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Welcome to the Derbyshire School Governors Association website.
DSGA is an independent voluntary organisation open to governors in all Derbyshire schools (including academies). It is run by governors for governors and is independent of the Local Authority. Membership is free and all are welcome to attend our meetings. More information about DSGA is available here. If you would like to subscribe to our emails you can sign up here DSGA newsletters.
This Derbyshire County Council newsletter for governors contains information to help you in your role as a school governor, trustee or clerk to governors. Please discuss the contents at your next governing board meeting.
You can download a copy of the newsletter here.
The EEF Guide to Becoming an Evidence-Informed School Governor and Trustee, designed to offer a quick way into the evidence the EEF makes freely available to all schools. Readthe top 10 tips, based on this report here.
A new version of the Governance Handbook has been released (22 March) by the Department for Education (DfE).
Changes from the previous version (January 2017) include:
The DfE issued new guidance on 28th March 2019. The DfE’s ‘Best practice guidance for school complaints procedures 2019’ offers advice for schools on setting up and reviewing their complaints procedures, and it now includes new information on complaint campaigns, informal resolutions, legal representation, complaints about staff and more.
You can read the updated guidance here.
