Head of Governance, Babcock 4S, Babcock International Group
Steve is the Head of the Governance Consultancy Team at Babcock and has a national reputation as a governance expert. He is an experienced and regular speaker at national and regional governor conferences, has had articles published in National titles and been interviewed as a governance expert on the Radio 4 Today Programme on several occasions. Steve has contributed to many national governance initiatives, including being part of the team commissioned by the National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) to develop External Reviews of Governance. Steve has also served on the NCTL Advisory Board on Governance.
In 2012 Steve led the Babcock pilot programme for the NCTL Chairs of Governors’ Leadership Development Programme and subsequently the bid that secured Babcock as one of only nine national licence holders delivering the programme.
The Governance Team in Leatherhead which Steve leads, work with over 700 schools across Surrey and West and Central London, supporting more than 6000 governors and clerks, in delivering effective governance in their schools. Steve has considerable personal experience in developing and facilitating governor development sessions on a diverse range of governance issues.
Steve became a governor in 2000 and has, through concurrent terms of office, amassed 63 years of governance experience. He is currently chair of the Governing Body at Bagshot Infant School, Chair of the Governing Body and Chair of the Academy Trust at Collingwood College, an 11-18 converter academy in Camberley, Surrey, with almost 1,900 pupils, and a member of the Ravenscote Multi-Academy Trust. He has been a Local Authority Additionally Appointed Governor in 11 schools, including two as a member of an Interim Executive Board (IEB) and chaired one IEB himself.
Steve was appointed as a National Leader of Governance (NLG) in 2012 and served as an NLG Advocate in 2013 -14. Steve has conducted more than 30 Reviews of Governance and been deployed to five schools as an NLG.
Steve is a qualified Performance Coach and in addition to one-to-one coaching of school leaders and governors, he is an accredited tutor for the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) regularly delivering coaching training within educational settings.
In addition to his governance and coaching experience, Steve is a former Ofsted Lay Inspector and is an accredited safeguarding trainer for Surrey Safeguarding Children’s Board.
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Headteacher Appraisal and Salary Review:
Subscriber content: Guidance for governing body Headteacher Appraisal Panels with information they need when carrying out their Headteacher Appraisal and reviewing the Headteacher's salary.
July 2015
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Safer Recruitment E-learning Programme
Make recruitment safe in your school with this 90-minute personnel online training course. It will support your personnel teams to make recruitment safe in your school and deliver HR function in line with your statutory responsibilities
July 2015
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Outcomes for Pupils
Subscriber content: This training pack will provide any experienced governor with the tools they need to deliver this interactive training to their Governing Body in school.
July 2015
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Development and consultancy sessions
An outline of the governor training and development and consultancy services which can be commissioned from Better Governor.
October 2015
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Ofsted Short Inspections VIDEO
This subscriber video explores the key implications of the new Ofsted short inspections for governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools in England.
October 2015
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New Ofsted Framework VIDEO
This subscriber content video outlines the key changes in new Ofsted framework introduced in September 2015. Its focus is on what governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools in England need to know. This video applies to Governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools in England.
October 2015
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Academies Financial Handbook - Podcast
A short audio podcast outlining the key changes that governors and clerks should be aware of, within the September 2015 version of the Academies Financial Handbook.
October 2015
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Ofsted - a new framework
Ofsted have consulted on the new framework, published the outcomes of the consultation, briefed Headteacher associations and Teacher unions, and published materials where they will be used in all inspections from September 2015 onwards.
October 2015
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Ofsted Short Inspections
This article explores the key elements of Ofsted's new short inspections, for good schools, which was introduced since September 2015.
October 2015
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) - Mandatory Reporting
This article looks at guidance jointly published by the Home Office and Department for Education relating to a new duty on schools taking effect on 31 October 2015.
November 2015
