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.

Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) inspect schools and other educational settings. In this section of the Better Governor website, you will be able to find articles and resources which highlight, summarise and synthesise information and guidance relating to Ofsted and school inspections which is of relevance to all governing bodies.

Removing Ofsted exempt status of outstanding schools
DfE consultation on removing Ofsted exempt status

Consultant: Steve Barker January 2020
Shortened Key Stage 3 curriculum – Ofsted view
Ofsted blog outlines their view of a short Key Stage 3 Curriculum.

Consultant: Steve Barker January 2020
Ofsted – the new inspection framework so far!
Ofsted have published data on the new inspection framework.

Consultant: Steve Barker December 2019
Data – its limitations and misuse! The Ofsted view.
The new Ofsted framework - The use of internal data.

Consultant: Steve Barker December 2019
Ofsted don’t observe lessons, they visit!
Revision to the Ofsted Inspection Handbook (November 2019), clarifies new approach.

Consultant: Steve Barker November 2019
Ofsted – The Quality of Education Webinar (Recorded 26th November 2019)
This webinar focused on the new judgement in the Ofsted framework, the quality of education.

Consultant: Steve Barker November 2019
Chairs' Network
This Better Governor Chairs’ Network webinar, was an opportunity for chairs of governing bodies, academy trusts and chairs of local academy committees to come together and discuss topical issues, with our resident governance experts in a structured debate.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2018
Better Governor Chairs’ Network (webinar)
This facilitated network is a forum for Chairs of governing bodies, academy trusts and local academy committees to come together and share questions, concerns and best practice ideas.

Consultant: Steve Barker February 2018
Consultation on mental health provision for children and young people
The government green paper on child and adolescent mental health, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health has been published for consultation and runs until 2nd March 2018

: January 2018
Ofsted Short Inspections from January 2018
Ofsted have published the outcome of their consultation on proposed changes to short (Section 8) inspections from January 2018.

Consultant: Steve Barker December 2017

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DfE update school website requirements

On 12th February 2021, the Department for Education updated What maintained schools must publish online and the academy version; What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online. Both publications have been updated to reflect the statutory requirements relating to remote learning.

Every governor should know