We help schools provide the best possible education for their pupils by:
- Thinking and working strategically (with the long term in mind) to help to raise standards for all the children
- Monitoring and evaluating progress towards the school’s priorities and targets
- Supporting the headteacher and staff as well as challenging their expectations – being a critical friend
- Ensuring the accountability of the governing body to the parents and of the headteacher to the governing body
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The responsibilities and powers have to be exercised in partnership with the headteacher and staff. Governors do not intervene in the day-to-day running of the school. When there are weaknesses in the school they have a duty to take action.
We don't:
- Deal with issues with a particular parental communication
- Deal with issues one parent has with their child’s attainment or progress
We do:
- Consider how the school could improve its overall communication with parents
- Hold the school to account for the attainment or progress of all children