Conferences

The Governors’ Conference 2006

Saturday 20 May 2006
The Sherwell Centre

This year’s conference focused on the 5 points of the Every Child Matters Agenda.

Bronwen Lacey, Director of Children’s Services welcomed the delegates to the Governor Support Team Conference for 2006.

The conference opened with a presentation by Kevin Jane, HMI (Her Majesty's Inspectorate) who gave the national perspective to the Every Child Matters’ agenda and how it impacted on the new Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) inspection.

Presentations followed on each of the 5 outcomes:

• Being healthy - Paul O’Sullivan, Director of Health Services for Children and Families
• Staying safe - Superintendent Peter Strawbridge, Devon and Cornwall Police
• Enjoying and achieving - John Searson, Senior Adviser Children’s Services Department
• Making a positive contribution - Mike Thomas JP, former headteacher and Governor of Hillside School
• Economic well-being - Sue Parr, Childcare Partnership Manager JobCentre Plus Devon

You can download the presentations from the documents table below.

The conference also launched the Governor Support Team’s new tool for Governing Bodies, 'The Role of' packs - a set of 10 booklets outlining the roles of key named governors.

82 governors attended representing 49 schools across the city.

Your School, Your Child, Your Voice

Monday 11 July 2005
Plymouth Novotel

This conference opened by Cllr Pauline Purnell, Portfolio Holder for Children's Services gave parents, carers and governors the opportunity to offer their views on inclusion. The Education Service is presently developing the City Council's inclusion strategy and wanted to ensure the views of parents, carers and governors were listened to carefully before the strategy document was written. The strategy will shape the planning for schools and other services for the education and well-being of children and young people in Plymouth.

The well attended conference was organised by the Plymouth Governor Support Team and the Plymouth Parent Partnership Service. 65% of schools were represented at the conference by at least 1 governor.

Delegates were asked to consider 10 key questions that would form the basis of the 2005 to 2008 strategy:

1. How can we best promote and support inclusion in schools to meet the needs of all pupils?
2. How can all services that support children and families becoming more inclusive and integrated?
3. What realistic and manageable strategies can we develop to listen to the voices of children and young people and of parents and carers?
4. How can we improve greater collaboration between schools, other education providers, voluntary organisations and parents' groups to promote and support inclusion?
5. How can we ensure that the good practice that exists in many schools, early years settings, support services and voluntary organisations is shared and developed?
6. How can we better support children and young people with transition points in their lives - eg starting school, changing schools and leaving school?
7. How can we ensure that children and young people attend school?
8. How can we promote/improve support for pupils' emotional, social and behavioural needs in schools?
9. How can we more effectively and efficiently use financial resources to support inclusion?
10. How can we ensure that our school buildings support inclusion of all pupils?

Documents

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	Be healthy - PowerPoint presentation given by Paul O’Sullivan (Director of Health Services for Children and Families) at the 2006 Governors’ Conference. This presentation is on one of the strands of the Every Child Matters’ agenda. File format Adobe Acrobat - 563KB
	Stay safe - PowerPoint presentation given by Superintendent Peter Strawbridge (Devon and Cornwall Police) at the 2006 Governors’ Conference. This presentation is on one of the strands of the Every Child Matters’ agenda. File format Adobe Acrobat - 367KB
	Enjoy and achieve - PowerPoint presentation given by John Searson (Senior Adviser Children’s Services Department) at the 2006 Governors’ Conference. This presentation is on one of the strands of the Every Child Matters’ agenda. File format Adobe Acrobat - 171.6KB
	Making a positive contribution - PowerPoint presentation given by Mike Thomas JP (former Headteacher and Governor of Hillside School) at the 2006 Governors’ Conference. This presentation is on one of the strands of the Every Child Matters’ agenda. File format Adobe Acrobat - 115KB
	Economic well-being - Economic Well-being PowerPoint presentation given by Sue Parr (Childcare Partnership Manager JobCentre Plus Devon) at the 2006 Governors’ Conference. This presentation is on one of the strands of the Every Child Matters’ agenda. File format Adobe Acrobat - 25.5KB
	Every Child Matters - Kevin Jane PowerPoint presentation given at the 2006 Governors’ Conference. This presentation outlined the Ofsted perspective of the Every Child Matters’ agenda. File format Adobe Acrobat - 60.5KB

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