Bd/12/105 WHOLE COLLEGE SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT 2011-12 The Director of Quality and Standards presented the Whole College SelfAssessment Report 2011-12 and Improvement Plan 2012-13. She outlined the self-assessment process explaining that a validation panel comprising of governors (including the Chair), the senior management team and external peer review met to discuss the report in detail and agree the proposed grades on 19 November. Following this, the Governors’ Working Party considered the self-assessment report and improvement plan in order to make a recommendation to the Board. The Board discussed the report and in response to questions the following points were noted: • whilst the peer review suggested a higher grade, the College felt that the proposed grades were a fair assessment in terms of the new Common Inspection Framework. It was acknowledged that the whilst College had improved in general there were however still a few areas where further improvement was required; • the Curriculum & Quality Committee agendas were being designed to reflect the Teaching and Learning characteristics of the new common inspection framework; • the self-assessment report is the starting point for Inspection. It was noted that the College’s self-assessment processes were judged as outstanding at the last Ofsted inspection; • the Acting Principal would provide a fact sheet outlining the key achievements of the College for Governors to refer to; • a list of acronyms would be circulated to Governors. The Board thanked the Director of Quality and Standards for the work done throughout the year culminating in the self-assessment report.
The Board: accepted the recommendation of the Governor Working Party and approved the College’s 2011-12 Self-Assessment Report.
M Earley left the meeting at 6.51pm Bd/12/106 RISK REVIEW The Vice Principal Finance presented the report explaining that the College has complied with the recommendations of the Turnbull Committee regarding the designing and embedding of systems of internal control and a risk based approach. It was noted that no new risks have emerged since risk was last considered by the Board that need to be added to the risk register.
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