Governor Development Service

Our aim is to provide a high standard of service to school governors in Leicestershire.

We do this in a number of ways: by providing a high quality training programme,
briefings for clerks and chairs of governors, information and advice and consultancy
with individual governing bodies. These web pages are a central source of
information about the service.

About our service Publications

Contacts Recruitment and retention of govenors

Information and advice Training and development

Useful links to other websites

Updates

13 November 2008	Pecuniary interest forms can be downloaded clicking here.
3 November 2008	Spring Term 2009 Briefing Papers for governors are available for download. They can be downloaded as Word document or as a PDF File.
24 October 2008	Governors can download guidance on education performance targets here.
21 August 2008	Improving behaviour and attendance: guidance on exclusion from schools and Pupil Referral Units - New guidance on exclusion is available. Click here to find the guidance.
22 July 2008	Leicestershire's Children and Young People's Plan 2008 to 2011 can be viewed here.
11 June 2008	Click here to download the Governor Development Service Annual Report for 2007/08.
10 June 2008	Leicestershire Governor Development Service has purchased a new e-learning service just for school governors. It is available, at no cost, to all governors. E-learning is effective when combined with other forms of training, which is why Modern Governor is a great addition to the training already provided by Leicestershire Governor Development Service. Click on Modern Governor to access the website.
15 May 2008	Governor Development Service is organising a School Governors’ Conference on Saturday 22 November 2008. The theme for the conference is: ‘Leading schools where EVERY child DOES matter’. The conference will take place at Brockington College, Enderby. Click here for more information and booking form.
12 May 2008	Governor Mark is a governing body self-evaluation tool based on the descriptors for governance found in the 2003 - 2005 Ofsted Framework. This remains the finest description of what good governance looks like. It is a kite mark which provides external evaluation of the quality of governance in a school. Leicestershire is working with GLM Partnership to develop Governor Mark. Click here for more information.
20 February 2008	Link Governors can download a framework for recording governing body learning and development activities, a useful tool for identifying governors' strengths and areas for development.
3 January 2008	The Leicestershire Governor Training and Development Programme 2008/09 can be downloaded by clicking here. The Service Level Agreement can be downloaded by clicking here. We are working in partnership with Northamptonshire Governor Services to provide a clerking service to Leicestershire schools. A copy of the service level agreement can be downloaded here.
10 January 2008	This links to the DCSF website containing main sections of the Financial Management Standard in Schools Toolkit including guidance for first-time users, a summary of the standard and the evaluation tools.
Autumn 2007	Teachers' TV website contains information that governors may find useful. To visit the website click on the link.
Summer 2007	Time off for public duties - Are you a school governor, magistrate or local Councillor? Did you know that if you carry out these and certain other public duties you are entitled to time off. Follow this link.
Summer 2007	LSR (Leicestershire Statistics and Research Online) is a website that provides professional reports, in-depth analysis and data about Leicestershire.

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