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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

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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

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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

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Why should school governors be members of the NGA?

The National Governors’ Association is the only independent representative body for schools governors from all state funded schools (LA maintained schools and academies) in England. It supports local governor associations and governing bodies, lobbies ministers and policy makers on all … Continue reading

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Statutory policies for schools update

  The Department of Education have released a revised version of the statutory policies for schools. The document makes clear how often each policy must be reviewed and also shows the level of approval required, where this is prescribed in … Continue reading

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New Teaching Schools announced

  From the DfE website Read full press release from DfE here  The National College for Teaching and Leadership has confirmed the latest wave of teaching schools to be officially designated – recognising the significant role the successful schools will play … Continue reading

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Review of Efficiency in the Schools System

  News from DfE website Schools spend a large amount of public money every year, and how they spend it matters. As part of the Budget Statement 2013, the Government announced that it would conduct a review of school efficiency. … Continue reading

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Education Committee launches a teachers survey on school sports

The Education Committee is conducting an inquiry into School Sports following London 2012. The Committee is very keen for teachers to provide their views on school sports following the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics to help the Committee gather information … Continue reading

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