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.

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
An Inspector calls!
An account of an Ofsted inspector interviewing the Chair of the Governing Body, by telephone, from 7,000 miles away

Consultant: Steve Barker August 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

Author: Ruth Murton 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
Chairs’ Forum Webinar (October 2017)
This webinar, recorded on 4th October, brought chairs of governing bodies and academy trusts together from across the country to talk about Ofsted inspections and their role before, during and after.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2017
Ofsted consultation on changes from January 2018
Ofsted have followed their announcement of changes to the current framework, which will operate between November and the end of the Autumn term, with a further consultation.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2017
Ofsted Short Inspections
Ofsted have published details of planned changes to short (Section 8) inspections from October half term.

Consultant: Steve Barker October 2017
Analysing School Performance - the replacement for RAISEonline
RAISEonline is disappearing on 31st July 2017 and being replaced by a new service called Analysing School Performance. Read more here....

Author: Ruth Murton June 2017
Updated guidance from Ofsted – timing of school inspections
Ofsted have updated and reissued a policy statement outlining how and when schools are selected for inspection. Read more here....

Author: Ruth Murton June 2017

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Better Governor Webinar Secondary Matters 1st November

This Better Governor webinar will focus on issues germane to secondary education. In this first of a series of Secondary Matters webinars, we will explore the curriculum and how current policy, thought, research and plans to overhaul the Ofsted Inspection framework will influence what is taught in secondary schools going forward. We want to engage you in a debate over issues such as how the secondary curriculum meets pupils’ needs and as governors how we know. We will look at the new careers guidance requirements and reflect on how they are shaping governors' monitoring. Above all we aim to enable governors and trustees to improve their confidence in asking questions about the curriculum and ensuring the offer in their school meets expectations of government, regulators and pupils.

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Better Governor content relates to schools in England.