Agenda Item 6
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Report to: |
County Consultative Committee
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Date of meeting:
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29th March 2023 |
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By: |
Clare Cornford |
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Title: |
Local Authority Governor Update for Councillors
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Purpose: |
To update Councillors on the nomination for appointment of local authority governors and governor training |
RECOMMENDATIONS
1) For information
11 Background
1.1 The local authority has a statutory duty to approve nominations for local authority governors. Once nominated, schools then appoint local authority governors onto their governing board.
1.2 This report provides a summary of local authority governor applications approved for nomination, and information about the level of governor vacancies across the county.
2 Supporting information
2.1 Since the report sent to Councillors on the 30th November 2022, 3 local authority governors were nominated for appointment, all were approved for a 4 year term of office. All were new applicants.
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Jill Lugg |
St Michael’s School Withyham |
New Application |
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Matthew Green |
Little Horsted Primary School |
New Application |
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Natalie Bayliss |
The Oaktree Federation |
New Application |
2.2 The Governor and Clerking Service are now embedding the new GovernorHub System for booking training and recording governor details. Out of the 1183 governors in maintained schools, only 290 have not yet signed up to the new system and we are working with these governors to onboard them.
2.3 Here is a brief overview of some of the training, networking and briefing sessions governors and clerks have attended in terms 3 and 4. Brackets indicate the number of sessions run:
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Governor Induction (3) |
Training |
58 |
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Academy Briefing (2) |
Briefing |
86 |
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Chairs Networking (2) |
Networking |
29 |
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Safeguarding Networking (3) |
Networking |
40 |
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MHEW Networking (2) |
Networking |
37 |
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Safeguarding Link Governor Training/Refresher (2) |
Training |
32 |
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School Visits (1) |
Training |
14 |
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Monitoring the PE and Sport Premium (2) |
Briefing |
25 |
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Clerk Training – working together/complaints (2) |
Training |
17 |
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Clerk Forum – GovernorHub (2) |
Networking |
33 |
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Complaints Training/Managing Complex Situations (2) |
Training |
21 |
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Exclusions (1) |
Briefing |
12 |
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The Vice Chair |
Briefing |
12 |
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Equality and Diversity Networking – protected characteristics and LGBTQ+ (2) |
Networking |
31 |
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The Children’s Services Climate Change Strategy |
Briefing |
16 |
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Be Prepared for Ofsted |
Training |
15 |
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Finance Update for Governors |
Briefing |
39 |
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Understanding Performance Data |
Training |
16 |
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Local Area Forum – the SEND Strategy (2) |
Local Area Forum |
48 |
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Health and Safety |
Training |
14 |
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New Governor Networking |
Networking |
6 |
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Being a parent and being a governor |
Briefing |
14 |
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Governors New to Primary Education |
Training |
10 |
2.4 There have been 42 new governors appointed since the 1st January 2023. There has also been some further success with the Governor Recruitment Campaign, with 12 people expressing an interest in becoming a governor and being placed in schools across the county.
Clare Cornford
Project Officer: Governor and Clerking Service
Contact Officer: Clare
Cornford
Tel. No. 01323 466885
Email: clare.cornford@eastsussex.gov.uk
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
None