Governors’ Conference

New to Governance – a session for new governors providing the knowledge, understanding and skills to undertake roles effectively.

This session will explore the role of governors sitting on complaints panels. We will clarify the latest guidance and regulations from the Department for Education and explain the role of governors and clerks in ensuring that complaints are considered in a fair and reasonable manner. We will pay particular attention to how panel hearings are structured and conducted.

How to monitor the financial performance of your school – includes SFVS and FMR.

This session will focus on ensuring governors have an accurate and up-to-date understanding of the current Ofsted framework and how inspections are structured, including the role that governors play in them. We will offer best practice suggestions for ensuring governance provides evidence of effectiveness and contributes to positive judgements of overall effectiveness of the school.

This session will explore the statutory role of school governance in ensuring that schools have effective safeguarding measures in place to protect children and young people in 2023.

The course will help governors understand their role in conducting headteacher performance management. It will describe each stage of the process and how the independent advisor supports the headteachers and governors in reviewing the previous year's targets.

This course will enhance your knowledge of current wellbeing guidance and how you can implement strategies within your educational environment to support the wellbeing of all staff.

This course will develop your self awareness of your own wellbeing, what healthy looks like and the strategies to promote this.

This course will look at common mental health problems, their signs/symptoms and provide strategies for support.

This session will explore the role of the designated governor for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) We will clarify key expectations of the role which should include championing the needs of pupils with SEND and ensuring that the needs of SEND pupils are being met. We will focus on practical advice on ‘how to’, emphasising the importance of regular meetings with the school’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) and the best questions to ask in relation to SEND.

This webinar will explore radicalisation and extremism and the safeguarding threat that they pose to children in schools.

Governing bodies have a role to play in ensuring the safeguarding of children, including online safety. This course will help governors understand their role and how to support the school with regards to online safety.

This webinar will focus on the role of governance in its strategic oversight of the school curriculum. We will explore the National Curriculum and other statutory requirements and reflect on how governance should be ensuring compliance and deepening knowledge of provision in their school or trust.

A certificate of Accreditation will be awarded to governors who have successfully demonstrated that they have the knowledge and experience needed to complete the Level 2 self-assessment booklet after module 6.

A certificate of Accreditation will be awarded to governors who have successfully demonstrated that they have the knowledge and experience needed to complete the Level 2 self-assessment booklet after module 6.

A certificate of Accreditation will be awarded to governors who have successfully demonstrated that they have the knowledge and experience needed to complete the Level 2 self-assessment booklet after module 6.

A certificate of Accreditation will be awarded to governors who have successfully demonstrated that they have the knowledge and experience needed to complete the Level 2 self-assessment booklet after module 6.

A certificate of Accreditation will be awarded to governors who have successfully demonstrated that they have the knowledge and experience needed to complete the Level 2 self-assessment booklet after module 6.

A certificate of Accreditation will be awarded to governors who have successfully demonstrated that they have the knowledge and experience needed to complete the Level 2 self-assessment booklet after module 6.

This session is tailored to provide school governors with an understanding of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and the role governance plays in supporting inclusive education.

This online course titled "Exclusions: Policy, Procedures, and the Law." is crucial for ensuring compliance with both London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's guidelines and national regulations. Additionally, recent case law emerging from judicial reviews has further underscored the importance of adhering to these standards.