The Schools Team have arranged several twilight workshops which are free to all Buckinghamshire governors:

17th March Safeguarding – Georgina Masefield and ESAS
2nd April  Ofsted – Naureen Kausar
29th April Safer Recruitment – Pat Stappard
5th May Equalities – Yvette Thomas
12th May PSHE – Carol Stottor
3rd June SEND – Belinda Nunn/Hero Slinn
9th June Finance – Janaki Try
18th June Educational Visits – Mike Harwin

The first 3 dates are available to book now, the rest will follow shortly. Please book your place following the links below:

17th March Safeguarding

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-training-for-governors-tickets-92891042609?utm_term=eventname_text

2nd April Ofsted

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ofsted-training-for-governors-tickets-92891684529?utm_term=eventname_text

29th April Safer Recruitment

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safer-recruitment-training-for-governors-tickets-92892370581

All sessions will be held in the Mezz rooms at County Hall Aylesbury and will be from 6.30 to 8pm unless otherwise stated.

The Schools Team have arranged several twilight workshops which are free to all Buckinghamshire governors:

17th March Safeguarding – Georgina Masefield and ESAS

2nd April Ofsted – Naureen Kausar

29th April Safer Recruitment – Pat Stappard

5th May Equalities – Yvette Thomas

12th May PSHE – Carol Stottor

3rd June SEND – Belinda Nunn/Hero Slinn

9th June Finance – Janaki Try

18th June Educational Visits – Mike Harwin

The first 2 dates are available to book now, the rest will follow shortly. Please book your place following the links below:

17th March Safeguarding: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-training-for-governors-tickets-92891042609?utm_term=eventname_text

2nd April Ofsted: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ofsted-training-for-governors-tickets-92891684529?utm_term=eventname_text

All sessions will be held in the Mezz rooms at County Hall Aylesbury and will be from 6.30 to 8pm unless otherwise stated.

The Spring Term Aylesbury Network meeting is being held on 5th February 18.30-20.00hrs at Broughton Junior School.

The meeting will provide you with an opportunity to talk with and listen to other governors about issues of the moment.

The Executive Director’s Briefings have taken place and these raise issues that are worthy of discussion.

In the past we have avoided a formal agenda for these meetings but I have become aware of, and watched the webinar on, School financial value system SFVS, and I realise that this is a very significant step. Returns have to be made by the end of February so it is a priority. However it might be useful to discuss the implication of SFVS for governors. If you have any documentation please bring it to inform our discussion.

If you wish to include something on the agenda please let me know asap.

If you would like to attend this event please confirm to me directly

Martin Baxter – mbaxter@turnfurlongmiddleschool.bucks.sch.uk

BASG are sharing this information on behalf of the facilitator, If you are holding an event that supports Governance in Buckinghamshire and would like us to advertise them for you please contact us with the relevant information.

Spotlight On Disadvantage and Networking
Sam Henson- Director of Policy and Information- National Governance Association, NGA

FREE to all Governors and senior Staff
Wednesday 25th March Booker Park Community School Aylesbury 6 – 9.30 pm

BOOK NOW to reserve your place

GO TO Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spotlight-on-disadvantage-sam-henson-director-of-policy-information-nga-tickets-91813507673

Following on from our successful Autumn Term event, BASG are delighted to invite BASG members – all Buckinghamshire Governors – and one member of their staff from Buckinghamshire schools to join us for FREE at our Spring Term event.
– ensuring that we continue with our theme of focusing on local and national issues – our focus will be a Spotlight on Disadvantaged.

We are fortunate that Sam Henson who is the NGA’s Director of Policy and Information will be talking to us about the NGA’s work on the Spotlight on Disadvantaged.
Since the introduction of the pupil premium in April 2011, little has been done to recognise the role of the governing board in spending the funding and more needs to be done to understand the impact of governance on supporting disadvantaged pupils. The NGA’s Spotlight on Disadvantaged campaign is informed by a new research report undertaken to explore the Governing Boards role in spending, monitoring and evaluating the pupil premium
Key findings of the work of the NGA are;

• Characteristics of the most effective pupil premium strategies (i.e. those that most strongly correlate with good outcomes for pupils) include: accounting for how every pound of the pupil premium budget is spent; having clear monitoring and success criterion for each initiative; and clarifying which group of pupils will receive funding.

• Analysis uncovered a ‘disconnect’ between the pastoral barriers to educational achievement facing pupils eligible for the pupil premium and the teaching and learning initiatives which schools are funding through the pupil premium.

• Governing boards view internal data and the opinions of senior members of staff more favourably than external data, academic research and the EEF toolkit when considering how to spend the pupil premium.

Timings – 18.00 – 21.30
6pm for arrival and networking
Refreshments will be provided
6.45pm to 7pm BASG update
7pm – Sam Henson NGA Director of Policy and Information – Spotlight on Disadvantaged

Venue
Booker Park Community School, Stoke Leys, Close, Aylesbury HP21 9ET
Parking available
SAT Nav postcode HP21 9EF