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• Monitoring Well-being as part of Relationship, Sex and Health Education

  This webinar focuses on governance oversight of the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSE) curriculum in schools and academies from 1st September 2020. Using the Department for Education’s guidance as a starting point, we explore the new curriculum expectations and the role of the governing board in ensuring compliance. We consider the importance of mental health and well-being support for pupils on their return to school following the school closures, and how the first of 14 new RSE teaching modules on physical health and mental wellbeing might be used to inform this.

  Consultant: Steve Barker July 2020

• Hot Topics Webinar (Recorded July 2020)

  This Hot Topics webinar focuses on the most recent Department for Education (DfE) guidance relating to the anticipated full re-opening of English schools on September 1st. The guidance was published on Thursday 2nd July. We distil the DfE words into the key messages that those involved in school governance, need to be aware of.

  Consultant: Steve Barker July 2020

• Reception Baseline Assessment delayed until 2021

  Reception Baseline Assessment delayed until 2021.

  Consultant: Sam Williams June 2020

• Academies Financial Handbook 2020 published

  Academies Financial Handbook 2020 published

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020

• School Governors play a key part in Relationship & Sex Education

  School Governors play a key part in Relationship & Sex Education

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020

• School Governors play a key part in Relationship & Sex Education

  School Governors play a key part in Relationship & Sex Education

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020

• Clerks' Forum. Policies - the Clerks' role Webinar (Recorded June 2020)

  This webinar focused on improving clerking practice in the management of school policy review. Using the DfE Policy guidance document as a starting point we explore; why policy oversight is crucial for effective governance, which policies require board approval, and how a review schedule can be built into the annual work programme.

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020

• Health & Safety - the strategic oversight of governance in 2020 (Recorded June 2020)

  This Better Governor webinar focuses on Health and Safety in our schools and trusts, from the perspective of those responsible for governance. We explore the compliance, what the focus of monitoring should be and reflect on effective oversight of Health & Safety in the context of the current Covid-19 situation as schools move towards a planed September reopening.

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020

• Questions & Challenges Webinar (Recorded June 2020)

  This Better Governor webinar explores how governors and trustees use questions to bring a sense of challenge to their role in holding schools and academies to account. Accountability is a key function of governance in all schools and without robust questioning, which challenges thinking and deepens knowledge, governance can not be effective.

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020

• Safer Recruitment Webinar (June 2020)

  This webinar explores the role of governance in ensuring that recruitment of staff and volunteers, in our schools and trusts, is safe . We draw on the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education and reflect on how this shapes the monitoring that those involved in school governance should be engaged in.

  Consultant: Steve Barker June 2020