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Governor Mark

Governor Mark. The National Quality Mark for School Governance Jacqui Ridley Senior Governor Support Officer. Governor Mark. recognises the quality of the contribution to school leadership and management GB’s make

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Governor Mark

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  1. Governor Mark The National Quality Mark for School Governance Jacqui Ridley Senior Governor Support Officer

  2. Governor Mark • recognises the quality of the contribution to school leadership and management GB’s make • is a non prescriptive model which measures the working practices of the GB and their impact • recognises the many approaches to achieving sustainable excellence • is a mechanism to achieve accreditation against an agreed quality standard if desired

  3. Why Apply? • Team building & development • Self evaluation • Identification of good practice • Identification of areas for development • OfSTED preparation

  4. It’s all about Impact, Impact, Impact!!!!!

  5. Assessment Process • Complete and return application (including evidence grid, impact statements, RAISEonline, SEF, OfSTED report) • Pre assessment undertaken • Route way determined • Application assigned to assessor/desktop assessment • Site visit within 3 months • Judgement made within 4 weeks • GM awarded or working towards

  6. Route Ways to Success

  7. Route way 1 - £645 • Good governance impacts on school performance. • To qualify for Routeway 1 you will need to provide evidence of your IMPACT.

  8. Route way 2 - £985 • Initial assessment resulting in report to support the GB to address areas of improvement. • Time for the GB to impact on pupil performance and for this to be documented. • Follow up assessment.

  9. Best Practice Full Compliance Partial Compliance Major Non – Compliance 50% full compliance of each sub-criterion Assessment Criteria

  10. Evidence • Only detailed evidence for Criteria 5 to 8. • Only 2 pieces of evidence for each sub criterion judgement. • Evidence can be duplicated.

  11. Key Areas • GB actively engaged and not a passive beneficiary of good leadership. • Led by the GB not the head • Engagement with SEF and SDP • Impact • Audit trail

  12. Examples of Evidence • What types of evidence might you present?

  13. Example of Statements on Impact • High Mountain & St Cross Infants • Evaluate the examples

  14. Further Support • www.glmpartnership.org • Gateshead Governor Support

  15. Lessons Learned • Needs a strong focus on governor impact on school improvement. • Governors to steer application • Takes time to collate evidence • Trying to appear fully compliant in all areas • Excessive focus on processes • Overstating the success of the school • Lengthy impact statements • Thinking assessors are looking for a perfect GB

  16. When applying Think from an assessors view point… • What questions would you ask? • What style of impact statement would be the most clear? • How will you collate the evidence? Use a cross reference grid perhaps, bookmark and hyperlink • Where is the evidence? • Most importantly - what is the impact?!!

  17. Questions

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