.

Skills Based Appointments & Reconstitution

• All governors to be selected for the skills they bring

• Create a skills based profile for the GB - Some skills are identified in statutory guidance

• Identify the skills required for any vacancy prior to recruitment.

• Increased expectation for shared governance across more than one school – compare and contrast

By September 2015

• All maintained school governing bodies to have reconstitute under 2012 regulations

• Surplus governors removed on basis of skills rather than length of service

• Reconstitution - a tool to drive the quality and effectiveness of the GB.

The Core Membership

• 1 HT• 1 Staff• 1 LA• 2 Parents minimum• X Co-opted. As many at the GB require• Foundation governors:

VC minimum of 2 no more than ¼.

VA 2 more than the total of all other governors.

Be aware of Foundation schools without a foundation.

Diminution and Slotting• 1 HT - no change• 1 Staff - slot or diminution based on identified skill• 1 LA - slot or diminution based on identified skill

Governor Appointments Panel (GAP) - has a role• Parents - 2 minimum. Slot or diminution based on identified

skill

• Co-opted - New post, appointed on skills

COMPLETELY NEW APPOINTMENT with a new term of office.

• Foundation – faith/ethos PLUS skills based

GAP – Governor Appointment Panel for Local Authority Governors

• Revised procedures for the appointment of LA Governors

• Existing LA Governors are not being re-appointed where there would be more than one LA Governor unless they are the Chair.

• Surplus LA Governors could be appointed to other GBs looking for their relevant skills

Procedure For Reconstitution

• Minute all discussions and decisions • Agree a procedure for co-opting governors• Submit copy of minutes for reconstitution with a

breakdown of posts and categories - including lengths of terms of office

• To diocese 1st if a faith school then to governor services with confirmation from the diocese.

• State in the minutes the date of effect - a date in the future to allow time to complete the process (3 to 6 months)

Barriers And Solutions

• How well prepared is your GB for these changes?

• What do you need to do next?

Which Governors Would Fit Where?

Data – RAISE + in yearPP+SEN, GT, CLA, EAL etc.CurriculumAssessmentPolicies - attendance, marking, SIP, SEF

AppraisalDevelopmentQuality of – triangulation of data, work and observation.Policies - Teaching and learning, appraisal, general staffing, assessment etc

AttendanceSafeguardingBehaviour / Behaviour for learningExclusionsH&SE-SafetyChild protection

Vision - driving school improvementSEF, SIPHT appraisal Performance related paySFVS - finance in general - are we getting value for money?

Delivering The Vision

• Review

• Recruit

• Retire ...

Models of Governance

• What is the structure of your GB?

• Would your governing body be more effective with a different structure?

Illustration of a 2 Committee/Team Governor Profile

Chair (1)

Ht Governor (3)

Resources

Finance (4) Premises (5)

Health & Safety (6)

Child Protection (7)

Teaching & Learning

Data Champion (8)

Staffing & PRP (9)

Quality of Learning (10) SEN/AEN (11)

Staff Governor (12)

Vice Chair (2) Clerk

Illustration of a Whole Team Governor Profile

Chair (1)

HT Governor (3) Achievement (4)

Pair (8)

Teaching & Learning (5)

Pair (9)

Behaviour & safety (6)

Pair (10)

Leadership & Management

(7)

Pair (11)

Vice Chair (2) Clerk

Recruitment of New Members

Profile-SEF/SIP

Identification of existing skills and reconstitution

planning

Right people around the table and associated activities

Induction and training appropriate to position

Annual evaluation of GB effectiveness

In The News …

Freedom of information/ Subject Access Requests –and the use of personal email addresses

Succession Breeds Success – NCOGS publication

http://www.ncogs.org.uk/documents/public/SBS2ndedn.pdf

Traded ServicesPackages available via EduKent website• Governor training and development.• Clerking service

Additional services this year:• Costs attached to activities involving Governor

Support Officer - Bespoke training, external review, FGB obs, 12 months minutes monitoring.

• Education SLA with Heads that can be used to buy the additional services - credits

CPD Online• Plea to ensure details are accurate and up to date• Regular review of the database – an expectation

of your information management role!

Rubbish in = Rubbish out

• Email changes to schoolgovernor@kent.gov.uk

Thank You for Attending