This course provides an opportunity for Governors to develop a strong focus on their core strategic functions below:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
• Meeting safeguarding responsibilities

Governors will:

• have a clear understanding of the role for which they have volunteered 
• become active participators and effective Governors as quickly as possible 
• understand how to get to know their school and how to challenge
• be confident when dealing with written information
• be able to interrogate data
• be confident in managing their accountability responsibilities
• understand their safeguarding role and responsibilities

New or recently appointed/elected Governors

This workshop is the Safer Recruitment Consortium accredited, updated version of the Safer Recruitment training for Headteachers, school Governors and other staff who are likely to sit on interview panels or appoint staff.

It is still a requirement for every school appointments panel to include at least one member who has completed the Safer Recruitment training.

Course content provides clear explanations of government guidance regarding the safer recruitment process. It also includes an update of the most recent legislation changes (Keeping Children Safe in Education) and the pre-employment checking process that impacts on Safeguarding and Child Protection. 

It is recommended that you refresh your training every 5 years.   

Pupils will:

• be safer and have safeguarding needs met in a more appropriate and timely manner

Practitioners will:

• have an awareness and understanding of offender behaviour
• be able to identify the key features of staff recruitment that helps deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
• be able to consider policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse
• begin to review their own and their settings' policies and practices, with a view to making them safer

Settings will:

• be safer organisations
• comply with government guidance and legislation

All Headteachers, school Governors, Business Managers and other staff likely to sit on interview panels or administer staff appointment

This course will enable all practitioners to deliver a structured, multi-sensory, and cumulative phonics literacy programme.

Training will include reading and spelling theory and principles of effective teaching within the programme.  It will also cover the reassessment process.

Pupils with barriers to learning will:

• acquire phonic and spelling via a structured, cumulative, multi-sensory learning programme

Practitioners will:

• benefit from training from experienced dyslexia specialist teachers and understand the best ways to improve reading and spelling outcomes

Settings will:

• have staff who are trained to deliver a successful teaching programme. STEPS will observe the staff member teaching the programme if requested by school

Teaching Assistants, SENCOs and Parents

These meetings aim to keep subject leaders up to date with national, regional and local priorities and initiatives in music and, in particular, the opportunities made available through the Royal Greenwich Music Service.

The meeting will also provide opportunities for subject leaders to share and discuss good practice with visiting professionals providing inspirational CPD sessions.

Practitioners will:

• be up to speed with current issues in music education
• learn how to improve provision at school and benefit from working with other schools
• be fully involved in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Music Service

Music Subject Leaders - Please ensure you book on the appropriate phase