The Governing Chatters Podcast
Governing Chatters – we like a chat in GovernanceHQ – chatting with a purpose! Join us for the latest news and views that affect governors, trustees and clerks of state schools in England.
Episodes
Join us for the final episode of Governing Chatters for this academic year as we take a retrospective journey through the challenges we've faced and celebrate our accomplishments.
In this episode, we'll delve into the key challenges that schools and trusts have encountered throughout the year and explore the implications of the upcoming outcome of the STRB (School Teachers' Review Body).
We have news to share regarding NGA's leade...
Welcome to this episode of our podcast, where we delve into the world of governance professionals and explore what it takes to build a successful career as a self-employed governance professional. Joining Amy Wright, NGA's Clerking Development Manager, are Laura Corcoran and Ellie Hully who both have extensive experience and are eager to share their insights.
We tackle a range of issues that are crucial to governance professionals ...
In the latest episode of Governing Chatters, Fiona Fearon is joined by Catherine Roche, the chief executive of Place2Be, Lucy Bartley, chief executive of Two Ten Therapy and Ben Levinson, the headteacher at Kensington Primary School as we explore pupil mental health and wellbeing.
This year’s theme for Children's Mental Health Week is Let’s Connect. Fiona, Catherine, Lucy and Ben discuss what that means and how we can all support g...
Join Emma Knights, Steve Edmonds, San Henson and Emma Balchin as they look forward to what is on the education horizon in 2023, whether it is the implementation of parts of the white paper, the need for action on SEND and the welcome news from the autumn fiscal statement and what that means for governors and trustees. We also look forward to some of the exciting NGA plans for the year.
In the latest episode of Governing Chatters, Emma Knights is joined by long-time friend of NGA, Andy Buck to talk about the vital relationship between the chair of the board and the executive leader, whether that be a head teacher of a school or a chief executive of a trust and how that relationship can be supportive, challenging and secure.
Emma and Andy explore some of the key habits that help to build a rapport between the board...
Making EdTech work for you
In this month’s podcast, Steve Edmonds and Nina Sharma explored the increasing prevalence and reliance on technology in our schools and classrooms. We wanted to find out how those who are governing keep pace with these developments and ensure that technology is being used effectively.
Steve and Nina were joined by Al Kingsley, Chair of trustees, Hampton Academies Trust and group CEO, NetSupport and Julie...
As we start a new academic year, Emma Knights, Sam Henson and Steve Edmonds discuss the challenges schools are facing. With a new prime minister and secretary of state we explore what is sitting in the in-tray for the new ministerial team at the Department for Education, particularly the financial challenges schools are dealing with. We also explore the findings from NGA’s annual governance survey and outline what that means for MA...
In the latest episode of Governing Chatters, Sam Henson and Nina Sharma discuss NGA’s latest report on school inspection. Following on from our report that looked at Ofsted’s newly introduced education inspection framework in 2020 which identified key issues and areas to address, the latest report highlights where Ofsted inspection practice has since changed or improved.
Sam and Nina discuss the experiences of governing boards and ...
In our latest episode, Emma Knights is joined by Sam Henson and Steve Edmonds to discuss the recently published white paper ‘Opportunity for all: Strong schools with great teachers for your child’ sets out the government’s vision for the future of education which was swiftly followed by the green paper, 'SEND review, Right Support, Right Place, Right Time'.
Emma, Sam and Steve discuss what was included, what boards need to know and...
In this edition of Governing Chatters, Sam Tranter is joined by two members of NGA’s Young Governors’ Network, Anju Dhir and Matthew McKirgan to talk about their experiences of being a young governor, the importance of diversity of thought and representation on boards and what they have learnt from governing.
You can read the full report on increasing participation in governance here.
You can find more information on NGA’s You...
In our latest episode of Governing Chatters, Steve Edmonds discusses staff development with Mandy Coalter, Founder of Talent Architects and Gareth Alcott, Director of Strategic partnerships at the National College of Education. In a thoughtful discussion, Steve, Mandy and Gareth explore the key points in establishing a culture of CPD within a school or Trust, how to make the most of the CPD budget and how the culture of CPD should ...
In our latest episode of Governing Chatters, Emma Knights is joined by Sam Henson, Emma Balchin and Steve Edmonds as they discuss the challenges faced by schools as they start the new term. Download the episode now as we discuss wellbeing for leaders, staff and pupils and how you can best support each other as well as the challenge of accountability in the current climate.
We also explore how to balance the urgent and the important...
Join NGA's Director of Policy and Information, Sam Henson along with Fiona Fearon, Nina Sharma and Megan Tate as they discuss the findings from the 2021 annual governance survey, interpret the data and look ahead to the challenges of 2021
In our latest episode we are joined by three Chairs and Governors to discuss how you can increase participation in governance and why diversity on boards is important. We explore how boards have diversified their membership and supported new governors and trustees when they join.
After a break over the summer, Governing Chatters is back. In the first episode of the autumn term, Emma Knights, Sam Henson and Steve Edmonds discuss the big issues facing you this term.
They discuss plans for school returns, covid recovery and recap on the Ofsted framework for inspection. Alongside this, they explore the role of skills audits, look ahead to the rest of the autumn term’s events and releases.
To access the resourc...
In this month’s podcast, Emma Knights, Steve Edmonds and Emma Balchin looked at pupil wellbeing, what do we mean by it and what does the current data tell us. What are the key elements for building a whole school culture that supports pupils and engages them directly?
We also explored the importance of induction and CPD in supporting new and experienced governors to make an impact and deliver the best education for their pupils. ...
Following the launch of NGA's latest report, MATs Moving Forward, we look at the key issues of the report and how they apply across all schools.
In our latest episode of Governing Chatters we have a fascinating discussion with four outstanding clerks who give us their insight on how you manage relationships, foster a culture of challenge and enable effective governance remotely.
In this episode we are delighted to be joined by some of the key figures involved in the development of the Ethical Leadership framework and the Pathfinder project.
We’ll be talking to them about how they have used the pathfinder project in their school(s) and the impact the work has had.
Christmas is a time for reflection, today we are going to look back on what we have learnt from the seminars, reflect on where we are with Covid and the impact on the sector. We are also going to look at what we have learnt from such a strange year and with a sense of optimism(?) look ahead to what 2021 might contain.
Thanks to Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/) and DL Sounds (https://www.dl-sounds.com) for the tracks used on this ...
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