About Govas
GOVAS works closely with the Stockport Children and Young People Directorate, but we are a fully independent association of governors affiliated to the equally independent National Governors Association. Every governor in Stockport is automatically a GOVAS member and our Management Committee is made up exclusively of serving volunteer governors in Stockport’s schools – nursery, primary secondary and special. Our biggest strength is our links with all the school governors in Stockport through our newsletter, special communications, and this website.
FFT School Performance Data Dashboard
There`s a new source of interesting data on your school, specially summarized for governors. It comes from the Fischer Family Trust and will be launched on Friday May 17th. You can find out more at http://www.fft.org.uk/fft-live/governor-dashboard.aspx
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NGA Policy Conference July 6th
NGA POLICY CONFERENCE JULY 6th
The NGA summer Policy Conference is taking place on 6 July in central London, with Lord Nash, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for schools, delivering the keynote address. A variety of workshops will also be on offer. The following workshops will be available: Performance management & pay; Academy governance; Safeguarding; Clerking; Financial effectiveness; Courageous conversations; GB reviews; Federations research. Bookings for workshops will be open soon to those who have registered for the conference.
Your school is entitled to one free place as part of your Standard GB membership. Go to http://www.nga.org.uk/Events/Policy-Conference-2013.aspx to book.
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John Hattie
John Hattie has looked at hundreds of studies of teaching and learning to try to find what the evidence shows about which teaching methods have a significant impact on achievement. In these two videos he presents his findings and there are some surprises here. Some governors might find that their pet theory about what makes a good school or what is good teaching is not supported by the evidence.
Part 1: Disasters and below average methods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng4p3Vsu7Y
Part 2: Effective Methods: what really matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pD1DFTNQf4
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Detoxifying School Accountability
Those of you who are frustrated with some aspects of school accountability and want to think through some of the issues might like to read a report by Demos, a cross party think tank. They make a case for reform of the accountability mechanisms in England. The report says that the combination of the examination system, school league tables and Ofsted inspection regime have a ‘toxic’ effect on education. You can download the report free at http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/detox
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