Author Archives: Elaine Walton
Governors’ Handbook, Statutory Policies and More…
Hot off the press at the DfE website….. The governors’ handbook provides information about the role and legal duties of governing bodies in maintained schools and academies (including free schools). It can be downloaded via the link on this page. … Continue reading
Introducing @UkGovChat Sunday Nights
Recently we were fortunate to meet up with Elaine from Modern Governor and, having dazzled her with our extremely limited edition t-shirts, she kindly invited us to write a guest blog to introduce you to @UkGovChat and #ukgovchat Continue reading
DfE Review of School Efficiency – Your Views Needed by 10/05
Last year we at Modern Governor helped the Department for Education to run and publicise their Governors’ Survey into effective financial management and procurement. This proved tremendously popular and helped to inform the DfE of Governors’ opinions and attitudes towards … Continue reading
The Education Innovation Conference and Exhibition
The Education Innovation Conference and Exhibition (EICE) is a brand new, national event designed to help education professionals use technology more effectively to improve teaching and learning. Improve your knowledge, upgrade your skills, enhance your performance and stay one step … Continue reading
A free training opportunity for governors from Think Global
Think Global is a membership charity that works to educate and engage people about global issues. We work with schools, businesses and NGO’s to help people learn how they can play a part in creating a more just and sustainable … Continue reading
New CEO for School Governor Recruitment Charity SGOSS
SGOSS is pleased to announce it has appointed a new CEO, Liz McSheehy, to take over from Steve Acklam, who retired after working with SGOSS since 1999. Liz is an experienced CEO and brings with her a wealth of knowledge … Continue reading
Governors’ Role in Academies Needs “Greater Attention”
The Academies Commission has recently released its report ‘Unleashing Greatness: Getting the best from an academised system’. Mainstream media, so far, seems to have focused on the section about admissions. Here are some other snippets for you – and you can download the … Continue reading
Learning Pool’s 25 best things from 2012
January is always a good time to take stock and see if the dreams and goals set for last year actually came to fruition. As a result, myself and Mary have put together a list of what we think the … Continue reading