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Chairs Strategic Briefing
                                             Welcome
                                      Gwyneth Langley Zoe Williams

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The Guided Tour

                          CHAT      QUESTIONS   POLLS   SLIDES

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Agenda
  9.40          Covid-19 Update
                Catherine Tallis – Director of Business Services, HfL

  10.00 Connected Learning
        Chris Carter – eDevelopments Adviser, HfL
        Kate Kellner-Dilks – Teaching and Learning Adviser, HfL

  10.30 Assessment Update
        Ben Fuller – Lead Assessment Adviser, HfL

  10.50 Panel Discussion

  11.10 Governance Updates and Priorities for The Term Ahead
        BEP Team
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Covid-19 Update
                                           Catherine Tallis
                                     Director of Business Services, HfL

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Scope of update

1. Ofsted update for Governors

2. Questions that Boards should be able to answer in key
   Covid-19 related areas

3. Covid-19 Reflection

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How is Ofsted judging the effectiveness of schools and governing
                 boards in responding to Covid 19?
 Routine Ofsted inspections have been temporarily suspended as a
  result of Covid-19 to alleviate pressure on school leaders and staff.
 However, Ofsted retains the power to inspect schools if it has
  significant concerns.
 Some monitoring visits of schools judged to be inadequate or RI
  this term are being conducted. These are not part of the normal
  programme of monitoring but additional inspections to ensure that
  leaders and managers are taking effective action to provide
  education in the current circumstances.
 At present, routine school inspections will not resume until the
  summer term.

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Focus of spring term monitoring inspections
Inspectors will discuss with school leaders and those responsible for governance:

•   the actions being taken to provide education in the current circumstances
•   how effectively leaders are : adapting the existing curriculum to meet current
    challenges, providing education remotely and providing education for vulnerable
    pupils and for other pupils attending school on site
•   leaders’ plans to support pupils with special educational needs and/or
    disabilities, whether they are in school or being educated at home

For Governors there will be a focus on whether an effective contribution to
leaders’ actions in providing the best possible education for all pupils in the
current circumstances is being made. This includes examining the decisions
leaders have taken about the curriculum

Full guidance and details:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/january-2021-maintained-schools-and-academies

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Questions to be considered on the curriculum?

 Are you delivering a full curriculum to all?
 Is it broad, balanced and ambitious?
 How are you assessing gaps in learning?
 How are you addressing these gaps?
 How are you supporting vulnerable learners and
    pupils with SEND?
 Are there any barriers to curriculum delivery e.g.
    small staff cohort and how can these effectively
    be overcome?

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Questions to be considered on remote (connected) learning
• Have you published information about their remote education
  provision on your website? The DfE provides a useful template .

• Have you named a senior leader with overarching responsibility
  for the quality and delivery of remote education?

• Are you providing effective remote learning, driven by pedagogy.
  Does provision include a mix of online (live and recorded) and
  independent tasks?

• Are you delivering the expected amount of remote learning? (3
  hours per day at KS1, 4 hours at KS2, 5 hours at secondary).

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Questions to be considered on remote (connected) learning

• Is there a digital platform for remote education provision in
     place that is used consistently across the school and allows
     interaction, assessment and feedback?

• Are staff are trained and confident in the use of the
     platform? Is CPD regularly provided?

The DfE Expectations can be found here

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Questions to consider on Safeguarding
 Have all staff (and governors) read and understood the
  revised Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation
  (January 2021)?

 Has the headteacher / DSP consulted with the governing
  body over changes to safeguarding arrangements?

 Has the school adapted its safeguarding policy to reflect
  changes made e.g to remote education?

 Is the school’s approach sufficiently flexible to adapt to
  ongoing change?

 How do Governors ensure that Safeguarding processes are
  being robustly followed in school at this time?

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Questions to consider on Health and Safety
•   How are ‘bubbles’ are kept consistent and separate from other
    groups?

•   Are masks being worn at the appropriate times?

•   How is physical distance maintained between adults and between
    adults and learners ?

•   How are staff managing challenges such as:
     - Interacting one to one and in small groups with learners?
     - Intervening in case of need for physical restraint / support?
     - Avoiding contact between groups?
     - Arranging classrooms?

•   Is lateral flow testing being carried out effectively?

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Questions to consider on Managing Risk

 Have the SLT provided updated risk assessments
  through the pandemic? Have you as a Board tested its
  robustness.

 Is there a continuous discussion between senior leaders
  and the Board around Covid-19 risk assessments given
  that they don’t stand still?

 Do the latest risk assessments include testing,
  arrangements for clinically extremely vulnerable
  members of staff and staff/leaners isolating?

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Questions to consider around Finances

 Do you have a clear picture of the Covid-19 costs incurred by the
  school? How have these impacted on the school’s budget?

 Do you know what additional funding/resources the school has
  received?

 Have you been involved in discussions about how the Covid-19 catch up
  funding will be spent? Is there a written plan? How will this be
  monitored and evaluated to ensure maximum impact?

 Have governors conducted / seen a full financial impact analysis of
  Covid-19 on the school and how this impacts on your three-year
  financial planning?

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Questions around wellbeing
  • How is the wellbeing of the Headteacher? How
    are they being supported?

  • Is there a current strategy for addressing mental
    health and wellbeing across the school
    community?

  • How have wellbeing policies and procedures
    been adapted to provide support during the
    Covid-19 pandemic for both staff and for
    learners?

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Reflection
• When the time is right Boards should take the time to debrief on what
  has been learned from the school’s response to Covid-19.

• Boards will need to review the strategic direction of the school,
  merging the pre-Covid and post-Covid priorities

• Boards should consider how they can support leaders to fuse the best
  of what existed in March 2020 with the positive learning from the last
  10 months? e.g. parents evenings, EdTech platforms

• How will you operate as a Board? A blended approach with some
  meetings in school and some remote meetings to facilitate a work/life
  balance for those attending?

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Connected Learning: Enabling digital and
                       remote learning

                           Chris Carter – EdTech Adviser, HfL
                       Kate Kellner-Dilks – Teaching and Learning
                                       Adviser, HfL

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In this brief session…

                                         Digital learning – Where are we up to?

                          Remote learning – What are the expectations? What is the evidence?

                          Connected learning – What might effective remote provision involve?

                                             Possible questions to explore

                                        Looking ahead – Where do we go next?

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Digital Learning; where were settings before Covid?
Many schools were building a digital strategy that
included the adoption of a cloud-based digital
education platform.
Supports learning in the classroom, homework, long-
term illness etc.

HfL has supported many schools with this, including
running a major event just 3 weeks before lockdown
began.

“We recommend that all education providers actively consider and
evaluate the benefits of moving to a cloud-based approach for their IT
system”
DfE, EdTech Strategy, April 2019
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Digital Learning; where were settings before Covid?

 To varying extents, digital learning was already
 evolving. But slowly.

 Covid accelerated this hugely, but not always in
 line with a strategy.

 Schools overwhelmed by offers of free tools and
 resources.
 Ad-hoc tools, varying degrees of success.

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Digital Learning; where were settings before Covid?

Covid has ‘forced’ many settings into adopting
digital tools for remote teaching / learning.

Digital learning should be happening anyway – we
can now see more clearly than ever that working
with a large digital element will become the norm.
The Edtech journey must continue, even when
schools are fully open. Governors must champion
this journey.

Digital learning should not be seen as something that was only utilised
to get schools through lockdown.
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Why us a Digital Platform in non-Covid times?

• Ideal for setting / receiving any sort of digital
  work – computing and across the curriculum.
  Keep digital work organised and accessible.
• Continue to use for homework – parents/carers
  able to see work and your feedback – engage
  them more in the child’s learning
• Engaging for many young people to use digital technology
• Help develop essential digital skills for the future
• Use for snow days or any other reasons children cannot come in to school
• Online tools are accessible (nearly) everywhere – use the same tools at
  home as in school
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What does great digital learning look like?
• Digital learning is not about technology – it’s about learning.

• Setting challenging, meaningful work in different subject areas.

• Clear progression with knowledge and skills built incrementally.

• Use digital assessment tools to gauge progress.

• New content explained clearly through video or quality, accessible digital
  resources.
• Meaningful feedback provided for work.
• A blended approach – considering the advantages of both synchronous and
  asynchronous teaching.

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What are the expectations?
                       What is the research saying?
•   DfE - Restricting attendance during the national lockdown: schools, January
    2021 ‘Remote Education’ section
Restricting attendance during the national lockdown: schools (p52 – 56)

•   DfE – Schools coronavirus operational guidance, Updated 22nd Feb 2021
Schools coronavirus operational guidance (p45 – 48)

•   Ofsted - What’s working well in remote education, 11th January 2021
What’s working well in remote education

•   EEF – Remote Learning: Rapid Evidence Assessment, April 2020
Remote Learning: Rapid Evidence Assessment

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Key documentation - DfE

                                                                                                             Template for schools:
                                                                                                             share information
                                                                                                             about your remote
                                                                                                             education
                                                                                                             This optional template is designed to
                                                                                                             help school leaders share relevant
                                                                                                             information with pupils and parents or
                                                                                                             carers about how they will provide
                                                                                                             remote education. The information
                                                                                                             should be published on school websites
                                                                                                             by 25 January 2021 to support
                                                                                                             understanding of what pupils, parents
                                                                                                             and carers should expect during periods
                                       • Key Stage 1: 3 hours a day on average across                        of school closure or pupil isolation
                                                                                                             relating to coronavirus (COVID-19).
                                         the cohort, with less for younger children
                                       • Key Stage 2: 4 hours a day
                                       • Key Stages 3 and 4: 5 hours a day

                                                           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/providing-remote-education-information-to-parents-template
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Key documentation - DfE
DfE guidance: Restricting attendance during the national lockdown: schools,
‘Remote Education’ section, p52 – p56

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Key documentation - DfE
DfE guidance: Schools coronavirus operational guidance, updated 22nd February 2021
‘Remote Education’ section, p45 – p48

Schools coronavirus operational guidance
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Ofsted - What’s working well in remote education
Contents:                                            Ofsted: What’s working well in remote education published 11th January 2021
What is remote education?
Some common myths about remote education
1: Remote education is a way of delivering the
curriculum
2: Keep it simple
3: When adapting the curriculum, focus on the
basics
4: Feedback, retrieval practice and assessment are
more important than ever
5: The medium matters (a bit)
6: Live lessons aren’t always best
7: Engagement matters, but is only the start
More resources on remote education

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EEF - Rapid Evidence Assessment on Remote Learning
1. Teaching quality is more important
   than how lessons are delivered.
2. Ensuring access to technology is key,
   particularly for disadvantaged pupils.
3. Peer interactions can provide
   motivation and improve learning
   outcomes.
4. Supporting pupils to work
   independently can improve learning
   outcomes.
5. Different approaches to remote
   learning suit different types of content
   and pupils.

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What might you be focusing on?

             Wider remote education provision

                  Teaching and learning

                  Engaging and supporting parents/families

             Monitoring and evaluating

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Is the provision allowing learning to happen?

                    Teaching                     Learning

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Enabling effective remote teaching
Identify learning that can be facilitated through a remote environment (knowledge, concepts, skills), drawn from
                                          the school’s ‘normal’ curriculum

                       Consider the most effective ways to present, scaffold and enable this learning;
                     taking into account pupils’ prior learning, age, and access to devices and platforms

                                        Pre-recorded /            Examples, models and                  Other?
     Live teaching
                                        links to videos               explanations                  Blend of these?

Schedule time for practice / rehearsal, following the input, allowing for the learning to be explored and secured

                   Provide an effective system for pupils to submit their learning and receive feedback

                            Monitor pupils’ engagement, exploring barriers and making reasonable
                                       adjustments to enable access where necessary
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Enabling effective remote teaching
Identify learning that can be facilitated through a remote environment (knowledge, concepts, skills), drawn from
                                          the school’s ‘normal’ curriculum

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Enabling effective remote teaching
Identify learning that can be facilitated through a remote environment (knowledge, concepts, skills), drawn from
                                          the school’s ‘normal’ curriculum

                       Consider the most effective ways to present, scaffold and enable this learning;
                     taking into account pupils’ prior learning, age, and access to devices and platforms

                                        Pre-recorded /            Examples, models and                  Other?
     Live teaching
                                        links to videos               explanations                  Blend of these?

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Enabling effective remote teaching
Identify learning that can be facilitated through a remote environment (knowledge, concepts, skills), drawn from
                                          the school’s ‘normal’ curriculum

                      Consider the most effective ways to present, scaffold and enable this learning;
                    taking into account pupils’ prior learning, age, and access to devices and platforms

                                          Pre-recorded /         Examples, models and                  Other?
     Live teaching
                                          links to videos            explanations                  Blend of these?

Schedule time for practice / rehearsal, following the input, allowing for the learning to be explored and secured

                  Provide an effective system for pupils to submit their learning and receive feedback

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Enabling effective remote teaching
Identify learning that can be facilitated through a remote environment (knowledge, concepts, skills), drawn from
                                          the school’s ‘normal’ curriculum

                      Consider the most effective ways to present, scaffold and enable this learning;
                    taking into account pupils’ prior learning, age, and access to devices and platforms

                                          Pre-recorded /          Examples, models and                  Other?
     Live teaching
                                          links to videos             explanations                  Blend of these?

Schedule time for practice / rehearsal, following the input, allowing for the learning to be explored and secured

                  Provide an effective system for pupils to submit their learning and receive feedback

                             Monitor pupils’ engagement, exploring barriers and making reasonable
                                        adjustments to enable access where necessary

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What might the priorities be when pupils return?
                 Some of the (perhaps competing) ideas...

                                    Pupils’    Knowing         Retrieval of
                                               where the        previous
                                well-being     gaps are         learning

                               Routine and    Priorities for   Time to talk
                                structure      coverage        and socialise

                                 Getting        Play and         Assess
                               through the        social       where pupils
                                curriculum     interaction         are

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What are we hoping to achieve in the initial return?
  For all children to be ready for further curriculum learning, do they first need...?

                                                                                         Opportunities to
                                                      Time to socially interact
                To be comfortable and                                                  re-establish positive
                                                        and play with peers,
               feel secure in the school                                             learning behaviours and
                                                          re-establishing
                     environment                                                    strategies to self-regulate
                                                           relationships
                                                                                          within learning

                                        To reactivate previous
                                                                     To secure the necessary
                                      learning, both from before
                                                                    prior learning ready for the
                                          and during remote
                                                                       next steps in learning
                                                learning

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Curriculum planning for the return of all pupils – considerations
    Identify key learning necessary to progress to the
                                                         Learning, knowledge and skills from before and during remote learning
          next phase and prioritise this learning

                                                                                  Initial return of all pupils

                                                              Routine          talk     WELL-BEING          social skills     play

                                                                                                   Diagnostic assessment
                                                                  Retrieval opportunities
                                                                                                   Low stakes, formative
                                                                 Reactivation of previous
                                                                                                   Identifying ‘missing’ or
                                                                         learning
                                                                                                      insecure learning

                                                                        Prioritise learning and curriculum content
                                                                               necessary for the next phase
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Possible questions to explore (remote provision)
  • Who is your designated senior member of school staff for remote provision?
  • What information is on the school website? Is it clear and accessible?
  • What is the main platform being used? Do all staff and families feel confident using
    it?
  • What other platforms, websites and programmes are encouraged to allow further
    learning and exploration?
  • How is remote teaching and learning being facilitated? (live, pre-recorded, links,
    blend)
  • Are engaging and purposeful activities/tasks then used to reinforce this?
  • What proportion of pupils are accessing learning regularly and how do you know?
  • What happens when pupils are identified as not accessing learning?
  • Does any of the above raise ‘next steps’ and what might they be?
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What does great digital learning look like?

 The aim…
 To be able to deliver the curriculum in-school
 or remotely, with as seamless a change as
 possible between one or the other.

 •      Further lockdowns
 •      Snow days
 •      Long-term illness
 •      Preparing learners for the future

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Looking ahead
  This term and beyond, schools and settings should…

  • Look at their digital strategy and accelerate those elements that are needed to
    facilitate digital learning (both in and out of school.)
  • Adopt a whole-school digital education platform that you will continue to use
    as your chosen tool. Use the DfE funding if needed (now extended).
  • Invest in training and digital infrastructure so that the tools can be used in
    school. If everyone knows how to use them, then further lockdowns will not be
    so disruptive.
  • Use the platform. Leaders should set expectations of staff around the use of
    technology to support learning. All staff need to be on board.
  • Update policies and AUPs to reflect the use of digital education platforms.
  • Plan for supporting those with limited access to technology at home.
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Assessment Update

                                                Ben Fuller
                                         Lead Assessment Adviser

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Latest News – Summer 2021

• No statutory assessment (tests or teacher assessment) this summer for KS1,
  KS2 or phonics
• Encouragement that schools will still engage in summative assessment
  internally (reporting to parents, transition to secondary schools)
• EYFS Profile – will not be collected by LAs, but “best endeavours” to carry out
  the assessment encouraged
• GCSE/A-level – no exams. Consultation on system for centre-assessed grades
  now closed; awaiting response

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“We know that schools will continue to use assessment to inform teaching, to
enable them to give information to parents on their child’s attainment in their
statutory annual report and to support transition of KS2 pupils to secondary
school. We strongly encourage schools to use past test papers in their
assessment of pupils.”

(Standards & Testing Agency)

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Summary of planned changes to national assessment

• EYFS – reforms to the EYFS curriculum (statutory from Sept ’21)
• Introduction of Reception Baseline Assessment (statutory from Sept ‘21)
• RBA to become basis for measuring progress to KS2 (Summer ‘28)
• Removal of statutory assessment at KS1 after 2023

• Y4 Multiplication Tables Check – due to be optional this year, statutory next

• Engagement model (replacing P1-4) – statutory next year

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Early Years Assessment

• Reception Baseline – statutory from Sept 2021
• EYFS Reforms – changes to ongoing assessment and final assessment
• Some schools chose to be ‘early adopters’ this year of EYFS Reforms and
  (separately) Reception Baseline
• No statutory moderation where EYFS Reforms implemented
• EYFS Profile under the Reforms has no ‘Exceeding’ judgement – just
  Expected or Emerging
• Changes to the 17 Early Learning Goals

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Early Years Assessment – new ELGs

Communication Physical                 Personal,         Literacy       Mathematics   Understanding    Expressive
& Language    Development              Social &                                       the World        Arts & Design
                                       Emotional
                                       Development
Listening,              Gross Motor    Self-regulation   Comprehension Number         Past & Present   Creating with
Attention &             Skills                                                                         Materials
Understanding                          Managing Self     Word Reading   Numerical     People, Culture
                        Fine Motor                                      Patterns      & Communities Being
Speaking                Skills         Building          Writing                                      Imaginative &
                                       Relationships                                  The Natural     Expressive
                                                                                      World

 Used to be                                               Used to be
 3 ELGs in                                                2 ELGs in
 this area                                                this area

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‘Engagement model’

• Relates to pupils with severe or profound multiple learning difficulties, not
  engaged in subject-specific study
• Replaces P-scales 1-4
• Statutory assessment tool from 2022
• Not to be confused with Pre-Key Stage Standards (which are a higher
  standard of attainment than the Engagement Model)
• Not a numerical scale; it is about holistic assessment across 5 areas
• www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-engagement-model
• exploration • realisation • anticipation • persistence • initiation

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So, no official data for 2 years running – what does this
           mean for monitoring school performance?
• IDSR – pupil performance data remains ‘stuck’ on 2019 results (other
  indicators have been updated)
• How can governors monitor ongoing school standards?
• Progress = the journey a learner takes through a well-sequenced and
  appropriate curriculum
• How are curriculum leaders planning and mapping the teaching of their
  curriculum area?
• How are they monitoring how well this is being implemented?
• Talk to children, visit lessons, look at children’s work and displays – is that
  curriculum subject “alive and well” in your school?

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The current situation – questions to explore

• How effectively were schools able to deliver remote learning? Broad &
  balanced curriculum?
• How well is formative assessment being used to ensure pupils are engaged
  and making good progress in learning?
• (Last term, and in future as more children return to school) How are schools
  addressing (or planning to address) the issue of ‘lost learning’ and getting
  children ‘back on track’ in their learning? How are they using the universal
  catch-up premium funding? How effective is their approach?
• www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/back-on-track

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Internal assessment data

 • At some point, schools will want to carry out some internal assessment –
   but summative assessment is not the top priority
 • Formative assessment (e.g. low stakes quizzes, discussions etc.) more
   relevant to exploring gaps in learning and responding to these
 • When ready, schools will be able to share some headline data with governors
   based on their internal assessments
 • There should be agreement between Governors and the school SLT about
   the nature and format of such data
 • Remember that data is only a starting point for discussion

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Panel Discussion

                                                     Kate Kellner-Dilks
  Catherine Tallis                    Chris Carter     Teaching and          Ben Fuller       Jo Pearce
Director of Business                eDevelopments    Learning Adviser,    Lead Assessment   Bucks Chair of
    Services, HfL                    Adviser, HfL           HfL             Adviser, HfL     Governors

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Governance Updates
                                         BEP Team

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Governance Updates
•      DfE Governance Update March 2021
       -     Available here
       -     Guidance on governor meetings and visits has not changed. Remote meetings
             and visits are recommended unless on-site arrangements are essential.
              On-site meetings and visits should be managed in accordance with risk
               assessments

• Remote Provision
       - Schools required to publish details of provision on the school website.
         Optional template to support this available here
       - BEP Website Audit tool updated to reflect this and available here

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Governance Updates
• KCSIE January 2021 Update
       - An update to take account of changes to recruitment after the UK left the
         EU (Part 3; Safer Recruitment, paragraph 172)
       - Further information within DfE Guidance Recruit Teachers From
         Overseas

•      Admissions Appeals Arrangements
       -      Temporary relaxation of some of the requirements of the School Admissions
              Appeals Code, to give flexibility for panels to meet remotely, extended until 30
              September 2021

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Upcoming Deadlines
  Maintained Schools
  • Final budget deadline 21 May 2021
         - Must be reviewed / approved by the FGB

  Academies
  • School Resource Management Self-Assessment Tool – 15 April 2021

  Consultation
  •      Get Help Buying for Schools Consultation – deadline 11 March 2021

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Training Updates
• BEP training programme continuing via webinar

• Spring / Summer Term 2021 places available to book on GovernorHub,
  including:
     -     Chairs Knowledge Forum (27 April)
     -     Introduction to Governance (23 March, 10 June)
     -     Pupil Exclusions: The Role of the Governing Board (13 May)
     -     Additional Managing Allegations course (21 June)
     -     Additional Handling Complaints course (6 July)

• Whole Governing Board (WGB) training sessions available to book
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Modern Governor Training Updates
• Over 70 modules available to subscribers

• New modules

      - Equalities
      - Young Carers and The Role of Governors
      - Investigations Best Practice

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Future Briefing Dates
• BEP Clerks Briefings (9.30am)
   - Wednesday 17 March 2021 via Zoom
   - Thursday 29 April 2021
   - Thursday 8 July 2021

• BEP Chairs Strategic Briefings (9.30am)
   - Friday 28 May 2021

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Bookings via GovernorHub or support@buckseducationpartnership.co.uk

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HfL Governors Annual Conference free to BEP Governors
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Live keynote speakers 20th March 2021           Recorded seminars available to view 15th – 19th March 2021

                                                • Early Years beyond September 2021
Mental health within schools
                                                • Improving Reading for Health and Happiness
and the importance of promoting
                                                • Assessment – Essentials and Updates (Primary and
wellbeing and resilience with
                                                  Secondary)
young people Kieran Murphy (Phase)
                                                • GREAT – Governance Ready, Education and Training
                                                • Personal development and a happy and thriving school
The governors’ role in closing the              • Going green in school
gap in education                                • Unconscious Bias
Dr Kathy Weston (Tooled Up Education)           • Apprenticeships for Schools
                                                • How to help your school stay on strategy with
                                                  technology
                                                • RE and collective worship
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                                                • Staff Health and Wellbeing
BEP Service Offer Details

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