Governors update from Mr David Aaronson, Chair of Governors

Email: Chairof Governors@deanshanger.northants.sch.uk

Good day to everyone, this Governor Section is a brief record of activities that have taken place recently.

I met with the Business Manager to go over the Central Records we have to keep as part of our Governance Review and Safeguarding responsibilities. I was impressed with the professionalism and diligence with which the extremely important area is addressed and records kept up to date.

I have met with the Head to talk over various ongoing issues re safeguarding and school development.

We continue to ensure that governors are kept up to date on school life and how they can be active participants in its growth and onward journey.

Lead Governors in subject areas will be looking to arrange meetings with their staff counterparts to discuss ongoing progress, data and future plans.

Thank you very much to the parents that joined us for our PAG (Parent Action Group) meetings last week. You have supported us with feedback on communication, behaviour, the use of home school diaries and a lot more. 

Coming up in the next three weeks

Attendance last week

Foundation Stage -  98.1%; Year 1 - 95.4%; Year 2 - 92.9%;  Year 3 - 98.7%;  Year 4 -  95.1%; Year 5 - 96.1%; Year 6 - 93.8%

Wherever possible, we would like to see your child/ren in school every day and in on time for the register at 8.50am. Lateness and absence impact on your child's learning and progress and can also impact on the learning of other children.

Open-door communication is really important to us. We can't explain, tweak or change things if we don't know about them. Please always make contact with the class teacher in the first instance if it involves something that has happened in class (all of the email addresses are in the home/school diary) and make contact openly with myself if it is regarding a different suggestion or issue.

Many thanks,

Rachel Rice  head@deanshanger.northants-ecl.gov.uk