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Clerks Area Briefing
South Kent - Ashford, Shepway, Dover
23 June 2014
Welcome
Agenda
1. Welcome and Outline of the Meeting
2. Reconstitution
a) Timeline
b) Skills Audit
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c) GAP (Governor Appointments Panel)
Traded Services/SLA (Service Level Agreement)
CPD Online
In The News - General Updates
Questions/Items for the Next Agenda
Close.
Skills Based Appointments & Reconstitution
By September 2015
• 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
• 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
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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 year
PP+SEN, GT, CLA, EAL etc.
Curriculum
Assessment
Policies - attendance, marking,
SIP, SEF
Attendance
Safeguarding
Behaviour / Behaviour for learning
Exclusions
H&S
E-Safety
Child protection
Appraisal
Development
Quality of – triangulation of data, work and
observation.
Policies - Teaching and learning, appraisal,
general staffing, assessment etc
Vision - driving school improvement
SEF, SIP
HT appraisal
Performance related pay
SFVS - 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)
Vice Chair (2)
Clerk
Ht Governor
(3)
Resources
Teaching &
Learning
Finance (4)
Premises (5)
Data
Champion (8)
Staffing & PRP
(9)
Health &
Safety (6)
Child
Protection (7)
Quality of
Learning (10)
SEN/AEN (11)
Staff Governor
(12)
Illustration of a Whole Team Governor
Profile
Chair (1)
Vice Chair (2)
HT Governor (3)
Achievement (4)
Pair (8)
Clerk
Teaching &
Learning (5)
Pair (9)
Behaviour &
safety (6)
Pair (10)
Leadership &
Management
(7)
Pair (11)
Recruitment of New Members
ProfileSEF/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/SBS2nde
dn.pdf
Traded Services
Packages 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 [email protected]
Thank You for Attending