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EDUCATION 047 School report
Could you be a parent governor?, equality award for local university and funding secures Chartham-based school’s future
Kas Russell-Graham W
hat is expected of a parent governor? The National Governance Association describes the role as providing
strategic leadership and accountability. A parent governor becomes a member of a governing board, which is established in law as a corporate body, and governors appoint the head and deputy; the board of governors may even own the school site. Decisions taken by the board are a
joint responsibility, but the head teacher is responsible for the internal organisation, management and control of the school. Governors should be prepared to be
a source of challenge, and also support to the head teacher – in this way they act as a ‘critical friend’.
Jeremy Hater, now Chair of Governors at Bridge and Patrixbourne CEP School, first stood for election as a parent governor after initially being a parent volunteer. “I was helping with some science and heard they were looking for governors,” he says, “but there are other ways to help out without that commitment. “If you have a specific skill – for example, in Health and Safety – then notify your school. You can be co-opted onto the board, or be a non- voting ‘associate member’ and really make a difference.” Some schools and colleges
are finding it hard to recruit any governors, or even volunteers with skills, but help
is at hand: Inspiring the Future is a website that matches volunteers with skills, such as finance, law, HR and marketing, with state schools and colleges. Schools and volunteers can register at
www.inspiringthefuture.org/ inspiring-governors
Shaping a new school fit for the 21st century
With great relief and excitement, Canterbury Steiner School’s future is now safe with new private investment secured to grow the Chartham-based independent school for three to 14-year-olds. Following recently-agreed new private investment the school is set to transform in the coming years into one of the region’s most exciting and forward- thinking independent schools. Parents are increasingly looking for an education that is more in tune with their child and here they can find this genuinely different approach. They appeal to those
parents who place as much value upon a pupil’s personal and emotional wellbeing as on simply academic achievement. School Leader, Tessa Carias (pictured),
says: “We have always felt we have enormous strengths, from our highly skilled staff and holistic curriculum to the beauty of our location. Now, with the right resources, we are fully confident in becoming a school for excellence.”
Equality award for university
Canterbury Christ Church University has been awarded a prestigious Bronze Athena SWAN award form the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), in recognition of the University’s commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education. The award was established to help create
more equitable working environments for women in STEM institutions that are making positive steps, and recently expanded to include arts, humanities, social sciences, business and law.
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