1. NORTH MOLTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
GOVERNOR BRIEFING
17 MAY 2017

2. OVERVIEW GOVERNANCE AT NORTH MOLTON SCHOOL
OFSTED 2017, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE & PARENT/PUPIL FEEDBACK
SITE SECURITY & FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
BUDGET
STRATEGIC DIRECTION - POLITICS, POLICIES, PARTNERSHIPS & MONEY

3. NORTH MOLTON SCHOOL GOVERNORS
2 Parent Governors & 1 Local Authority Governor
Sarah Davies Natasha Stearn Chris Wardle

4. NORTH MOLTON SCHOOL GOVERNORS
4 Co-opted Governors:
Pippa O’Brien Helen Smith Andy Milne Revd Stuart Innalls

5. NORTH MOLTON SCHOOL GOVERNORS
1 Staff Governor, Head Teacher & Clerk to Governors:
Emily Archer Julie Hawkins Louise Gear

6. THE ROLE OF SCHOOL GOVERNORS
‘Critical Friend’
Three core functions:
To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
To hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
To oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent 
Membership focused on skills and experience to enable the board to be effective

7. NORTH MOLTON SCHOOL GOVERNING BODY
Responsibilities – e.g. safeguarding, health and safety, additional needs
Full Governing Body Meetings – 6 x a year
Sub-committees – 3 x a year:
Resources
Teaching and Learning
Pay and performance
Regular visits to school to monitor school improvement priorities
Training

8. Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills
Ofsted Gradings
OUTSTANDING
GOOD
REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT
INADEQUATE
School Inspection History
Changes in Inspection Criteria

9. Inspection 2017 Ofsted April 2017
North Molton School continues to be Good:
‘The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the previous inspection’.
Ofsted April 2017

10. Inspection 2017 Leadership and Management:
‘…continues to move the school forwards’
‘effective in creating a whole-school culture for continuous improvement’
‘strengthened leadership capacity by training middle leaders who make a valuable contribution to school improvement’
‘leaders, including governors, are working on the right aspects for improvement’.

11. Inspection 2017
Pupils:
‘Pupils are respectful to each other and to the adults in school’
‘Pupils speak highly of the teaching and support they receive - all the pupils spoken to said that they enjoy school’
‘There is a strong sense of community between pupils and staff’
Older pupils have specific responsibilities across many aspects of school life – they are well prepared for the next stage of their education’.

12. Inspection 2017 Safeguarding:
‘Safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose’
‘Recruitment and vetting records are maintained in an orderly and systematic way with regular audits – this rigorous approach needs to be applied so that risk assessments are kept up to date’
‘Pupils talk with conviction about keeping safe when using new technologies’
‘Pupils report that they feel safe in school and know that they can share concerns with any of the adults who work there or they can use their class worry boxes’

13. Early Years Foundation Stage
Percentage of pupils

14. KS1 Phonics

15. KS1 Maths 2016

16. KS1 Reading 2016

17. KS1 Writing 2016

18. KS2 Maths 2016

19. KS2 Reading 2016

20. KS2 Writing 2016

21. Absence

22. QDP survey results

23. QDP survey results

24. School Improvement Priorities
Middle attaining pupils make more rapid progress to reach higher standards, particularly in writing, across the school;
The precision of boys writing continues to improve, particularly their accurate use of punctuation and handwriting, especially in lower key stage 2;
Leaders improve their monitoring systems to enable them to rapidly identify, and address, gaps in the rates of progress for specific groups of pupils.

25. Site Security Update

26. Future Development

27. Budget
Balanced budget set for the next 3 years – submitted to DCC on 1 May
Ensure funds available for essential building repairs, staffing and learning resources
Budget is directly linked to pupil numbers
Large current Yr 6 cohort of 20 to be replaced by a small Reception intake in September 2017
Important and vital role of the PTA
School kitchen; Yr 6 leavers trip; theatre company visits; picnic benches, storage shed and adventure play equipment in the field; music and sound equipment; dictionaries; pre-school equipment
Currently fundraising for an outdoor classroom

28. Politics, policy, partnerships and money
The role of the Local Authority
Introduction of academies and Multi academy trusts (MATS)
Schools working in partnerships
Budgets and resources
What this means for schools
What the governors have been doing in the present environment

29. The Future? ‘Good’ School – aspire to be outstanding
Secure sustainable and effective leadership
Exploring a collaboration with 7 local schools, including SMCC
Period of transition – 2017/18 arrangements
Develop firmer links with the wider community and parents