Water Primary School has developed further improvements to their annual programme of governor visits to the school, focussed on gathering evidence to support school self-evaluation.

The information gathered during these visits will enable the Governing body to:

• Fulfil their statutory duties and responsibilities
• Have a deeper understanding of the areas of strength and weakness within the school and observe the impact of school improvement actions.
• Monitor the performance of the school – This will help Governors to better informed at meetings and to support and hold to account senior leaders in order to improve pupil outcomes
• Talk to children and staff and the children about their experiences in school

Aims for Governor monitoring and evaluation programme

The planning and implementation of this programme will:

• Governors will have a detailed focus on improvement strategies as well as information regarding subjects
• Statutory audits – safeguarding and inclusion
• Data analysis – This will establish the impact of school improvement priorities and identify further actions
• Involve meetings between staff and governors – formal and informal
• Learning Walks – with an agreed focus
• Discussions with children on their learning
• Reports completed by governors and shared during meetings
• Ensure that all polices are in place and regularly reviewed 

Please see below our Monitoring and Evaluation Schedule for Governors