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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 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 • 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
Why Apply? • Team building & development • Self evaluation • Identification of good practice • Identification of areas for development • OfSTED preparation
It’s all about Impact, Impact, Impact!!!!!
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
Route way 1 - £645 • Good governance impacts on school performance. • To qualify for Routeway 1 you will need to provide evidence of your IMPACT.
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.
Best Practice Full Compliance Partial Compliance Major Non – Compliance 50% full compliance of each sub-criterion Assessment Criteria
Evidence • Only detailed evidence for Criteria 5 to 8. • Only 2 pieces of evidence for each sub criterion judgement. • Evidence can be duplicated.
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
Examples of Evidence • What types of evidence might you present?
Example of Statements on Impact • High Mountain & St Cross Infants • Evaluate the examples
Further Support • www.glmpartnership.org • Gateshead Governor Support
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
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?!!