Strategic Ambitions
- Focus 1: An effective full governing body with range of skills
- Focus 2: To ensure the school’s progress against main priorities
- Focus 3: Growth and development of school
- Focus 4: Good communication with parents, staff, and pupils
Term |
Focus |
Committee /specific governor / FGB |
Autumn |
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Whole governing body Whole governing body Individual governors, but to be reviewed by whole governing body |
Spring |
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Exercise for whole governing body Helen Smith/Helen White Lead DH Lead KL Whole governing body Whole governing body Whole governing body Whole governing body (CW co-ordinating) Whole governing body |
Summer |
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See table below - Individual governors, but to be reviewed by whole GB Whole governing body Whole governing body Whole governing body Whole governing body Whole governing body |
What do we want to improve? |
How will we go about it? |
When will it happen and be completed? |
What will success look like/ what is the impact? |
SIP Development Plan Reference |
To consider the skills and competencies of the school’s governing body |
Completion of individual skills audit forms to identify skills, competencies and experience to determine where gaps may exist so that these can be addressed through training. |
To be undertaken and completed by the Clerk of Governors by the end of the Summer term. Governor then to arrange appropriate training for governors as requested. |
Focus 1: An effective full governing body with range of skills |
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To develop the skills of the new co-chairs |
HS/HW to attend relevant training and also seek advice from other chairs within the local authority as and when needed. HS/HW to complete safer recruitment training |
HS/HW to attend relevant training throughout the year. |
Focus 1: An effective full governing body with range of skills |
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To ensure that governor’s knowledge of the school is up to date and relevant |
Governors to undertake individual learning walks/monitoring visits on a regular basis but to ensure that they visit each school once per term to formally meet with school staff. |
Learning walks agreed with LJW in advance to ensure availability of the staff etc. Governor monitoring visits to be undertaken in April and July (subject to covid restrictions being lifted) as per the Governors’ Programme of work for 2020 -21 |
Focus 2: To ensure the school’s progress against main priorities |
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Ensure that objectives and targets for the school are consistent and flow down from the Headteacher’s objectives. |
Completion of Headteacher’s Performance Management. Ensuring SMART objectives that are then consistent with individual staff objectives and targets for the 2020 -21 year |
Initial Performance Management meeting in Jan 2021 with a review date agreed in Spring and Summer term |
Focus 2: To ensure the school’s progress against main priorities |
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Governing body to review its own effectiveness |
Governing body to complete an effectiveness review utilising the services of a third party to ensure a frank and honest review of its strengths and weaknesses. |
All governors to participate in exercise Summer term 2021 |
Focus 1: An effective full governing body with range of skills |
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School’s effective management of its budget |
HS/HW to attend review meetings on budget reports in conjunction with LJW and the bursar to ensure effective feedback to the governing body. |
HS/HW to review budget monitoring reports once per month and then to provide verbal feedback to the governors at the following FGB by exception. Any material variances to be identified immediately and fed back to the school for comment and or action as required. |
Focus 3: Growth and development of school |
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Election of governors for 2020/2021 and posts for the 2020/2021 year |
Governor recruitment will be a focus throughout the school year to ensure that there is the appropriate balance of skills, experience within the governing body and that it remains |
Governor vacancies and structure to continue to be a standing agenda item at each FGB so that the pre-emptive action can be taken. |
Focus 4: Good communication with parents, staff, and pupils |
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Inform the wider school community about the role of the governing body |
Ensure governing body profiles are circulated in school newsletters as a regular item ‘get to know your governors’ article. |
Parents and staff will be more informed about the role of the governing body with the aim to encourage more parents to volunteer into this role |
Focus 4: Good communication with parents, staff, and pupils |
Safeguarding and SEND Governor – Kate Layfield
Finance Governors – Helen White & Helen Smith (interim until vacancy filled)
Health & Safety Governor – David Hall
Governor Monitoring Visits (to monitor progress towards targets in the School Improvement Plan) to take place:
Date |
School |
Focus |
Governor lead |
13th May 2021 |
Ripley |
To monitor the application of the new sequenced curriculum and discuss with staff how this is evidenced |
HW |
11th May 2021 |
Kettlesing |
To ensure the progress to develop handwriting skills in key stage one so that all pupils develop a legible handwriting style and discuss with staff the progress being made (inc H&S walk) |
DH |
14th May 2021 |
Beckwithshaw |
Ensure progress towards mathematics is consistently in line with national averages and discuss with teaching staff how this is improving |
HS |
HALF TERM |
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Ripley |
TBD at FGB meeting 20th May (inc H&S walk) |
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Kettlesing |
TBD at FGB meeting 20th May |
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Beckwithshaw |
TBD at FGB meeting 20th May (inc H&S walk) |
Emerging Ideas for 2021/22 linked to strategy:
- A planned series of engagement with pupils/staff/parents using surveys and focus groups
- To develop an annual report to share with the wider federation community