Kirklees Ednet - School Governor Service

Becoming a School Governor
Information about becoming a School Governor in Kirklees.

What do Governors do?
Find out what School Governors do.

Vacancies for Kirklees LEA appointed School Governors
View all schools which currently have vacancies for governors.

DFE
The Department for Education is responsible for education and children's services.

NGA
The National Governors' Association is the representative body for school governors in England.

Governornet
Governornet is the official UK Government site offering up-to-date information on all aspects of school governance.

OfSTED
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.

Diane MacBrairdy
School Improvement Officer (School Governor Service)
01484 225183
(860 5183)

Amerjit Sahota
Administration Manager
School Governor Service
01484 414701
(860 4701)

News
Governor Mark
Thirty schools across the country have now achieved the quality mark for governance

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What's New

Memorandum of Understanding between Kirklees Council and Kirklees Governor Association (KGA)
A Memorandum of Understanding between Kirklees Council and Kirklees Governor Association (KGA) has been agreed providing a partnership for school improvement.

Kirklees Governor Conference - Summer 2010
The presentations from the main conference speakers and information outlining the new Stronger Governance Training which is recommended to all governing bodies and will be available in your locality during 2010 - 2011

Governor Documents and Guidance
The documents and guidance page within the Governors section has been redesigned, can you have a look and if you have any suggestions please get in touch with the Governors team.

Governor Newsletter - Summer 2010
The latest edition of the governor newsletter is now on Ednet.

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School Governor Service

The School Governor Service team offers a comprehensive and coherent service to 186 Governing bodies and 2,500 individual governors. There are two arms to the service:

Training and Development

The Clerking Service.

Our joint aim is to support governors in their three main roles:

Providing Strategic Direction of the school
Being a Critical Friend
Ensuring Accountability

The team has a commitment to deliver high quality advice, information and training on all matters of governance and provide an efficient administration service. The service which the team provides plays a vital part in ensuring the effectiveness of school Governing Bodies.

Governor Team

Back Row L to R : Amerjit Sahota, Danielle Mowbray, Lauren MacKenna, Diane Bray
Front Row L to R :, Ewa Buckley, Kirsty Hare, Christine Waldron

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