BASG Executive Minutes 17/8/2020

Apologies:

Joanne Marchant, Peter Lerner, Bernadette Allison (Secretary)

Gwyneth Langley, Tomas Pukalski

Agenda Subject

Action

1.

Apologies for absence

Gwyneth Langley

Tomas Pukalski

2.

Notification of any other business

·         Autumn Term agendas

·         Clerking

·         AGM

3.

Declaration of interest

Maggi Bull – Chair of NGA

4.

Approval of minutes from the meeting held on 7.07.2020

Minutes approved – follow up is on-going

(Newsletter, website, AGM)

5.

Consultative Board

MB is due to meet with SJ with an agenda focused on governance.

MB chairs the Consultative Board and liaises with BC. Attendance of officers is important so as to ensure representation and involvement in agenda items and coverage of LA responsibilities.

Terms of reference need to be updated.

In the present circumstances, it was considered to be important for a presence at the meeting from ‘Public Health’.

MB will follow up.

MB

6.

Communication with

Buckinghamshire County Council (BC)

PR is looking at agendas for governance and the coming term/year and its circulation. He will follow up with a couple of members of the group.

PR is at present in discussion with BC regarding the training agenda for the coming school year.

Discussion took place about an annual planner for school governance showing what is required within governance over a school year. Although these are available through governor organisations it is important to have dates/deadlines included from a local perspective.

Discussion also took place about whether there will be virtual LA briefings, as face to face meetings have not taken place since the beginning of 2020.

School Improvement does need to be considered and how the Side by Side initiative is being taken through into 2020/21. It was felt that School Improvement should be linked with Governance consistently.

PR

7.

Networking Groups

It was felt that it would be helpful for Networking groups to receive key information of events from the Consultative Board and the LA so as to ensure clear knowledge and communication of relevant information across governance in Buckinghamshire.

8.

School opening for more pupils

There is a wealth of information available from:

·         Buckinghamshire Council

·         DfE

·         NGA

·         The Key

Discussion about the resumption of Ofsted visits as of the end of September. It was felt that more information regarding this would be helpful. Concerns were raised about additional pressures for schools in the present situation of settling all pupils and staff back to school.

9.

AGM 2020

PR and MB are following up on organizing ‘speakers’ for the event which will take place in Spring 2021.

PR/MB

10.

AOB

Clerking – Agenda for Autumn Term 2020

PR and JP will link on this

PGL – There has been follow up by schools on reimbursement of funds to parents.

AS recommended that schools/governors continue to follow up on this consistently so as to ensure PGL do respond. It is important that this does not have an impact on disadvantaged pupils/families

PR/JP

Date and venue of next meeting

It was recommended that all meetings continue in the Autumn Term in a virtual format.

Monday 14.09.2020 at 18.00

Meeting finished at 19.25