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Derbyshire County Council

Children and Younger Adults Department

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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



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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Children in Care

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



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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Maggie please insert the RAISE sheet here on plain background

Maggie please insert the DATA Book table here on plain background

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Maggie please insert the 2 dash board sheets here on plain background

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Maggie please insert the 2 dash board sheets here on plain background

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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

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