My School Governance Handbook/ Keeping It Simple, A Step-by-Step Guide And Checklist For All School Governors AI Kingsley

CONTENTS
Cover
Book Title
Copyright
My School Governance Handbook
Dedication
Reviews
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
An introduction to My School Governance Handbook
A bit about me
Purpose
Governance: the basics
What does a school governor do?
A governing body
Committees
School types
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Multi-academy trust structures
Members
Trust board
Benefits of joining a MAT
Your governance professional/clerk
Your governance journey
Before you apply
Once you have been appointed Before your first governing body meeting
At your first meetings
Over the first few months
Future years
Questions you could be asking
School year groups
Scheme of delegation: roles and responsibility
Finance: understanding the basics
What should you look for in your school budget?
Safeguarding: what you need to know
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
UK
Prevent duty
UK
Digital citizenship
Data protection
Privacy
Curriculum: the low down
Attainment 8
Progress 8
SATs
Standard Assessment Tests
Pupil premium (PP) Recruiting new governors
Trustee/governor induction
Websites: what should they contain?
Your governing body: things to consider
The 7 themes
An annual governance checklist
Using A Competency Framework for Governance
Principles and personal attributes
Wellbeing: have you asked?
Digital: what are your plans?
Risk register
Ofsted
Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management
School on a page (SOAP) report
Annual calendar: academies financial planning
Handy resources
Dictionary of edu acronyms My Secret #EdTech Diary
Thank you
References
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
W
Y
Cool tools for school
Solution for IT management, monitoring and safeguarding
Safeguarding, filtering and e-safety
Feature-rich classroom instruction and monitoring
Cloud-based classroom management, safeguarding and IT management ... all in one solution
EYFS and primary pupil journalling and assessment app
Alerting and notification for lockdown and emergencies
Helpdesk and ticketing

:With nearly two decades of school governance experience across Infant, Primary, Secondary, All Through and Alternative Provision schools and academies, distilled into an easy-to-read format, My School Governance Handbook aims to make the complex world of school governance simple and accessible to all. This handbook will take you step by step through the basics of school governance, what the role entails and what you need to know. It explains how schools