A good governing body for every Norfolk school Helen Wardale Lead Manager of Norfolk Governor Services

A good governing body Do you have the right size, right people with the right skills? Do you work effectively? Do you have the right number of committees who share the workload, make decisions and report back? Do you have a professional clerk who will offer advice and guidance Do you have a good chair who provides strong effective leadership and help builds a team? Do you receive concise information which allows the you to hold the school to account? Do you monitor and evaluate robustly? Do you engage in personal development to keep up to date?

A good governing body What else is needed? Excellent recruitment of governors – right skills to do the role Robust induction – centred around the vision and expectations of the role Up to date training and resources Clarification of roles and responsibilities Succession planning for the turn over of governors A planned approach to monitoring and evaluation

Let’s work together for a brighter future for Norfolk children The role of Norfolk Governor Services We will offer the basics brilliantly for your subscription – advice, support and training The NorfolkGovernorHub – FAQ’s and online training, comparative data of your own and other schools and many more features to help run your GB Induction checklist and new Governor Handbook (from Sept 13) New GBSE and perceptions and skills audit tool Reigniting governance in Norfolk Recruitment week w/c 18 Nov 2013 Working together leaflet - a reminder of our role & 10 Q’s to ask Toolkit – end of Nov Local Leaders of Governance – launch Dec 2013