Dursley Primary School in Gloucestershire considers academy status
The Gazette reports that education leaders in Dursley are considering academy status for the town’s only primary school. Parents whose children attend Dursley Primary School have already attended an...
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What skills do academy governors need to manage million-pound budgets?
Academies may be offered more freedom but it also means the buck stops with governors. So, what happens if they mess up? As more schools open their doors as converter academies, their governing bodies...
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Ofsted chief: Governors need to challenge heads and focus schools on...
Governors need to concentrate on helping schools improve teaching and student behaviour and not on meals, lavatories or uniforms, the head of Ofsted said today. This is from the Telegraph… The chief...
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Ofsted chief to launch ‘School Data Dashboard’ for governors and wants some...
Ofsted’s chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw is going to launch an online at-a-glance report card for each school which he wants governors to use to hold head teachers to account. He also wants some...
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Talk of ‘professional’ paid school governors insults those who give their...
The Daily Telegraph’s Assistant Editor Richard Preston believes that Sir Michael Wilshaw’s comments about ‘ill-informed’ governors risks alienating thousands of members of ‘the big society’… Ofsted...
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Guardian editorial: Ofsted chief is right on importance of governors, but...
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has suggested that too many school governors are either bumbling or complacent, or both, and also suggested payment might be part of the solution. This is from today’s...
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Head leaves post after being caught including insulting coded message in...
Independent school headmaster leaves post after he is caught including an insulting coded message in the school newsletter. This is from the Telegraph… The message from the headmaster of an...
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Could area-wide education boards solve the school governance crisis?
Nansi Ellis, head of education, policy and research at the ATL, believes a governing body that supports educational development across institutions within a local area will solve the governor...
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Asbestos: Cwmcarn school governors say closure ‘unnecessary’
The governors and headteacher of a school which closed amid warnings of asbestos have called for it to reopen. This is from the BBC… Cwmcarn High School, in Caerphilly county, shut in October after a...
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Lord Bichard: Pay is not the only way to raise the standard of school governance
Lord Michael Bichard, a former public servant chief advisor at Ten Governor Support, argues it’s more critical that governors understand their roles and the practical ways to make a difference. This is...
View ArticleStaff governors: Do we need them? Should we have them?
Following recent comment about the role of school governors, three Schools Improvement Net readers who are all passionate and experienced governors embarked on a fascinating Twitter debate about the...
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Teach First and the Wellcome Trust partner to improve school governance
Teach First and the Wellcome Trust, two charitable organisations with a shared interest in education, have announced plans to help improve the quality of school governance as part of their commitment...
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Pupils’ opinions may help decide teachers’ pay under new rules
School governors and headteachers can take into account the opinions of pupils and parents in awarding performance-related pay increases to teachers under new guidelines issued by the Department for...
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Secret Teacher: keep students and parents away from my pay
Students and parents are not qualified to determine teachers’ pay. Plus, new pay guidelines will lead to a survival of the fittest mentality between colleagues, argues this week’s Secret Teacher, who...
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School’s board of governors sacked after teachers mark pupils’ work too...
A school’s board of governors has been sacked after teachers were found to have hushed up falling standards by marking pupils’ work too generously. This is from the Telegraph… Parents at Bradford Moor...
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Teachers at failing secondary school strike over lesson observations
Teachers at a failing Upper Norwood secondary school have voted to strike over what they claim is excessive pressure from senior staff. Staff at Westwood Girls’ College for Languages and Art are to...
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New School Performance Dashboard provides detailed information for governors...
A new online aid for school governors is launched today. The School Performance Governor Dashboard aims to help school governors hold schools to account, support and challenge the leadership team, and...
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Get-tough policy for Bradford schools with poor governors
A yorkshire council is cracking down on schools with “poor or divided” governing bodies as part of a drive to raise standards. This is from the Yorkshire Post… Bradford Council’s schools chief, Coun...
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Sack poor performing governors, MPs’ report says
Poor performing governors in England’s schools should be removed from office, an influential MPs’ committee has said. This is from the BBC… The Commons Education Committee said the quality of governing...
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Fears over readiness of plans for performance-related pay in schools
The introduction of a national system of performance-related pay for teachers is in doubt because thousands of schools are failing to implement the reforms, according to research. This is from the...
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