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This section is about managing the organisation’s relationship with those who have a formal or informal role in holding it to account. It enables the Governing Body to use their skills and knowledge confidently and effectively to be accountable for the delivery of the organisation’s strategic plan, their own decision-making and their oversight of executive leaders.
Everyone on the Governing Body
Everyone on the Governing Body
Knowledge:
the purpose, nature and processes of formal accountability and scrutiny (e.g. DfE, Ofsted, EFA etc.) and what is required by way of evidence EIF: Education Inspection Framework
the national performance measures used to monitor and report performance – including the minimum standards that trigger eligibility for intervention
Skills & Effective Behaviours:
ensures appropriate structures, processes and professional development are in place to support the demands of internal and external scrutiny
values the ownership that parents and carers and other stakeholders feel about ‘their school’ and ensures that the board makes itself accessible and answerable to them
uses an understanding of relevant data and information to present verbal and written responses to external scrutiny (e.g. inspectors/RSCs/EFA)
The Chair
The Chair
Skills & Effective Behaviours:
is confident in providing strategic leadership to the board during periods of scrutiny
ensures the board is aware of, and prepared for, formal external scrutiny 20 Questions for Governors to ask themselves
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