- £483 million investment to boost and improve school buildings
- Education Secretary outlines priorities on improving pupil outcomes
- Baroness Berridge speech to the Sixth Form Colleges Association
- Education Secretary selects preferred candidate for new Ofqual Chief Regulator
- Termination warning notice to London Enterprise Academy
June 2021 Governors’ Update
The next Hertfordshire Headteachers Update is scheduled for Tuesday 15 June at 2.00pm. Governors are also invited to attend this session if they wish to. This will be run as a webinar this term and the registration link is below.
https://app.livestorm.co/herts-for-learning/hertfordshire-headteacher-updates-summer-term-2021
The updates will include the following items: Continue reading
March 2021 Governors Update
The next Governors update takes place online on Wednesday 17th March 2021 between 5 pm & 7 pm. The agenda will comprise the following topics:
- 5.00 Hertfordshire perspective – Jenny Coles, Simon Newland, Tania Rawle
- 5.30 Ofsted update – Jeremy Loukes
- 5.45 Safeguarding update – Kay Papageorgiou
- 6.00 HR update – David Windridge
- 6.15 SEND update – Jo Fisher
- 6.30 Reviewing DSPL and LSPs in Hertfordshire – Sue Chapman
- 6.45 The GREAT pathway – Kathy Dunnett
- 6.55 Final questions and wrap up – Tania Rawle
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Digital Conference Starts Monday 15th March
Herts for Learning (HfL) and Hertfordshire Association of School Governors (HASG) are delighted to confirm the rescheduled governor conference will be delivered digitally in spring 2021.
We took the decision to postpone the November 2020 date and reschedule for March 2021 in the hope ‘normal service will be resumed’. However, as we remain in an uncertain period, HfL and HASG have taken the decision to run the conference digitally, but over the week!
Monday 15th March – Friday 19th March 2021:
Education – Bridging the Gap – Annual Conference
‘Education – Bridging the Gap’, is the theme for the Annual Governors Conference, bookings open on Monday 16th November.
Herts for Learning (HfL) and Hertfordshire Association of School Governors (HASG) are delighted to confirm the rescheduled governor conference will be delivered digitally in spring 2021.
We took the decision to postpone the November 2020 date and reschedule for March 2021 in the hope ‘normal service will be resumed’. However, as we remain in an uncertain period, HfL and HASG have taken the decision to run the conference digitally, but over the week! Continue reading
HASG AGM 2020 – Tuesday 8th December
The HASG AGM 2020, which would normally take place at the Herts Governors Annual Conference in November, is going virtual.
This year the conference has been postponed to March 2021. Our constitution requires our AGM to be held in the Autumn Term. Thus, it will take place virtually on 8th December 2020 at 7 pm. Governors/Trustees of member schools are free to attend. Please register Continue reading
Dates for 2020/21 Headteacher & Governor Updates
As we continue to be in uncertain times, we have 3 dates, two of which are taking an optimistic view that larger group meetings might be possible by spring. These update dates are:
- Autumn 2020
Monday 30 November – 2 x webinars with an evening one at 5 pm for governors. Register online here.
Agenda items to include:- Hertfordshire perspective,
- HR updates,
- Safeguarding updates.
- Spring 2021
Wednesday 17 March – Hatfield (Governors), and - Summer 2021
Thursday 17 June – Hatfield (Governors).
Read about previous updates here.
Nominations Now Open for Herts for Learning non-exec directors
HfL have commenced an election process to recruit 3 x primary phase and 1 x special phase non-exec directors onto the HfL Board. Details of this process are given below:
Election process for Herts for Learning non-executive directors
The Herts for Learning (HfL) Board includes six elected school non-executive directors who take up post for a term of three years. In November 2020, there will be Continue reading
Governors’ Webinar Update
As we are unable to run the Heads’ updates in our usual format, we will be delivering our summer updates in the form of a webinar. HfL will be hosting this on our behalf. There will be one session only for governors on Wednesday 17th June 2020 at 5.00 pm.
The programme is as follows: Continue reading
HASG/HfL Hertfordshire Governors’ Annual Conference Postponed
The Executive Committee of the Hertfordshire Association of School Governors (HASG) together with the Governance Planning Team of HfL have decided that the conference planned for Saturday 7th November 2020 will be postponed until Spring 2021.
The continuing uncertainty surrounding the development of the Covid-19 pandemic and the probable inadvisability of a meeting of up to 300 delegates in November this year has led us to decide now that, in the interests of safety for all participants, there was no alternative to this postponement. Continue reading
2019 winners & runners-up pictured with Michael Taylor (HASG chair), Terry Douris (HCC Executive Member, Education) & Andrew de Csilléry (Managing Director HfL).
Hertfordshire Outstanding Governor Awards 2020 Nominations Open
The HASG are pleased to announce that nominations have opened for the School Governor Awards 2020. We aim to celebrate outstanding and distinguished service by school governors and trustees in Hertfordshire. The winners of these awards will be announced Continue reading