Training Times – July 2015
The July 2015 edition of Training Times is now in schools, with a spotlight on mental health, Exchanging Excellence and our Vulnerable Groups Achievement team alongside the usual HfL and schools’ news.
The link to the online version can be found here: http://bit.ly/TT-July15.
This edition includes:
- mental health – the pressures facing young people:
‘Homework ban to save pupils from depression’, read one headline in The Times last month; ‘Give children a good start in life’, pleaded top national mental health organisations to the new government in the wake of the general election. - new Head of School Recruitment Services has now joined HfL:
Justine Hammond joined HfL on 1st July. - Exchanging Excellence – an impressive journey from RI to outstanding at Brockswood:
The school is one of the first in the country to move straight from RI to outstanding between only two inspections under the current framework. - HfL’s first Investor in Parents award winners, Newberries Primary:
Anna Traxon, Headteacher, commented “We are delighted to have been awarded with Investor in Parents status and to be the first school in Hertfordshire to receive the accolade.” - National Conference for school business managers:
Organised by HfL last month, this national conference on the topic of being creative and inspirational during times of challenge & change, had three keynote speakers and 12 workshops.
…and much more!
Changes ahead
Following feedback from the recent Training Times survey, we are currently reviewing and refreshing the format, content and name of this publication for September.
If your chair of governors would like to receive extra copies for the governing body please get in touch. We welcome any feedback or content suggestions for future editions. Please contact our Journalist Jessica Broadbent at jessica.broadbent@nullhertsforlearning.co.uk with your feedback or if you would like your school to be included.
Herts for Learning Board announces election of new primary phase non-executive director
HfL have released the following announcement:
We are pleased to announce that Graham Lane, governor at Redbourn Infant and Nursery school, has been elected as the new primary phase non-executive director (NED) to the HfL Board as from 11th June 2014.
Graham is passionate about education and brings with him a wealth of experience from the education and commercial sectors. He is vice chair of the Corporation (Board of Governors) at Oaklands College, vice chair of the business group comprising Hertfordshire National Apprenticeship Service Ambassadors Network and a governor of Redbourn Infant and Nursery School. In addition, Graham is managing director of a Hertfordshire IT business and sits on several business boards including Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
The vacancy for primary non-executive director arose as John Grubb, governor at Wheatcroft Primary School and chair of the HfL Board, announced he would be standing down from the HfL Board as from 31st March 2014 due to work commitments.
The HfL Board includes six school elected non-executive directors, two council appointed non-executive directors and two Board appointed independent non-executive directors with commercial experience alongside one executive director, HfL’s Managing Director. Graham will join Kim Frazer and Amanda Godfrey as the three primary phase NEDs