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Summer e-Newsletter Issue 14, July 2016
For over 30 years ‘Guidelines for Governors’ has proclaimed confidently and
authoritatively that governance and management need to be recognised as distinct,
barely overlapping functions. The current edition of March 2014 is as explicit on that
point as any of its predecessors, if not more so. Yet there remain many heads of our
schools who suggest that a substantial difficulty in their professional life continues to
be governors, individual or collective, who complicate and confuse things by involving
themselves in operational matters. Many of the AGBIS visits to schools, to provide
training or reviews of governance, also indicate that governors’ involvement in
operational detail is far from uncommon. Surprisingly perhaps, we also see a few
instances where heads encourage that approach by governors. We are clear:
governors should not be involved in operational detail and their being so invariably
leads to well recognised, unfortunate consequences.
At the same time there are unquestionably instances in which a governing body’s
oversight of the school is distant and ineffective, such that their approach to their
responsibilities, not least to those relating to the safety and welfare of pupils, is clearly
inadequate. In some instances the governors’ lack of effective oversight and
unwillingness to challenge has been exposed in inspection reports, all of which are
now in the public domain, including those reports which follow unannounced or
emergency inspections. Significant non-compliance with regulation invariably leads to
the school receiving a statutory notice, a communication versed in language which will
inevitably induce considerable anxiety. Statutory notices are accessible by the press
via freedom of information requests. Receipt of such a notice, in addition to unsettling
the school community, can easily lead to parental disquiet and threaten pupil
numbers and consequently the financial security of the school.
Some argue that the current regulatory environment and the inspection process which
implements it require that the traditional view of governance and management be
remodelled. They maintain that regulation nowadays requires governors to involve
themselves in operational detail to a considerable extent in order to guarantee the
compliance for which governors are undoubtedly responsible. This is not the AGBIS
view. We continue to advocate the maxim ‘Eyes on, Hands off’, emphasising that,
nowadays the first two words are as important as the two which follow. Moreover, to
exercise effective oversight, which includes taking responsibility for the school’s
strategy and its performance, requires insight and awareness of the way in which the
school is run of a very high order. We also advocate that challenging management is
Message from the General Secretary
AGBIS 1-5
Governing Body Succession Planning 6
Charity Commission Guidance on
Fundraising 7
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Update 7
ELearning Course for New Governors 7
Autumn Term Events 2 016 8-11
Spring & Summer Term Events 2017 12-13
Included in this issue:
STUART WESTLEY General Secretary
CAROL CARTY Accounts & Communications Manager
GILLIAN DOBSON Administration Manager [email protected]
AGBIS 3 Codicote Road
Welwyn, Herts, AL6 9LY Tel: 01438 840730 www.agbis.org.uk
Message from the General Secretary
Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
ANDY ROBINSON Training & Membership Secretary
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as important as supporting it. We recognise too that questioning experienced and probably pretty confident professionals
requires that the brief is thoroughly understood by governors well-endowed with judgement and experience who know how
to operate as a team. Balancing support and challenge in a sympathetic, constructively critical manner is all-important and a
sophisticated skill. An accurate grasp of the school’s overall situation is essential but it is very different from involvement in the
day-to-day operation, with all the confusion that will cause. In truth, undue focus on the detail of the operation is likely to
obscure development of the vital overall view.
The issue of trustees’ exercising effective oversight without involvement in day-to-day management was addressed in a brief
article in the latest edition of ‘Governance and Leadership’. This article is set in a non-school context and is clearly influenced
by the aftermath of the demise of Kids Company. For those involved with strategic leadership of schools though it merits
reflection and can be found here.
Inspection
The current inspection regime of our school is in a phase of development. The only routine inspections which will take place
between now and January 2017 are compliance inspections. For schools which are judged compliant, as currently some 90% of
schools are, the compliance inspection report is brief. This might suggest that the inspection of compliance is a short, succinct
process, which common sense would suggest too, the question: does the school comply with this regulation? hardly being
complex. The experience of schools which have received compliance inspections since March however is rather different. They
report that the process, involving two inspectors over two days, is protracted, detailed and stressful, raising a question as to
why that should be so?
All inspection developments are set out very clearly in the ‘Updates’ which the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) issues
regularly. The Updates also give a very clear picture of where schools may be falling short, the danger points as it were, where
schools need to focus, absolutely vital information. For some time AGBIS has strenuously advocated that ISI Updates be passed
on promptly to all governors. It’s the best, simplest and most authoritative way of keeping up to date with the changing
regulatory environment (see the reference to ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ later). Making Updates available to
governors appears to be happening more frequently now. They are available on the AGBIS web-site, but that is helpful only if
you know to look there. It is encouraging that there are now other voices advocating that very point. Let them speak up! The
ISI Updates published this term, Nos 45 and 46, are reproduced here - May 2016 & here - June 2016.
It is now clear that there will be inspection of the quality of education provided for pupils which will begin in January 2017.
However, the nature of these inspections and the content of the reports which will follow are not yet clear. The proposals
which appeared last term were the subject of consultation in June, the outcome of which is awaited and is likely to be very
consequential for our schools. We encourage everyone to be alert to the inspection developments which will occur over the
next five months. Specifically, look carefully for these aspects:
How the ‘Materiality’ principle will operate in practice? (Under the materiality principle non-compliance will only
be formally reported if it significantly impacts on the safety or welfare of pupils. Technical or detailed
shortcomings which have no such impact will not be recorded as non-compliance)
What will be the frequency of inspection of ‘Good’ schools?
How will ‘Good’ (in this sense) be determined?
How will ‘Light Touch Inspections’ be interpreted for ‘Good’ schools?
What is the current non-compliance rate, how has it changed recently and why?
Additionally the process for evaluating governance, leadership and management within our schools should be critically
examined. In the inspection proposals which were the subject of the consultation, effectiveness of governance, leadership and
management was to be determined solely by reference to regulatory compliance. That approach is in stark contrast to the way
in which Ofsted assesses leadership in the schools which it inspects. The Ofsted view is that the quality of leadership is by far
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the most important factor in determining the success of the school in providing high quality education for the nation’s young
people. Ofsted recognises and applauds leaders who have high expectations of teachers and pupils, who do not tolerate poor
performance, who set a fine example no least by their own commitment, who value high quality training, who are quick to
encourage, are self-critical and many other virtues and they make judgements based on those criteria. Britain’s independent
schools claim on the whole to score pretty well against these criteria and to value them highly yet its inspectorate proposes to
ignore them, assessing leadership only by reference to regulatory compliance. One to watch!
Reporting to the Charity Commission
There appears now to be much greater understanding of the need for schools which are charities (the large majority) to report
serious incidents to the Charity Commission than was the case say five years ago. Though the report should be made by the
Clerk, reporting being operational in nature, the responsibility is with the trustees and, in their Annual Report, trustees are
required to confirm that all such serious incidents have been reported. Hence thorough interrogation of the school’s leaders
about serious incidents is essential . There is understandable concern as to what constitutes a serious incident which needs to
be reported despite the guidance provided by the Charity Commission and available on its website here. The informed view is
currently that all incidents which should be reported to another agency, the Local Safeguarding Children Board, the Local
Authority Designated Officer (LADO) or the police should also be reported to the Charity Commission. The default position
should be: if in doubt, report. If no further action is required the Commission can easily say so.
Appraisal of Heads and Bursars
At the Conference and AGM on 10 March 2016 we asked those attending to indicate how we might extend our services to
members and how we might improve existing services. One suggestion which arose from several respondents was that we
should assemble a list of those who can provide appraisal of heads and bursars. At the moment when we asked for advice we
usually suggest that the school approaches the relevant Heads’ Association or the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association
(ISBA) for advice and occasionally we might recommend an appraiser known to us. We will respond to that suggestion and
have already begun the process of building up a list of people whom we can recommend, confident that they will deliver a high
level of service.
Seminar Attendance and on-site Training
We have this year experienced a substantial increase in the number of governors seeking to attend our training seminars. The
number of such seminars has also increased, reflecting full time employment of the Training and Membership Secretary , Andy
Robinson. The number of delegates at the seminar is in the last two years has been :
2014 2015
507 761
By mid-July the number of governors who have either attended or who are booked onto a seminar this year is already 805. The
increase clearly reflects greater awareness of governors’ responsibilities and greater acceptance of the need for training across
the sector, both of which we welcome wholeheartedly. Looking ahead, the Training and Membership Secretary has already set
in place an ambitious programme of seminars for 2017 anticipating that this trend will continue.
At the moment we have either visited, or have a firm commitment to visit during the Autumn, 48 member schools to provide
on-site training for their governing bodies. There is some confidence that by the end of the year that number will have reached
60, again a record number, and one which contrasts interestingly with the number in 2009 which was 20!
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The Annual Salary Survey
During September all member schools will again be invited to contribute data to the annual survey of the salaries and benefits
of heads and bursars which I emphasise is conducted on an anonymous, aggregated and historic basis. The results of the
survey are sent to schools which provide data free of charge by the end of January. Each year some schools which did not
provide data request access to the survey which they may have at a cost of £100. Many governors will be unaware of the
salary survey and unaware too that in a recent Inquiry into the conduct of affairs at one of our schools, the Charity
Commission confirmed the duty of trustees to ensure that senior staff salaries are properly benchmarked against objective
data. Please therefore encourage your Bursars/Clerks to complete the survey which would then make your school compliant
with the Commission’s guidance, make the survey more useful by extending the data on which results are based and save your
school the cost of purchasing it! Of course we sympathise with hard pressed bursars who are asked to complete surveys on an
almost daily basis. When the AGBIS survey has been completed once updating the numbers is a quick and simple matter.
Contracts
Our model contracts for heads, bursars and teachers were updated in the Spring and have been available on the website since
then for use in connection with the appointment of staff from September. While there are other sources for contracts which
schools can and do use, we intend to continue to make our specimen contracts available and to update them annually to take
account of changing legislation. We will continue to recommend that our member schools use the AGBIS model contracts
because:
The AGBIS contracts are revised each year by specialist lawyers who understand the independent education
sector.
We believe that the contracts should originate from the employers’ Association, that is AGBIS, rather than from a
Heads’ Association
They are available to member schools free of charge
Not a single problem over the use of an AGBIS specimen contract has come to my notice in seven years.
In many schools it is likely to be the Clerk or Bursar who decides which model contract to use. It is certainly good practice for
the Chair of Governors to know about the decision and to have some influence over it.
Our Communication With You.
During the last six months the AGBIS staff have been involved with the installation of a customer relations management
system (CRM). The plan is that the system will be fully operational by the end of this calendar year. It should then enable much
more efficient electronic administration which, in addition to enabling staff to spend time on more important matters, will
provide we believe substantially higher quality service to members.
One of the benefits should be to ensure that our communications actually reach more of the governors of our member
schools. Please bear in mind that we are absolutely committed never to send any information to any of our governors which is
not directly related to governors’ responsibility and which does not originate from AGBIS. Sending on to you other
organisations’ commercial products: Never!
We can only be confident that information will actually reach individual governors if we hold the governors’ current email
address. An increasing number of Bursars/Clerks now do pass on the information we send but by no means all do! In recent
years we have seen much greater acceptance of the need for us to be able to communicate with individual governors. Please
therefore encourage your Bursar or Clerk to let us have the direct contact details, including informing us when governors join
or leave the Board. We are of course simply trying to help you.
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And Finally
In that context I want to say that endeavouring to provide advice, support and training for the last seven years for those of you
who generously volunteer your services to help our schools has been a most fulfilling and interesting, post-headship interlude.
You provide fantastic support for our schools and I think you should reflect with pride and satisfaction on the part you play in
making Britain’s independent schools renowned and admired the world over. You deserve wholehearted support, including
from AGBIS. I am completely confident that the latter will flow abundantly under the stewardship of my successor, Richard
Harman. He will enjoy serving you, as I have and, like me, he will be deeply grateful to the small, dedicated, loyal staff here
who will assist him.
Stuart Westley
General Secretary
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I recently read with interest the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) summary of the feedback from a discussion paper on director succession planning and its importance in the achievement of the long-term strategic aims of corporations and I was struck by the degree of correlation with what AGBIS believes is best practice for independent schools. The FRC recommends that it is good practice to have in place a nominations committee charged with identifying the skills and talent required by the company’s board and that the same committee might be responsible for determining the appropriate committee structure and their terms of reference. The FRC also noted that nominations committees should ideally have the lead role for “talent spotting” potential new directors and for arranging an initial approach to them to ensure that they are a “fit” for the organisation. The FRC paper probed an initial hypothesis that only relatively “non-challenging” individuals would pass a nominations committee sifting process but, evidence from respondents to the discussion paper suggested that organisations which are confident that they have strong governance arrangements in place would welcome non-executive directors who are prepared to challenge the executives in an appropriate fashion. The AGBIS view is aligned closely with the FRC in so much as AGBIS believes that school’s should, ideally, have in place a nominations committee which should seek to identify individuals who are suitable to serve as governors by: exploiting existing governors’ contacts; approaching appropriate individuals within the former-parent/parent body; making links with local professional and trade associations; appropriate advertising and, subject to budget approval, the use of recruitment agencies.
In terms of appropriate skills, AGBIS would suggest the following mix of skills would be desirable:
Education experience (e.g. serving/retired head, inspector or lecturer);
Finance skills (e.g. chartered or management accountant, finance director);
Business expertise (e.g. company chairman/director, chief executive);
Building skills (e.g. architect, chartered surveyor/quantity surveyor);
Legal expertise (e.g. judge, barrister or solicitor);
Personnel experience (e.g. HR director, recruitment consultant);
Information/communications skills (e.g. marketing/sales, PR, media executive);
Community skills (e.g. medical practitioner, minister of religion).
Another factor that a nominations committee might consider would be the diversity of the governing body, in order to make it appropriately representative of the overarching school community, wherever possible, in terms of gender and ethnicity. The nominations committee would probably only need to meet once or possibly twice per year to be effective when it would consider those governors who are about to come to the end of their current term of office and whose skills might need replacing, as well as looking at which committees individual governors might best serve on and who would be best placed to chair them. Nominations committees are often charged with a combined remit also to oversee governance procedures and processes in general, which would mean that it would look at the other key elements identified by the FRC, namely the overall committee structure and the various committees’ terms of reference and delegated powers. AGBIS would also suggest that an essential function of any nominations and governance committee, in this era of greater regulation, would be to ensure that the right processes are in place within the governing body’s overall structure to provide effective oversight of the school’s compliance with regulations. Any committee that holds a remit to oversee the overarching governance function should also consider periodic reviews of governance to ensure that:
The governing body is: operating effectively; fulfilling its legal, charitable and corporate duties and is receiving appropriate and timely information from the executive;
Individual governors have appropriate skills and are contributing effectively to the work of the governing body;
Collective responsibility is understood and practised;
The trustees are meeting the requirement of the Charity Commission (see Charity Commission Publication No. 8 - Internal Controls for Charities).
Governing Body Succession Planning —The Role of the Nominations Committee
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Such reviews can easily be undertaken using the AGBIS self-review form. If governors feel it would be a helpful to obtain an independent view then an external review of governance can be facilitated by a number of consultants or these may be commissioned directly from AGBIS (further details can be obtained from [email protected]). In summary, I cannot help but reflect on the numerous schools that I have visited over the last twelve months to conduct governing body training. Many of these schools have some form of nominations and/or governance committee in place and where these are functioning effectively it is clear that the governing body as a whole gains a good deal of reassurance from having in place sound and well understood procedures that help to facilitate positive and empowered governance. Andy Robinson. Training and Membership Secretary
Charity Commission Guidance on Fundraising
The Charity Commission has recently published new guidance (CC20) on fundraising which emphasises the need for trustees to exercise effective oversight of and, when necessary, to challenge fundraising practices, to safeguard both their donors and their charity’s reputation. The guidance outlines six principles for trustees:
Plan effectively
Supervise fundraisers
Protect the charity’s reputation, money and other assets
Identify and ensure compliance with the law or regulations that apply specifically to their charity’s fundraising
Identify and follow any recognised standards that apply to their charity’s fundraising
Be open and accountable The guidance, which applies to charities in England and Wales, signposts other sources of information about the wider legal rules that apply to fundraising such as rules on data handling and protection. The full guidance can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/527790/CC20.pdf .
The revised version of Keeping Children Safe in Education, which comes into force in September, has now been published. We are sure that all governing bodies will have plans to be briefed by their own Designated Safeguarding Lead on the detail of the changes. May we remind you that your safeguarding policies will need to be amended from September and that before being issued they should receive full governing body endorsement. We would recommend that there is an audit trail of this being undertaken out of committee if necessary, with a full governing body review at the first subsequent meeting. The Farrer & Co briefing note, provides a succinct brief on the changes for your information. Andy Robinson. Training and Membership Secretary
Keeping Children Safe in Education —2016 Updates
AGBIS ELearning Course for New Governors
During January 2016 AGBIS joined with EduCare to offer the existing e-Learning course for new governors on a new platform.
EduCare is a market-leading UK provider offering high-quality and easy-to-use online training. Learners can now login easily to
the course, complete the four modules, and download their own certificate.
If you would like to register your governor on to the course click here to complete the registration form. The governor will receive a welcome email from [email protected] with a username and a link to set a password. We are aware that emails are not always received in the Inbox so the governor should check the Junk mail if not received.
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SEMINAR and REGIONAL MEETING PROGRAMME AUTUMN TERM 2016
We would like to draw your attention to several events in the Autumn Term which we hope Governing
Bodies will find of interest
NOW FULL—EVENING SEMINAR FOR GOVERNORS
(In collaboration with Farrer & Co.)
1700 on Thursday 22 September 2016 The Army and Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JN
- Sorry now sold out! -
► Governors’ Responsibilities including ‘Effective Oversight’
► Legal Update – an update on recent legislation (including charity law, SEN provision requirements, Prevent duty, KCSIE and retention of records)
► Dealing with Safeguarding Allegations – (how to deal with new or historic abuse allegations and limit the impact on the school)
► Open Q & A to speakers
SEMINAR FOR NEWLY APPOINTED GOVERNORS
Wednesday 28 September 2016
Victory Services Club, Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF
► Governance from the Head’s Perspective
► Group Discussion Topics
► Governors’ Responsibilities
► The School as a Business
AGBIS REGIONAL MEETING 1800 on Tuesday 4 October 2016 Summer Fields School, Oxford
► Update on Key Issues Affecting Independent Schools
► Key Legal and Regulatory Issues for Governors
► Open Forum Discussion
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SEMINAR and REGIONAL MEETING PROGRAMME AUTUMN TERM 2016 continued
AGBIS/ISBA SEMINAR FOR CLERKS TO GOVERNORS 0945 on Wednesday 12 October 2016 Victory Services Club, Seymour Street, London W2 2HF
This seminar will provide a comprehensive guide to the obligations of the Clerk to the Governors - not only the statutory duties, but also for the wider responsibilities of the post. The event is designed to provide essential refresher training and updates for experienced clerks as well as being an ideal introduction to clerking for those newly appointed to post.
► Good Governance and the Clerks Role
► Roles and Responsibilities of the Clerk
► Group Discussion Topics
► Key Legal and Regulatory Issues for Clerks
► Inspections—How to Support the Governors
► Reflections on a Recent Inspection
EVENING SEMINAR—FUNDRAISING AND INVESTMENTS 1700 Tuesday 18 October 2016 Standard Life Wealth—Floor 34, 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin), London
► Independent School Sector Update
► Key Principles of Development Fundraising
► Investment Opportunities for Charities
► Open Q&A to Speakers
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SEMINAR and REGIONAL MEETING PROGRAMME AUTUMN TERM 2016 continued
AGBIS/HAYSMACINTYRE SEMINAR ‘FINANCE FOR THE NON-FINANCIAL GOVERNOR’ Wednesday 9 November 2016 Victory Services Club, Seymour Street, London W2 2HF
This seminar, hosted jointly by AGBIS and haysmacintyre, sets out to demystify a school’s financial accounts for those governors from a non-financial background so that they may have greater confidence in their ability to contribute to the collective responsibility of the governing body for the finances of the school.
► Financial Responsibilities of a Governor
► Introduction to Statutory Accounts (the key numbers)
► Introduction to Management Accounts Exercise
► Breakout Session—Practical Interpretation of Management Accounts
► Financial Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
► Financial Risk & Fraud and How to Mitigate
► Panel Question and Answer Session
AGBIS / VEALE WASBROUGH VIZARDS EVENING SEMINAR (BRISTOL) 1700 on Wednesday 23 November 2016
Be Prepared! (What Every Governor Should Know About Regulations)
Veale Wasbrough Vizards, Narrow Quay House, Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA
This evening seminar will focus on governors’ ability to deal with regulatory issue and demonstrate oversight. The final programme is still to be confirmed but topics are expected to include: ► Inspections and How Should Governors’ Prepare (and not let the side down!)
► Key Legal Updates and the Experts’ Top Tips to include:
The Goddard Enquiry – are you ready to respond?
Dealing With Allegations of Historic Abuse – be prepared!
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SEMINAR and REGIONAL MEETING PROGRAMME AUTUMN TERM 2016 continued
The Immediate Aftermath – how to be ready to maintain your school’s reputation in the event of new or historic allegations
► Panel Discussion – Governor Oversight – how to get it right!
As series of searching questions to the experts with the opportunity for delegates to participate
AGBIS / HMC SEMINAR FOR CHAIRS AND HEADS MONDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2016
Sorry now sold out!
This seminar will include a range of plenary and workshop sessions are planned, covering topics such as changing roles and relationships between the Chair, Head and Bursar, strategic planning, partnerships and public benefit, international schools, and the future of governance.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL THE SEMINARS HELD SO FAR IN 2016 HAVE BEEN AT CAPACITY, USUALLY
REQUIRING A WAITING LIST. EARLY BOOKING OF SEMINAR PLACES IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED.
Seminar Timings (unless otherwise notified):
Registration and coffee 10.00
Programme commences 10.25
Tea and depart 15.50
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The following seminars and events are being planned for the period September — November 2016. Full details, when available, can be found on the AGBIS website.
Please click here to visit the AGBIS website to download the seminar programme and booking form:
SPRING TERM 2017
SAFE AND SOUND Tuesday 17 January 2017
Office of Harrison Clark Rickerbys Ltd, Ellenborough House, Wellington Street, Cheltenham
A seminar on governors’ roles in compliance, safeguarding and 'wellbeing’
AGBIS REGIONAL MEETING 1800 on Thursday 2 February 2017 Bradford Grammar School
This regional meeting will include an AGBIS Sector Update and a presentation on Marketing Independent Schools.
AGBIS/FARRER & CO SEMINAR FOR GOVERNORS Thursday 16 February 2017 Farrer & Co, 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LH
This seminar, hosted jointly by AGBIS and Farrer & Co. will focus on some of the current regulatory issues facing governors.
AGBIS AGM and ANNUAL CONFERENCE Tuesday 7 March 2017 Drapers’ Hall, London
Keynote speakers:
Paula Sussex – CEO Charity Commission
John Timpson – Cobbler, School Chairman and Governor
SEMINAR FOR NEWLY APPOINTED GOVERNORS Wednesday 22 March 2017 Victory Services Club, Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF
► Governance from the Head’s Perspective
► Group Discussion Topics
► Governors’ Responsibilities
► The School as a Business
We are currently seeking schools that might be interested in hosting evening regional meetings in the North East or Home Counties, if interested please contact [email protected]
SUMMER TERM 2017
The key dates for our regular seminars are as follows: AGBIS / STONE KING EVENING SEMINAR FOR GOVERNORS Bath 1800 on Wednesday 26 April 2017 SEMINAR FOR CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS OF GOVERNING BODIES London Thursday 4 May 2017 AGBIS REGIONAL MEETING Dodderhill School near Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire 1800 on Tuesday 16 May 2017 AGBIS / LLOYDS BANK SEMINAR – FINANCE GOVERNORS’ MASTERCLASS London Wednesday 24 May 2017 AGBIS / HAYSMACINTYRE SEMINAR “Finance for the Non-Financial Governor” London Wednesday 7 June 2017
Seminars and Regional Meetings —2017
AGBIS, 3 Codicote Road, Welwyn, Herts, AL6 9LY Tel: 01438 840730 Email: [email protected] www.agbis.org.uk
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SUMMER TERM 2017 continued
AGBIS / ISBA SEMINAR FOR CLERKS TO GOVERNORS London 0945 on Thursday 15 June 2017 SEMINAR FOR GOVERNORS Thursday 6 July 2017 Topic and Venue tbc Other dates and topics to be advised!
Seminars and Regional Meetings —2017
AGBIS, 3 Codicote Road, Welwyn, Herts, AL6 9LY Tel: 01438 840730 Email: [email protected] www.agbis.org.uk
