AoC Governance Update Josie Ormondroyd, Governance Manager

The Governance Unit

Representation - Support - Development

Director of Governance – David Walker

david_walker@aoc.co.uk

Governance Manager – Josie Ormondroyd

josie_ormondroyd@aoc.co.uk

Governance Administrator – Guram Korkoti

guram_korkoti@aoc.co.uk

Recruitment Manager (Governance) – Fiona Telford

fiona_telford@aoc.co.uk

Ambition and Outcomes

Through the programme ensure the college sector :-

1. Utilises the freedoms and flexibilities to develop new empowered strategic leadership with greater responsibility for, and ownership of, strategy and direction;

2. Responds effectively to the changing needs of a dynamic economy and society, through effective dialogue with business and local partners;

3. Has strong and empowered governors, clerks and senior college leaders who will have a positive impact on individual college performance and the whole sector.

4. Ensure governors and clerks equipped with the right level of skills, attributes, characteristics, behaviours and experience are able to deliver the best programmes possible to their students.

5. Governors who are feeling supported and recognised.

6. Establish benchmarks that set the standard for other sectors.

Creating excellence in governance

1

Representation and

Information

2

Support for Governors

3

Governance Development

Code, Guidance Helpline

Topical, expert and standard

briefings, Hot topics

Excellence in Governance

Website Resources

1. Accountability and value for

money 2.

Localism

Good Practice

Recruiting, Induction

4. Excellence in Teaching and

Learning 5.

Fit for Delivery

3. Advocacy

and Partnership

Drivers and Issues for 2015-2016

External Drivers

1 Area Reviews - Localism- devolution debate and employer interaction

2 Standards- raising performance and meeting Ofsted’s expectations

3 Programmes of Study and RPA

4 Austerity measures and the reduced unit of funding

5 Prevent Strategy

Sector Drivers

6 New Structures

7 Commercialisation

8 Embedding the new Code of Good Governance

9 Putting in place the tools for the NLG to carry out board effectiveness exercises and advise on strategic options

10 Increasing communication of the offer

Governance Programme 2015-16

ETF Funded Governance Programme

• Webinars

• Regional Programme

• National Leaders of Governance (NLG)

AoC Governance support

• Governance Helpline

• Briefings and updated Governance Website

• Governance Summit, 2 March 2016, London

Webinars

Next webinar:

13th October

The new Common Inspection Framework (CIF) – what it

means for governance

Listen again:

The Area Review process

Determining new college structures

FE policy in the new parliament

Implementing the Code of Good Governance

Regional Programme

• New governor inductions

• Student governor induction

• Good practice workshops

• Staff Governor event

• Regional Governance Summit

• Clerk, Chair and Governor networks

NLG support

We have 19 NLGs across all AoC Regions.

An NLG can work with individual chairs and boards on:

• Improving college performance

• Supporting the chair of governors

• Improving board effectiveness

NLG support

We are particularly interested in hearing from colleges who have:

• Not previously accessed an NLG

• Recently been inspected and received a lower Ofsted grading for ‘overall

effectiveness’ or ‘leadership, management and governance‘

• Identified in their self-assessment report areas for improvement in

Governance

• Experienced a change of Leadership (Chair or Principal)

• There is a change of circumstances or provision in their area/region

• Any other significant factor is present

Clerks’ Induction, CPD and training

Clerks’ Induction

Clerks’ CPD

• Diplomacy & Influencing Skills

• Managing Challenging Clerking Situations

• The Role of the Trustee and Charity Law

• HE Award (Level 5) in Governance for Clerks

Area Review support

• AoC Governors’ Council have been influential in shaping the Area

Review process, in particular on college autonomy.

• Governance Development Programme support through webinars,

Regional meetings and summits, NLG support

• Area Review Conferences with live streaming:

9 October - Rugby

21 October - Manchester

• Further ‘Lessons Learned’ Conference likely in early spring