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Education Committee Terms of Reference

The Education Committee is responsible for overseeing the curriculum, staffing, student welfare, and overall academic standards at the school. Its purpose is to ensure high quality learning experiences for students and continuous improvement. The Committee monitors policies, strategies, and the school's performance, and provides support and accountability to senior leadership. It is comprised of governors, head teachers, and optional co-opted members. The Committee oversees special educational needs, equality, professional development, behavior, health and safety, and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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Education Committee Terms of Reference

The Education Committee is responsible for overseeing the curriculum, staffing, student welfare, and overall academic standards at the school. Its purpose is to ensure high quality learning experiences for students and continuous improvement. The Committee monitors policies, strategies, and the school's performance, and provides support and accountability to senior leadership. It is comprised of governors, head teachers, and optional co-opted members. The Committee oversees special educational needs, equality, professional development, behavior, health and safety, and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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Education Committee: terms of reference

Purpose:
To ensure that robust curriculum, staffing and student welfare strategies are in
place. To ensure that the academic provision gives each student a learning
experience of the highest possible quality and standard.
The committee will offer challenge and support to the Head and Senior
Leadership Team to pursue continuous improvement in students’
achievements and that of the school as a whole.

Membership and quorum:

The membership of the Committee shall comprise:

• A member of the School’s Governing Body (other than the Head Teacher),
to act as Chair;
• The Head Teacher;
• At least two other members of the School’s Governing Body;
• Up to three co-opted members who are not members of the Governing
Body.

The quorum will be three members of whom two must be members of the
Governing Body. Where a matter is put to a vote, the majority of members
present shall be members of the Governing Body.

The following non-members may be in attendance:


• The Assistant Head Teachers
• The Chair of the Governing Body (if not a member of the Committee)
• The Clerk of the Committee (to be appointed by the Chair).
• Other staff of the School as required

The Governing Body will appoint the Chair of the Education Committee.

In the absence of the chair, the Committee shall nominate one of its members
to act as chair for the duration of the meeting

Members of the Committee other than those serving ex officio shall be


appointed by the Governing Body to a term of four years (or such other period
as the Governing Body shall determine), which may be renewed at the
discretion of the Governing Body.

The Committee shall provide the Student Disciplinary panel.

Meetings:
The Committee shall meet at least once every term; extra meetings may be
called by the Chair as required.

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Agendas:
Agendas and papers shall be circulated to all members of the Committee (and
for reference purposes to non-members in attendance) one week before the
meeting by the Head’s P.A. in consultation with the Chair of the Committee
and the head teacher. Minutes and papers of the Committee shall be
available to all members of the Governing Body.

Minutes:
Following approval by the Chair, draft minutes shall be circulated to the
Committee by the Clerk within one week of the meeting, prior to inclusion in
papers for the next full Governors’ meeting.

Reporting and review:

Decisions by the Committee shall be reported to the next meeting of the


School’s Governing Body through the Committee’s draft minutes.

The Governing Body is responsible for approving the Committee’s terms of


reference and shall review them annually.

Responsibilities:

1. To formulate, approve and monitor policy and strategy for curriculum,


learning, teaching, assessment and student welfare

2. To identify and recommend performance indicators relating to student


attainment, behaviour and learning to the full governing body each Autumn
Term. These should include but not be restricted to formal accountability
measures utilised by the Department for Education.

3. To monitor the development of the curriculum in accordance with the


Curriculum Policy agreed by the Governing Body and all statutory
obligations laid down by Government and to monitor the implementation of
relevant points from any Action Plan resulting from OfSTED Inspections.
To monitor measures as agreed by the Governing Body following (2)
above and to report on these to the Governing Body in the Autumn Term,
alongside recommendations for the following academic year. To prepare
reports for the full governing body on any additional issues relating to the
progress of students or the curriculum.

4. To ensure that the requirements of pupils with SEN(D) are met, including
ensuring that a register of students with special educational needs is
compiled and maintained and that all students on the register have an
individual education plan which is monitored, reviewed and updated in
accordance with the Code of Practice.

5. To monitor the equality and diversity dimensions of learning and teaching


and admissions

6. To promote a culture of the best possible professional practice in learning,


teaching and assessment so as to ensure the development of quality and
effectiveness in the curriculum. This to include ensuring that school staff

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are provided with regular opportunities for continuing professional
development, and to approve and monitor policies for ensuring that all staff
(teaching and non-teaching) achieve and maintain up-to-date skills,
knowledge and qualifications as appropriate. To receive regular reports
from the Head on professional development activities undertaken by
school staff.

7. To approve the Behaviour Policy and ensure that it reflects the school’s
aims and objectives, specifically those related to inclusion, safeguarding
and equal opportunities for all.

8. To monitor the development of behaviour and safety in the school. This to


include:

a) To receive regular reports from the assistant head on:


• Attendance
• Punctuality
• Exclusions (fixed term and permanent)
• Behaviour trends
• Child Protection referrals

b) Preparing reports for the full governing body on any issue relating to
the behaviour and safety of students.

9. To ensure that Health and Safety is well understood by all staff, and
appropriate training has taken place.

10. To ensure that robust safeguarding procedures are in place, well


understood by all staff and that appropriate training has taken place.

11. To ensure that the school deals fairly and legally with disciplinary issues,
particularly when related to exclusion.

Policies

A. To agree and monitor statutory policies


a) SEN and Accessibility Policy
b) Behaviour Policy
c) Safeguarding Policy

B. To ensure non-statutory policies are in place:


• Collective Worship
• Curriculum
• Teaching and Learning
• Assessment and Tracking
• Attendance and Punctuality
• Substance Abuse
• Sex Education
• Anti-bullying policy
• Such other policies as may be required from time to time

Approved by the Board of Governors at its meeting held 11 October 2018.

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