Education and training services

Tender description

Development and delivery of a Governance Development Programme. It is anticipated that any new programme would not commence until September 2019, with formal tendering for providers taking place early 2019. The objectives of the programme are: 1) To provide governance training that is specifically targeted at those schools/trusts most in need, including maintained schools converting to academies, growing MATs, and schools/trusts identified as at risk of underperforming; 2) To provide a wider governance training offer to all schools/trusts on specific subject areas, by September 2019. Curriculum led financial planning. How to read financial accounts. Managing financial risk; budget setting and spending decision (particularly re-staffing). Legal: — compliance with AFH, requirements of companies law, Fas, charities law and duties of charitable trustees, changes to OFSTED framework, — schemes of delegation and ensuring they are put in to practice, — separations of functions and property, — governance issues including maintained schools pre-conversion to academies — focusing on the need to shift the behaviour of a governing board as it changes to academy status, — managing due diligence processes, — appropriate governance structures for trust size/geography/growth plans, — governance composition — difference re maintained schools and academy trusts and how needs to differ as an academy trust grows. Including: — chairing skills, — effective challenge of heads and SLTs, — performance managing head and SLTs, — effective self-assessment of governance, — academy members; how to hold effective general meetings. Including: — data (including use of pupil premium, ASP system), how and when governors should use it, — effective reporting, — using data effectively to challenge school leadership. — carrying out risk assessments, — how to communicate with the community, — managing inspections, — what do we mean by accountability? — governor’s roles in safeguarding, — governor’s role in reducing teacher’s workload, — roles of CEO, chairs, members, trustees and local governing bodies.