Schools as Organisations

UNIT 6--- 2.1

Many people are involved in enabling a school to run successfully.

School Governors

School governors role is to be a critical friend to the school and they formThe Governing Body.   They should be united around a common vision arrived at with head and staff and they decide what they want the school to achieve, and make plans to get there. They help to set and keep under review the policies that provide a broad framework within which the head teacher and staff should run the school also ensuring that all those who have an interest in the success of the school contribute when the values and aims are being agreed.

Other roles of the governing body include:

•An active involvement in the creation of the school development/improvement plan (SDP/SIP).

•focusing on raising standards of achievement.

•establishing high expectations and promotes effective teaching and learning, so that pupils achieve to their potential.

•agreeing indicators by which it will measure aspects of the school’s effectiveness.

•ensuring that there are systems in place to check that progress is being made towards targets and that evidence is gathered

•Making sure that the budget plan addresses the priorities identified.

The Senior Management Team

The Senior Management Team or the Senior leadership team   in Primary school set up is usually made up of the Head teacher and Deputy head (or heads depending on the size of the school),year group leaders, SENCO and Foundation stage leader and in Secondary school there may be year group leaders and also subject leaders. The Senior Leadership Team (Including SMT) is the key leadership group within the school, as well as having a major role to play in the day-to-day running of the school.   They play a crucial role, through systems of line management, in ensuring that the School Improvement Plan is a working tool, which moves the school forward.   The SLT is the decision-making body of the school.   Decisions will... [continues]

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