More and more schools are thinking of getting therapy dogs for the benefit of pupils. The guidance note asks a number of questions but also covers:policy developmentresponsibilitiesrisk assessments andthe welfare of the dog.Log in to view guidance...
Member of staff has symptoms of a respiratory infection, including Covid-19, and has not taken a Covid-19 test:If a member of staff has symptoms of a respiratory infection, such as Covid-19, and they have a high temperature or do not feel well...
Chairs’ / lead governors’ governors have considered headteacher (HT) well-being and how governing boards (GBs) can support their leadership team on an ongoing basis.Recognition and acknowledgement of increased HT/SLT workload. Is there...
What is Therapeutic Thinking?Therapeutic Thinking provides a set of principles and an approach that is designed to better understand and meet young people’s needs. The underlying theory and a practical, graduated set of tools supports leaders...
The schools financial procedures provides maintained schools with guidance on a range of financial management processes that are set out as individual sections.Expenditure from the school's delegated budget needs to be in accordance with the...
The job descriptions have been developed in consultation with special school headteachers and take into account a number of factors.These include existing practice in schools, the National Agreement and the National Joint Council (NJC) guidelines...
Key question: How might we engage in open, honest, and uncomfortable conversations about race to lead towards healing and thriving?The Open, honest and uncomfortable conversations about race - reflections table document has been produced...
The Ealing governor toolkit has been developed by the governance development team, other Ealing officers and governor associates, to provide support to Ealing school governing boards (GBs) and Ealing local authority (LA) officers/...
ELP case study using the spiral of enquiry methodology in a primary school to:Evaluate a new approach to writing in KS2Review of a new relational behaviour approachAs a part of our race equality auditSchool/ Context: North Ealing Primary School...
The governing board has general responsibility for the conduct of the school with view to ensuring high standards of educational achievement for all pupils.This general responsibility gives rise to a wide range of specific responsibilities which in...