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Improving Governing Body Performance

Explore strategies to improve governors' standards and governance practices. Learn about reviews, skills surveys, meeting structuring, training, communication, policies, and more for effective governance.

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Improving Governing Body Performance

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  1. Improving Governing Body Performance

  2. Governors’ Standards The Nolan Principles: Governors should act selflessly and with integrity; be objective; accountable; be open, honest and demonstrate leadership skills. In addition: committed, confident, curious, challenging, collaborative, critical and creative.

  3. Reviews to support improvement • A Skills Survey. • A Safeguarding Audit. • A Review of Governance. • Self Review. • A Governors’ Code of Conduct.

  4. Your Clerk – more than a minute taker A good clerk should be able to provide: • Administrative and organisational support. • Guidance on legal and regulatory frameworks. • Advice on procedural matters. • Information about the Governors’ Allowance Policy.

  5. Meetings • How many do you have? • How long do they last? • Does the school provide refreshments? • Are they at the most convenient time of day to ensure good attendance?

  6. Structuring your meetings • Initial organisation of the Governing Body. • Amalgamating Committee Meetings. • Timed Agendas. • Do you ask questions? • Any other business.

  7. Training • Do all your Governors attend training annually? • How do you record your training? • Do you seek feedback from your Governors? • Is the training relevant to their role / responsibility?

  8. Communicating with the Governing Body • Email. • WhatsApp. • Secure website.

  9. Know your School • How frequently do you visit? • Do you use a visit form? • Do you feedback at Governing Body Meetings? • Do you have Governor Days?

  10. Policies • How much attention do you pay to policies? • Who drafts them? • When and how are they reviewed?

  11. How well do you know each other? • Collaboration. • Governors / staff socials. • Supporting new Governors.

  12. Further information • NGA website – www.nga.org.uk • The Key – www.schoolgovernors.thekeysupport.com • A Competency Framework for Governors, Governance Handbook, Clerking Competency Framework all by the DfE. • www.questionsforgovernors.co.uk

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