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Welcome
Jeanette Hamilton
Head of Governor Support
Governing Body Strategic Briefing
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Introduction
Mike Longden
Cabinet Member for Education
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Improving outcomes for our most vulnerable pupils
Ian Thomas
Strategic DirectorChildren and Younger Adults
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Children in Care
Of all 0-24 year olds children in care make up 0.4% of the population [0.3% 16-21]What % of the prison population were CiC? 1/8 young people are NEET. For CiC the figure is 1/?59% of young people achieve 5 good GCSEs. The % for CiC is?38% of young people go to university. The % of CiC that go is?
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Children in Care
In addition Care Leavers are more likely to be:-UnemployedTeenage ParentsIn receipt of Mental Health ServicesBecome parents to children eventually brought into care
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Children in Care
Our legal obligation and shared moral purpose is to ensure CiC have the best life chances. Our response is multi-faceted:
Corporate ParentingUni-Fi Creative Council’s ProjectVirtual School…
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Virtual School
A network of teachers, social care staff and other key stakeholders that track the educational progress of CiC.
Key Features:Virtual School HeadHighly skilled Designated TeachersA Governing Body consisting of key stakeholdersAccess to DCS, School Governors and Elected Members
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What we’d like you to considerAppointing a governor to be the designated person for CiC achievement [other vulnerable groups?]Closely monitor the use of your pupil premiumEscalate any unresolved concerns with the DCS rapidly
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Getting to Good
Holding the school to account
The role of the governing body
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Common weaknesses with governance in grade 3 schools noted in inspection
reports
Issues identified in inspection reports included:
•not ambitious about expectations
•lack of a critical friend approach
•over-reliance on information from the headteacher
•lack of systematic visits to school
•lack of engagement with school development planning
•limited role in monitoring, and none of it ‘independent’
•limited understanding of data and school quality
•limited understanding of the use of data in Ofsted inspections
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Common features of effective governance noted in schools that
became good (see handout)
Focus; sharp focus; raise achievement; improve teaching, robustly focused; proactive; raised expectations; determined; active.
Positive impact; drive; strive; ambitious vision; more strategic; provide clear direction; rigorously drives improvement; steer through change; increasingly effective.
Strong team; work together; communicates; corporate; supports; unity of purpose; partnership with senior leaders; effective critical friends; shared purpose.
Effective challenge; pursue further improvements; monitoring; evaluating; better informed; constantly review performance; clear systems; monitor closely; collect own information on performance; regular visitors.
Skilled; knowledgeable; understanding of strengths and weaknesses; financial management; planning.
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Getting to GoodOfsted Report September 2012
holding school leaders to account effectively monitoring the work of the school at the helm of strategic development, working
alongside the headteacher actively took part in monitoring and evaluating
activities
Clarity on expectations = full commitment Structured training programmes (inc induction) Partnership with other GBs
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How do we hold the school to account?
The scrutiny questions
– see hand out
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Recording the challenge
The minutes of the governing body meeting
– see hand out
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Key documents for the governing body
Raise on line – “blue to white to green” LA data book – school and bench mark School data analysis Ofsted School Data Dashboard
LA School Improvement Review Record (SIRR) School Self Evaluation Summary
School Improvement Plan School Review and Evaluation – Impact Reports
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Ofsted questions
Using a planned programme of regular, focussed and concise briefings and meetings
including the careful use of the scrutiny questions, and the
active engagement in monitoring and evaluation processes..
governors should ensure they are in a position to confidently and robustly describe key performance areas included in the exemplar questions from inspectors
See hand out
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A review of your GB effectiveness
Ofsted have alerted every Governing Body to the importance of their own structured training and development programme.
As part of that programme a formal review of your effectiveness is a helpful starting point.
The effectiveness questions listed on the hand out will help you in that process
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Briefing items
Ofsted updateSafeguardingAnti-bullyingThe governor website,
newsletter and other CPD opportunities
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Thank you and close
Mike Longden
Cabinet Member for Education