Report to:

County Consultative Committee

 

Date of meeting:

 

10 February 2022

By:

Clare Cornford

 

Title:

Governor local area forums

 

Purpose:

For members of the Committee to review the attendance and feedback from the last round of local area forums. For members of the committee to hear about the proposed agenda items for the next round of local area forums.

 

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

1) To note, attendance and feedback from the last round of meetings

 

2) To be notified of the agenda for the next round of local area forums.

 

 

1          Background

1.1       For members of the Committee to review the attendance and feedback from the ESGF from the last round of local area forums. For members of the committee to hear about the agenda items for the next round of local area forums.

           

2          Supporting information

2.1       Attendance at the Local Area Forums for the Academic Year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.

 

The Local Area Forums moved online due to COVID. The number of sessions were reduced from 4 to 3 and the times changed to accommodate governor need.

Autumn 2020 Local Area Forum – Therapeutic Thinking

Number of attendees

Friday 16th October 2020 from 10:00 – 12:00

25

Monday 19th October 2020 from 14:00 – 16:00

13

Thursday 22nd October 2020

47

 

85

Spring 2021 Local Area Forum - Governor Wellbeing and Virtual Governance

 

Monday 1st March 2021 from 14:00 – 16:00

27

Wednesday 3rd March 2021 from 18:00 – 20:00

24

Friday 5th March 2021 from 10:00 – 12:00

31

 

82

Summer 2021 Local Area Forum – Communication with Stakeholders

 

Monday 7th June 2021 from 18:00 – 20:00

30

Wednesday 9th June 2021 from 10:00 – 12:00

13

Thursday 10th June 2021 from 14:00 – 16:00

9

 

52

Autumn 2021 Local Area Forum – Ofsted Inspections are back – what Governors need to know.

 

Monday 18th October 2021 from 14:00 – 16:00

49

Wednesday 20th October 2021 from 18:00 – 20:00

37

Friday 22nd October 2021 from 10:00 – 12:00

41

 

127

 

The Spring 2022 session will focus on School to School Improvement and System Leadership. These sessions will be delivered in Education Improvement Partnership Areas and will be facilitated by Claire Rivers, Chair of the East Sussex Learning Collaborative Network and Danielle Cassell, Senior Manager – System Leadership and they will be joined by the ESGF EIP Governors Representatives for each session.

Spring 2022 Local Area Forum – System Leadership and School Improvement. Bookings already made

Numbers to date

Local Area Forum: System Leadership – Hastings, Rother and Rye EIP

11

Local Area Forum: System Leadership - Ashdown and Lewes EIP

16

Local Area Forum: System Leadership - Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford EIP

4

Local Area Forum: System Leadership - Wealden EIP

16

Total to Date

47

 

3.         Conclusion and reasons for recommendations

3.1       To note any feedback from the ESGF from the last round of local area forums.

 

 

Alison Jeffery
Director of Children’s Services

Contact Officer: Clare Cornford
Tel. No. 01323 466887
Email: clare.cornford@eastsussex.gov.uk

 

 

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

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