Breakfast Briefing Sharing good practice across Primary schools – Making change and improvements together Focus of development : Ensuring the Board is effective and efficient in its monitoring role Our context in brief… What we have been doing …. We are a small rural Church of England primary school and we are always aiming high. Planned visits with a clear focus on the SDP strategic objectives, offer the opportunity for the Board to see for themselves how the school is We are developing active partnerships to ensure the staff have development implementing the policies and improvement plans they have agreed. opportunities and children receive high quality education experiences. Each member aware of the key areas for monitoring and taking Our aim is to provide high quality holistic education experiences for all responsibility for managing their role in building visits into their schedule. children. We are aware that the Board members need to know their school if accountability is going to be robust and the vision for the school is to be achieved. What is working well… Challenges and next steps…. Board members are better able to discuss the SDP and offer appropriate Planning for each Board member to undertake a visit within their support and challenge in meetings. responsibility area and to provide written feedback to FGB Working with the leadership to identify what is working well within the Role of governors in developing the strategic priorities priorities set. Identify training needs for Board members to enable them to be even better! Courage to make changes Challenge: Time commitment and every governor active in the process For further information please contact: jenny.barnard-langston@fletching.e-sussex.sch.uk
Breakfast Briefing – Sharing good practice across Primary schools Making change and improvements together Focus of development : Ensuring the Board is effective and efficient in its monitoring role Our context in brief… We are a small rural Church of England primary school and we are always aiming high. We are developing active partnerships to ensure the staff have development opportunities and children receive high quality education experiences. Our aim is to provide high quality holistic education experiences for all children. We are aware that the Board members need to know their school if accountability is going to be robust and the vision for the school is to be achieved. What we have been doing …. Planned visits with a clear focus on the SDP strategic objectives, offer the opportunity for the Board to see for themselves how the school is implementing the policies and improvement plans they have agreed. Each member aware of the key areas for monitoring and taking responsibility for managing their role in building visits into their schedule. What is working well… Board members are better able to discuss the SDP and offer appropriate support and challenge in meetings. Working with the leadership to identify what is working well within the priorities set. Courage to make changes Challenges and next steps…. Planning for each Board member to undertake a visit within their responsibility area and to provide written feedback to FGB Role of governors in developing the strategic priorities Identify training needs for Board members to enable them to be even better! Challenge: Time commitment and every governor active in the process For further information please contact: jenny.barnard-langston@fletching.e-sussex.sch.uk
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