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SAFER RECRUITMENT – NCSL ON-LINE TRAINING

It seems likely that the school Staffing (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2009, which should come into force on 2 November 2009, will make it mandatory for every governing body to ensure that at least one member of any selection panel appointing employees to a maintained school has completed the “Safer Recruitment” training.

This requirement is likely to take effect from 1 January 2010.

Until 15 September 2009, ONLY, it will be possible to register for on-line training on the NCSL website to complete the training by 15th October 2009.

The on-line training will be available once more, from 1 November 2009, on the Children’s Workforce Development Council website. From this date registration will no longer be limited to the Headteacher and one governor from each school, but it will be possible for other members of staff and governors to register to access the training.

“Safer Recruitment Training” is defined a training provided by a person approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of ensuring that those who undertake it know how to take proper account of the need to safeguard children when recruiting staff. At the present time this means the on-line training package that was produced by NCSL or the equivalent face to face training package delivered by a person who has undergone the necessary training.

School Holiday Dates

 

 Governing Body Year Planner

The main Food Policy Document can also be downloaded from the NGA website or ordered in hard copy from the NGA office.

If you are struggling to keep up with all the educational terms and abbreviations please read the document  A Governors' Guide to Educational Terms and Abbreviations or visit: http://www.governornet.co.uk - Access Governornet and click on Jargon Buster, top row, right hand side.

Helping Hand

The following documents are available from the Governors Support Service:

  • Making Sense of School Performance Data
  • Committees of the Governing Body and the Role of Nominated Governors
  • Governors' Guide to Educational Terms and Abbreviations
  • Guidelines for Chairs
  • Guide for New Clerks
  • Inspections - A Governors Guide to the Ofsted Process
  • Parent and Staff Governor Appointments
  • Policies of the Governing Body
  • Role of the Safeguarding Governor
  • The Headteacher's Report
  • The Skills of Chairing a Meeting
  • Welcome Pack for New Governors 

These can be emailed to you or you can request a hard copy.

General Information

Please find below, a flyer to help governing bodies recruit new governors.

 

Special Children

 Disability Rights Commision


Recruiting Headteachers and Senior Leaders

The NCSL has published a useful guidance document on the recruitment of headteachers and senior leaders. The attached information gives more details about the document and how to obatin it, either as a free download or as a priced hard copy publication.

 

Declaration of Business/Pecuniary Interests

 

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