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Governing Body Objectives

Bosmere Junior School

Governing Body Development Plan 2025–2026  Summary

The School Improvement Plan for the academic year 2025-2026 has the following key objectives:

Key priority 1 - Continue to improve the quality of education, with a continued focus on the development of oracy

Key priority 2 – Continue to improve behaviour, attitudes and personal development, with a particular focus on the promotion of relational strategies and the development of life skills

Key priority 3 – Continue to improve leadership and management, in particular the development of a Sustainability leader. 

To support the School Improvement Plan and improve the governance of the school, the Governing Body set itself the following development objectives for academic year 2025-2026.

Objective 1

To increase opportunities for challenge and strategic debate as a Governing Body

 

Success Criteria : -

  • Governors have been able to provide challenge in FGB and committee meetings

  • Opportunities have been identified and exploited in FGB and committee meetings to discuss and debate the strategic direction of the school

Planned Actions : -

  • Provide reminders to governors prior to meetings to ask questions which provide challenge
  • Include an additional agenda item at the end of each FGB meeting:
    • Discuss section from Governance Guide (small section to be looked at each meeting)
    • What challenge has been provided by Governors this meeting?
    • As a result f the discussion which have taken place this meeting, what are the implications for strategic forward planning?
  • Chairs of Committees to incorporate reflection on challenge and strategic thinking

Objective 2

To improve Governor knowledge of pupil wellbeing and attainment

Success Criteria : -

  • Governors understand the impact of pupil wellbeing on attainment

  • Governors feel able to challenge the strategic development of provision for pupil wellbeing

Planned Actions : -

  • Wellbeing provision to form part of the Guided Learning Walk
  • All governors to attend the January Whole Governing Body Training session on Wellbeing & Attainment.
  • To reflect on the implications of the WGBT at FGB and committee meetings. 
  • To suggest areas for development for the strategic plan based on training. 
  • Challenge subject leaders / year leaders to reflect on the provision for pupil wellbeing within their subject area / year group.

Objective 3

To ensure effective use of the skills audit and induction programme to identify Governor training / recruitment

Success Criteria : -

  • Skills audit has been used to identify areas of weakness, including for succession planning

  • Induction programme has been further updated to ensure governors can fulfil their roles effectively

Planned Actions : -

  • Analyse the updated skills audit with a view to ensuring succession planning
  • Use analysis to inform training and recruitment planning
  • Conduct interviews / surveys to monitor and evaluate the quality of the Governor Induction Programme
  • Further update the induction programme to include specific in-house training relating specifically to Bosmere FGB

 

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