Questions for School Governors
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
Could area-wide education boards solve the governance crisis?
This interesting article appeared in the Guardian earlier this week by Nansi Ellis, head of education, policy and research at the ATL. The article advocates the introduction of area education boards. The idea behind such boards is that they would would offer a … Continue reading
Should mobile phones be confiscated in school?
There are waves of awful stories in the media about mobile phones in schools. Tales of cyber-bullying, “sexting” and physical violence being used to steal mobile phones paints a worrying picture of life today for kids in school. But what … Continue reading
DfE School Governor Survey – only 2 weeks left!
There’s only 2 weeks left to respond to the DfE’s survey of school governors about school finance and procurement. You can read more about the survey here: http://www.moderngovernor.com/dfe-survey-of-governors-2012/ The survey is open to all governors in any schools in England, … Continue reading
ICT, Computer Science, Schools and Governors
Over the last few days there has been an avalanche of news and opinion about ICT in schools. Schools are being overcharged in IT leasing agreements, signing agreements that overcharge them for the most basic IT equipment. Ian Livingstone talks … Continue reading
The Biggest Training Challenges According to School Governors
In December Learning Pool ran the annual “12 Days of Christmas” campaign, where our sparkly team give away daily goodies to members of the Learning Pool community, either as downloads or as competition prizes. This year two of our downloadable … Continue reading
Do you have a School Business Manager?
Recently, we exhibited at an event held by the Birmingham Bursars’ Group. It was the first event for bursars that we’ve attended and I was both surprised and impressed by how many people attended. Birmingham City Council Governor Services team … Continue reading