Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School

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Code of Conduct

  • The main aim of the School is to advance the educational achievement of all pupils. 
  • The Governors of the School will provide a strategic view for the School; they will act as Critical Friend to support and question the School; they will hold the School to account for care and safety of children, the educational standards achieved and the quality of the education provided.
  • The Governors of the School will monitor and review the policies, plans and procedures which are used by the School.
  • The Governors of the School will share all responsibilities jointly, except where individual Governors have been given delegated authority to act on behalf of the Governing Body.

COMMITMENT

  • We accept that taking office as a Governor commits us to significant amounts of time and energy.
  • We undertake to attend meetings regularly, and to take responsibilities on committees or working groups.
  • Those charged with providing information will do their best to circulate paperwork a week before meetings. We will undertake wherever possible to read paper work before meetings and to come prepared to question and clarify the information provided.
  • We undertake to get to know the School well through visits and meetings with staff.
  • We will undertake training as required, and as appropriate to individual governor responsibilities.

RELATIONSHIPS

  • We will undertake to work as a team.
  • We will seek to work effectively with staff, parents and Local Authority and other agencies.

CONFIDENTIALITY

  • We will observe confidentiality when required to do so, and especially in matters concerning staff and students.
  • We will exercise discretion if contentious issues arise.
  • We will continue to observe confidentiality about the School, on ceasing to act as a Governor.

CONDUCT

  • We encourage expression of views, but accept collective responsibility for all decisions made by the Governing Body.
  • We will only speak or act on behalf of the Governing Body when authorised to do so.
  • We will follow the School’s Complaints procedure in responding to criticisms or complaints.
  • Our visits to School will be made using the guidelines laid down in Governor Visits Policy.
  • We will carry out our duties in a way that supports and maintains the ethos and reputation of the School.
  • In all matters concerning Holtsmere End Infants and Nursery School we will conduct ourselves in a manner that does not bring disrepute on the School e.g. in use of social media.

 

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