School Governors
Cheshire East Council

Welcome to the School Governor Pages

What's New?

Pupil Premium

The Government has released further details of its plans for a Pupil Premium.  The full press relase is available by following the link to the Department for Education Website.

Academy and Free School Proposals

The Academies Act received Royal Assent on Tuesday 27th July 2010.  We've added a new page on Academies and Free Schools which can be accessed by following the link.

Modern Governor

Modern Governor has released two new e-learning modules: 'Is Governor Mark for Us?' and 'Self-Evaluation and the New Ofsted Framework'.  Follow the link to the Modern Governor Website for more information.

Autumn Term Director's Report Briefings

The arrangements for the autumn term briefing sessions are available by following the link.

Data Training for Primary School Governors

CHANGE OF DATE: The next data training course for primary school governors has been rescheduled for Monday 1st November, at the Ramada Encore Hotel, Crewe.  To reserve your place contact the School Governance Team.

We also have a new resource available for all governors to assist in understanding school data (PDF, 872KB), which can be downloaded by following the link.  The document has been shared with us by the Merseyside Authorities which developed it, and is clear and easy to understand; we highly recommend it to you.

Governor Conference

The Cheshire East Governor Conference 2010 will take place on Friday 19th November 2010 at Cranage Hall Conference Centre, Holmes Chapel.  Our speakers will be Steve Munby, the Chief Executive of the National College for Leadership of School and Children's Services, and Professor Alan Dyson of Manchester University. 
Booking arrangements will be advertised shortly.

The Ofsted Framework

All the main documentation around the Ofsted framework can be found by following this link to the Ofsted website.  Governors' attention is particularly drawn to the Evaluation Schedule Document, which contains the detailed descriptors around governance on pages 41-43.  In addition, more detailed briefs for inspectors are available here, which include a brief on inspecting school governance and one on inspecting safeguarding.

All the key inspection documents, including the Evaluation Schedule, were republished in April 2010 with some amendments.

Director's Termly Report to Governing Bodies

The Autumn Term 2010 Director's Report to School Governing Bodies will be published on these webpages on Friday 17th September 2010.

Previous terms' reports can be accessed by following the link.

Training Programmes

The Autumn Term 2010 Training Programme will be available shortly and will be posted out to all governors at the beginning of September.  Previous training programmes can be accessed by following the link. 

Contacts

School Governance Team
0845 141 0110
schoolgovernance@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Cheshire East Council  Telephone: 0300 123 55 00
Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 1HZ
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