Monthly Archives: March 2010
Staffordshire Governors are Modern Governors
Staffordshire Governors’ Association had their ‘launch’ event this week at Staffordshire University and the future looks bright with a great attendance by Governors. In the absence of Amanda Brook, David Owen from the Staffordshire Governors Association opened proceedings with a … Continue reading
Modern Governor at the Annual Governor’s Conference for Blackburn with Darwen
On Saturday 13th March I attended the annual Governor’s conference for Blackburn with Darwen School Governors, held at St Wilfrid’s Church of England High School and Technology College. The theme of the day was “Keeping our Children Safe in Blackburn … Continue reading
Part 2 – Sean Whetstone, Chair of Governors, shares his Ofsted inspection results
Part 2 of 2 - Ofsted Inspection and Judgement Day [Read Part 1 here] Monday morning came round very fast and I got to school at 7.30am, the Ofsted team were expected at 8am. The morning went very well with the … Continue reading
Sean Whetstone, Chair of Governors, on his recent Ofsted inspection
Part One – Ofsted calling! I had been Chair of Governors for exactly 100 days and still finding my feet when Ofsted called! I was in my Head Teacher’s office having our regular Chair of Governors and Head Teacher meeting … Continue reading