Governing Bodies have a significant input into the running of a school and therefore it is only right and proper that governors should have a full Ofsted inspection at the same time as the school. After all, school governors are quick to show their displeasure to teaching staff who they believe may have contributed to a less than favourable Ofsted report, if the report highlights areas of concern in a particular key stage. It seems unfortunate that mistakes and the lack of ability by Governing Bodies to follow basic procedures are never given the same publicity as that which teachers have to endure through an Ofsted inspection. It is now time that Governing Bodies were inspected to make sure they are running the school so that parents get value for money and that all governors in the school are of a competent standard. It was mentioned in the Times Educational Supplement that the Government intend to set up a bank of super-governors who would be available to help struggling schools and Governing Bodies.
Government ministers are reluctant to make governor training compulsary.
Bully Dissolver Feedback about this Governors Page. It is clear from complaints made to me that some governing bodies are either ignorant of, or are deliberately flouting the law in the provision of school records to parents. I find it hard to understand how information on a parent's entitlement to these documents is freely available on the DFEE website but some governing bodies seem to have difficulty interpreting it, even when they are given the specific statutes under which they must act. In recent weeks I have been told by a parent that he is not allowed to have a copy of his child's school record in case it falls into the wrong hands, and another where the head said he didn't know what the mother was talking about when she asked for a copy of her child's record. I regularly find that parents are not told their rights of appeal when a child is excluded and that far too much power is left in the hands of head teachers, some of whom are clearly as ignorant as their governing bodies.