1. Working together to strengthen governance across North Lincolnshire
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Working together to strengthen governance across North Lincolnshire
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2. To facilitate discussion and sharing of good practice between schools
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Objectives
To provide an update on recent developments affecting North Lincolnshire governors
To explore how we can address current challenges facing chairs and vice chairs
To facilitate discussion and sharing of good practice between schools
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3. Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Agenda
Welcome and introductions
(Tina Page, Principal Officer for School Improvement)
2 North Lincolnshire ‘Notice Board’ (Tina)
Discussion items
SEND and medical needs update
(Darren Chaplin, Principal Officer for Virtual School & Inclusion)
Structural solutions to enable closer collaboration with other schools – what are the options? (Tina)
The competency framework for governance – a common sense approach
(Joanne Edgar, Governor Services Manager)
Sharing good practice
Developing a chairs’ network in your locality
(Rosie Hoyle, Chair of Governors at Wrawby St Mary’s CofE Primary School)
Input from North Lincolnshire Association of Governing Bodies
Support available from the association
(Angela Dunkerley, Chair of NLAGB)
For information only
8 HR policy; appraisal policy; 30 hours funding; educational and off-site visits (Joanne)
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4. Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017 Notice Board
Changes at the Council – with more to come
Coasting definition published by DfE and applied in January; schools have received letters from the Schools Commissioner followed by DfE Adviser visit or no action
Ofsted inspections: significant increase in RI and inadequate nationally and locally
Our advice to schools remains: to stay in charge of your own destiny, make sure that your school is as good as it can be and be part of something bigger
Applications for National Leaders in Governance are being invited
New governor handbook, competency framework for governance and clerking competency framework
North Lincolnshire Governors’ Conference on 30 September with Emma Knights, Chief Executive of National Governors’ Association, as keynote speaker
Online forum for chairs and vice chairs to access S2S website is now available at
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5. Learning, Skills & Culture
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
New Council Leadership Team
Denise Hyde
Head of Paid Service
& Executive Director: People and Transformation
Simon Green
Executive Director:
Commercial
Becky McIntyre
Director: Governance & Partnerships
Helen Manderson
Director:
Business Development
Peter Williams
Director:
Operations
Mick Gibbs
Director:
Children & Community Resilience
Peter Thorpe
Director:
Learning, Skills & Culture
Karen Pavey
Director:
Adults & Community
Wellbeing
Penny Spring
Director:
Public Health
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6. Learning, Skills & Culture
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Access & Inclusion
Participation & Achievement
Learning, Skills & Culture
School Improvement
Early Years
Standards & Effectiveness
Governor Services
Education Sector CPD
Education Standards
Structural reform
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7. Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017 Notice Board
Changes at the Council – with more to come
Coasting definition published by DfE and applied in January; schools have received letters from the Schools Commissioner followed by DfE Adviser visit or no action
Ofsted inspections: significant increase in RI and inadequate nationally and locally
Our advice to schools remains: to stay in charge of your own destiny, make sure that your school is as good as it can be and be part of something bigger
Applications for National Leaders in Governance are being invited
New governor handbook, competency framework for governance and clerking competency framework
North Lincolnshire Governors’ Conference on 30 September with Emma Knights, Chief Executive of National Governors’ Association, as keynote speaker
Online forum for chairs and vice chairs to access S2S website is now available at
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Prosperous Connected Well Safe

8. SEND and Medical Needs Update
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
SEND and Medical Needs Update
(Darren Chaplin, Principal Officer for Virtual School & Inclusion)
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9. Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Structural solutions to enable closer collaboration with other schools –
what are the options?
(Tina)
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10. The competency framework for governance – a common sense approach
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
The competency framework for governance – a common sense approach
(Joanne Edgar, Governor Services Manager)
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11. DfE Competency Framework January 2017
The framework sets out the competencies needed for effective governance
The Governance handbook
Academies Financial handbook
Existing skills audit tools
Existing self-review tools (self review, external review tools)
Builds on the eight elements of effective governance (NGA/NCTL Research)
Does not apply to: members of Academy Trusts, PRUs, 6th form colleges & further education colleges.
Existing skills audit tools (NGA revised 2017: 2 audits one specifically for trustees of MAT’s, and another for governors, trustees and academy committee members of single schools)
Eight elements of effective governance –
1. The right people round the table, 2. Understanding role and responsibilities, 3. Good chairing, 4. Professional clerking, 5. Good relationship based on trust, 6. knowing the school – the data, the staff, the parents, the children, the community. 7. committed to asking challenging questions. 8. Confident to have courageous conversations in the interestes of the children and young people.

12. A Competency Framework for Governance
Principles & personal attributes
1. Strategic Leadership
1a. Setting direction
1b. Culture, values & ethos
1c. Decision making
1d. Collaborative working with stakeholders & partners
1e. Risk Management
2. Accountability
2a. Educational improvement
2b. Rigorous analysis of data
2c. Financial frameworks & accountability
2d. Financial management & Monitoring
2e. Staffing & performance management
2f. External accountability
3. People
3a. Building an effective team
4. Structures
4a. Roles and responsibilities
5. Compliance
5a. Statutory and contractual requirements
6. Evaluation
6a. Managing self-review and development
6b. Managing and developing the board's effectiveness
The knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for effective governance in maintained schools, academies and multi-academy trusts.
The framework is made up of 16 competencies underpinned by a foundation of important principles and personal attributes.
The competencies are grouped under the headings of the six features of effective governance.

13. Principles & personal attributes
All those elected or appointed to boards should fulfil their duties in line with the seven principles of public life (Nolan principles), and be:
Committed
Confident
Curious
Challenging
Collaborative
Critical
Creative

14. A Competency Framework for Governance
Some of the ways in which governing boards may want to use the framework include:
informing how they carry out a skills audit
informing individual performance review discussions, identifying training needs and/or developing a training and development programme
putting together a role specification and determining interview questions for recruiting to the board and/or in selecting or recruiting a chair
planning induction for people new to the board
supporting a review of the board’s effectiveness and identifying strengths and areas for development
demonstrating the key characteristics and expectations of their role to others
ensuring the expected behaviours are included in the board’s code of practice.

15. Competency Framework Tool
The governance journey
Answering key questions
How we lead the school (1)
What is expected of us (2, 5)
How we get the right people (3)
How we organise our work (4)
How we improve (6)
What are we here to do? (2, 5)
Who do we have and who do we need? (3)
How will we lead the school? (1)
How will we organise ourselves? (4)
How do we improve? (6)

16. The six elements
The knowledge, skills and effective behaviours are identified:
Everyone on the board
The chair
Someone on the board
Expert Governors identified in key areas:
SEND
Safeguarding
Health & Safety
Data
Finance
HR policy & processes
SEND (p.15)
Safeguarding (p.15)
Health & Safety (p.15)
Data (p.16)
Finance (p.17)
HR policy & processes (p.19)

17. Discussion
On tables there is an extract from one feature in the Competency Framework for you to discuss:
Identify what elements you already do
What more (if anything) you need to do
And identify any further support that may be required.

18. Developing a chairs’ network in your locality
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Developing a chairs’ network in your locality
(Rosie Hoyle, Chair of Governors at Wrawby St Mary’s CofE Primary School)
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19. Support available from the association
Governors’ Leadership Briefings April 2017
Support available from the association
(Angela Dunkerley, Chair of NLAGB)
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