After many months of hard work, we’re finally live! Our team of consultants work with Governors at over 1,400 schools and our aim is to share our experience and expertise with you through our new Better Governor website. If you are curious about us and want to know who we are and what we do, you can watch our short videos. Amanda Peck, an academy governor , and Steve Barker, our Head of Governance Consultancy, will introduce our vision for the Better Governor website and briefly talk through the resources that will be available to you. Why not let us know if there is a subject you would like to see featured and we’ll do our best to push it up our priority list.

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Finance Matters - School Financial Value Standard
This Better Governor webinar is part of a series of webinars on 'Finance Matters' impacting our schools and academy trusts. This webinar is aimed at maintained schools will explore how make SFVS a valuable tool and how it is a key part of governing bodies ensuring financial compliance and efficiency.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Harnessing The Powers of Social Media
This Better Governor webinar is looking at the impact of social media on our schools. We will be asking if it can it be harnessed it so it becomes a productive tool?

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Secondary School Performance Data
This webinar will provide governors and trustees, in secondary schools, with an overview of Analysing School Performance (ASP) and Inspection Data Summary Reports (IDSR).

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Secondary Matter 2018
This is a new webinar series and termly these webinars will provide governors and trustees, with an opportunity to explore key topics particularly relevant to those in secondary education such as: implementation of careers guidance; the rise in exclusions and off rolling; mental health in teenagers; impact of social media.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Primary Data Webinar - How governors can use ASP/IDSR to monitor school improvement
This webinar provided governors and trustees, in primary schools, with an overview of Analysing School Performance (ASP) and Inspection Data Summary Reports (IDSR).

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Safeguarding 2018
This term’s Better Governor ‘Safeguarding’ webinar was broadcasted on 2nd October at 7:45pm.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Chairs' Network- The role of the Chair during an Ofsted inspection
This Better Governor webinar is one of a series of webinars on 'Finance Matters' focusing on financial issues impacting our schools and academy trusts.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Making Every Penny Count
This 'Finance Matters - Making Every Penny Count' webinar was broadcasted on Wednesday 26th September at 7pm.

Consultant: Steve Barker September 2018
Hot Topics Webinar (September 2018)
This term’s Better Governor ‘Hot Topics’ webinar was broadcasted on Thursday 20th September at 7pm.

Consultant: Steve Barker September 2018
Changes to Disqualification by Association in schools
New regulations have removed Disqualification by Association, for individuals working in childcare in non-domestic settings such as schools and nurseries.

Author: Ruth Murton September 2018

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Barring Parents from Schools - New DfE Guidance

The Department for Education has published guidance for maintained schools and academies advising them on how to control access to school premises, including barring parents and carers from schools. The guidance confirms that anyone on a school site, who should not be there, is trespassing. The guidance advises schools how to handle such situations. To read this article in full, log into your |Better Governor account or simply register, for free, by clicking the orange button.

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