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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

Updates

30 April 2009
Governor Development Service have organised "Finding, developing and keeping headteachers - Helping governors meet tomorrow’s challenge, today" training sessions for all governing bodies in Leicestershire. The courses are FREE. For more information and to book a place please download the flyer containing this information.
6 April 2009
Issue 6 of The Leicestershire Governor can be downloaded by clicking here.
24 March 2009
Teachers TV have recently updated their dedicated governors area The area has been designed for governors to use in the development of their role. Teachers TV now provide editable governor training presentations, which are available to download and cover a variety of issues faced by governors, in both primary and secondary school environments. To visit the website please click here. Find more information about the contents by clicking here.
19 March 2009
Summer Term 2009 Briefing Papers for governors are available for download as a PDF File or Word Document.
13 February 2009
Periodically the County Council seeks to extend its membership base of school appeal panel members who determine admission and exclusion appeals for Leicestershire Schools. Appeal hearings are held during the day time usually at County Hall and many of our panel members are serving Governors. Full training will be given and expenses are payable. If you are interested in becoming involved in this interesting area of work, please contact Mrs. P. Swift on 0116 305 6018; e-mail pswift@leics.gov.uk or Mrs. L. Haslam on 0116 305 6240; e-mail lhaslam@leics.gov.uk.
29 January 2009
Leicestershire Governor Training and Development Programme April 2009 to March 2010 and the Service Level Agreement may be downloaded by clicking on the following links.
27 January 2009
National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations (NCPTA) Briefing paper and termly newsletter are available for governors to download. Please click on Briefing Paper and Newsletter to read.
17 December 2008
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 by clicking here.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
24 November 2008
Leicestershire conference for school governors, 'Leading Schools where EVERY child DOES Matter' on on 22 November 2008 was a successful event. Governors can download a range of information by clicking here.
13 November 2008
Pecuniary interest forms can be downloaded by clicking 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. To find out how to access Modern Governor please read Welcome to Modern Governor. Click on Modern Governor to access the website.
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. An overview can be downloaded by clicking here.
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.
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.
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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Last Updated:
3 June 2009
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