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Welcome
Safeguarding
An introduction to the draft KCSIE 2023 with relevant updates. This session will also ensure all governors are up-to-date with safeguarding training and legislation from September 2023.
Breakout One
Cyber Security
With the risk of cyber attacks on the rise, this session will ensure all Governors/Trustees know how to ensure schools have appropriate risk protection measures in place.
Breakout two
UNDERSTANDING THE DATA
This session will focus on how governors and trustees can better understand external data to know the right questions to pose. This includes looking at the ASP (Assessing School Performance) and the IDSR (Inspection Dashboard School Report). It will help consider questions around the validity of data in small cohorts and how to assess the impact of the curriculum on different groups compared to national and local comparators.
Chris Taylor – Executive HeadteacherOFSTED READY
We don’t run schools for Ofsted, we run schools for children. However understanding the inspection framework can help governors and trustees know what to focus on and how to provide challenge and support to school leaders. This session will help governors and trustees to understand their role in supporting schools to thrive – Ofsted then takes care of itself.
Natasha Greenough – Chief Executive Officer
HOW GOVENRANCE DIFFERS IN A MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
With the white paper, and the government's ambition for all schools to be part of a strong family of schools, governors will have questions about how being part of multi-academy trust may be different to being a maintained school. This session helps outlines the legal and structural differences
Melanie Humphreys– Governance Professional
Jason Field – Chief Financial Officer
SMALL SCHOOLS – MIXED AGED TEACHING
An opportunity for governors of small schools to come together, this session will explore the unique challenges of delivering a curriculum to mixed age classes. There will be opportunities to discuss the challenges, but also the opportunities helping governors to understand how to provide the right challenge and support.
Louise Stinson – School Improvement Officer
REALISING AN AMBITIOUS VISION IN SEND
This session will enable Governors to explore how they oversee SEND provision and ensure the highest standards. This will include governors’ and trustees’ legal duties as well as how they can support school leaders to maximise the potential for pupils with additional needs.
Donna Waddington – Headteacher/SENDCo
EXCELLENCE IN EYFS
Getting children off to the very best start is crucial in ensuring future success in their education. In this breakout group, governors and trustees will have the opportunity to understand the latest guidance around EYFS and how to ensure a first class provision.
Ifsheen Akhtar -
Headteacher