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Quis custodiet..?

Submitted by paulasadmin on Mon, 25/03/2013 - 17:41

by Paul Crisp, Managing Director, CUREE

Our work to support school success through evidence based leadership and practice extends also to governance. The growth of academies (and the like) has put even greater responsibilities on governing bodies and this is reflected in the treatment of governors in recent OfSTED inspections. In this short article, I have attempted to offer a snapshot of the governance picture and to outline some of the support arrangements available from us and from others.

Governors under scrutiny

Expert or Everyman: who leads the leaders?

Submitted by paulasadmin on Wed, 11/07/2012 - 18:16

The role of the Head in promoting good governance 

Summary

Governors are, it seems, under attack with Michael Gove caricaturing them as “local worthies who see being a governor as a badge of status”. His model of ‘good governance’ looks at lot like a – rather idealised – company board. There are a clearly some problems of governance but it’s not at all clear that these are signs of systematic failure. Many problems in governance come down to problems of availability or effective use of information or to breakdowns in relationships.

Have governors got the bottle to remove poor headteachers?

Submitted by paulasadmin on Thu, 21/02/2013 - 15:18

Newsnight carried a item on 20th February about the growing gap in school performance between London and the rest of the country. Chris Cook of the Financial Times did his customary job cogently summarising the situation and Sir Michael Wilshaw attempted to suggest that what was happening in London could happen elsewhere. Nudged by Gavin Esler, he also said heads could and should 'root out' poorly performing teachers.