Governor bespoke school training

This is a school-based expert led training session on a theme tailored to the needs of your governing body or cluster of governors and/or clerks.

What the service provides

bespoke training for your governing body
telephone conversation to clarify the focus of the session
costs of the trainers planning and preparation time
costs of the trainers time and expenses of travelling to your venue
costs of any materials - photocopied hand-outs and so on
administration of ‘contracting’ the consultant
reviews of governance following Ofsted inspection.

Benefits for your school

A training session for the whole governing body or cluster on a topic of your choice. Suggested topics provided previously include, this is by no means an exhaustive list:

Finance Training (see Budget Management package pages 15 to 27)
Effective Monitoring of your Schools Self Evaluation
Effective School Visits and How Best to Support your Subject Leader
How Governing Bodies Can Help to Raise Standards
Monitoring Role of Governors
Preparing Governors for Ofsted Inspections
Roles and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Effective Governance Review
Effective Appraisal and Capability (performance management)
Using data to hold the headteacher to account
Assessing the impact of pupil premium

Please note this list is not an exhaustive one!

Service Standards

we will work with your Training Link Governor and your Governing Body to tailor a training session to suit your Governing Body requirements
we will match your training requirements with a suitable trainer and liaise with the trainer to find a suitable date.

What we expect from you?

please inform the Governor Support Team if you have to make any amendments to organised training
please try and ensure a minimum of five governors attend this training
to attend with any necessary documentation.

Cost

The cost will be bespoke to each training session. A discount is applicable to schools subscribed to the Governor Support and Improvement Package.