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The National Governors Association, the Association of School and College Leaders and the National Association of Head Teachers have agreed and published a set of co-operative principles that should underpin governors and school leaders work together. View or download the document at the bottom of this page.

 

View or download the letter sent from the Local Authority to all Headteachers and Chairs of Governing Bodies on 6 October 2008, from the bottom of the page.

The topic for this year's Governors' Conference was the Impact of Parental Involvement on Pupil Achievement.

 

Keynote speaker Emeritus Professor Charles Desforges OBE

of Exeter University and Research Adviser to various Government bodies presented

'The Impact of Parental Involvement on Pupil Achievement and the Implications for Governance'.

View Professor Desforges' research on the Impact of Parental Involvement for the National Literacy Trust.

 

 

Margaret Booth, Project Manager for the Leading Parent Partnership Award, presented to Governors on the benefits to pupils of schools undertaking this award.

 

 

The presentations by both these speakers can be downloaded from the bottom of the page.

 

 

New guidance Common Mental Health Problems: Supporting School Staff by Taking Positive Action (June 2008) can be downloaded from the Teachernet website.  This guidance provides advice, strategies and solutions for employers, Governing Bodies, line managers, teachers and school staff. 

City Councils nationally are currently undertaking a review of the pay and grading of Local Government Service employees, which includes school support staff.  Headteachers have been briefed on developments and Governor briefings took place during the Summer Term 2008.  Updates are now available on the progress of the review by following this link to the Pay and Grading Review page.

 

Revised Guidance issued in the Autumn Term 2007 on combating bullying in schools can be downloaded from the Teachernet website on the following subjects:

 

Anti-Bullying Campaign 2008-9

The theme for this year will be around 'Bullying and Racism'.  Follow this link to our Anti-Bullying pages or visit the website of the Anti-Bullying Alliance.

 

 

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 introduced a duty on all maintained schools in England to promote Community Cohesion, and on OfSTED to report on the contributions made in this area.

The duty on schools came into effect on 1 September 2007 and the duty on OfSTED will commence in September 2008.  It applies to all schools, regardless of their status and pupil make-up.

 

To help schools make this guidance a reality, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)  supported nine free regional conferences for Headteachers and Governors of primary and secondary schools in 2008.  Sheffield Governors were well represented at the Yorkshire and Humberside conference in York on 18 January 2008.

View or download the Guidance on the Duty to Promote Community Cohesion from the DCSF on the Teachernet website.

Follow this link to visit the website of the Institute of Community Cohesion.

 

The Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), launched the National Year of Reading 2008 with the following statement:

To find out more, visit the Year of Reading website.

 

On 1 October 2007 the three equality commissions merged into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission:

The websites of these commissions have also been incorporated into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission website.

 

 

This report presents a vision for personalising teaching and learning for children and young people aged 5-16.  It has drawn upon a wide range of evidence and practice, and makes recommendations about what changes to the school system should be considered in order to make its vision of what schools will look like in 2020 a reality.

The report considers ways to improve and sustain the rate of pupil progress, strategies to enhance teachers’ skills and share best practice, and how to engage pupils and parents in the learning process.  This document also looks at ways in which flexibilities in the curriculum might support personalised learning, and how to establish a better system of innovation in teaching and learning in schools.

You can download or order a copy of the
'2020 Vision' report via the Teachernet website

 

 

 

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