What's New?
New Performance Tables for Schools
The Department for Education has published new performance
tables for schools including '400% more data' than has previously
been published. Check out your
school's data.
Ofsted Proposal to Remove 'Satisfactory' Rating
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector has announced his intention to
scrap 'satisfactory' from the inspection framework and replace it
with a new category of 'requires improvement'. Schools
receiving this categorisation would be reinspected within eighteen
months and if no progress has been made would be placed in 'Special
Measures'.
Follow the link to see
Sir Michael Wilshaw's full statement.
National College for School Leadership Workshop for Chairs -
20th March
The NCSL will be
consulting chairs on its new Chairs' Development programme at an
event on Tuesday 20th March 4-8pm at the Renaissance Hotel,
Manchester. Headteachers and Chairs of Governors are invited
to attend this free event, and
registration is now open.
'Heads and Governors - A Critical Friendship'
New article published by the National College for School
Leadership.
Ofsted Proposal to Extend No-Notice Inspections
Ofsted will shortly be launching a consultation which includes
proposals to
extend no-notice inspections to all routine school
inspections.
New
NGA
Publication on RAISE Online in Secondary Schools
Following its recent publication on Primary
RAISE Online, the National Governors' Association has now published
'Knowing Your School: Secondary RAISE Online'. Both documents
are available for free download from the NGA
Website.
Pupil Premium Extended
The Department for Education has announced that
the Pupil Premium will increase to £600 in 2012/13
financial year. in addition eligibility has been extended to
allow schools to claim for any child who has been
registered for free school meals in the past six
years. more details are available on the
Department for Education Website.
Cheshire East Governors are now on Twitter
Follow us on Twitter
@CECgovernors.
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector's (
HMCI's
) Annual Report
HMCI's annual report, 'Raising Ambition and Tackling
Failure', is now available to download by following the link
to the Ofsted website.
Resources for Chairs of Governors from the National
College
The National College for School Leadership (
NCSL
) has launched
a Chairs of Governors’ section of its website, and a
booklet to support chairs called ‘Leading
Governors’. For more information, and to download
the ‘Leading Governors’ resource follow the link to the
Chairs section of the NCSL website.
New Ofsted framework
The details of the new
Ofsted Framework, and the documentation for inspectors is
available to download by following the link to the Ofsted
Website.
Ofsted Report on Governance
Ofsted has published a report on good practice in school
governance. The
good practice in school governance summary and full report can
be downloaded from the Ofsted website.
Understanding School Data
The booklet Making Sense of School Performance
Data - The Governors’ Role in Supporting and Challenging Schools
(PDF, 2.8MB) can be downloaded.
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