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Thursday Jun 23, 2011

Seeing the difference

Last night I went to my first school governors' meeting in quite a while, after we had to postpone the meeting that was planned for earlier this term.

It has to be said that I really enjoyed it! I said to another governor as we were leaving that it felt like the main difference was that I had been at the preceding full governing body. So, when anyone referred to something that we discussed in the last meeting I was much more readily able to know what we were talking about.

I think the other thing I found particularly inspiring last night was a physical change at the school. Last term we had discussed and approved the installation of two canopies to provide shade for reception and the early years and it was really lifting to see them in place as I walked into the school last night.

These canopies are just a physical example of the pace of genuine change within both this particular school and the educational landscape more generally. We will be having a lot of changes that will be exciting and challenging at the school as we embark on a project that will be large in both scale and effect.

I for one am really looking forward to seeing the gradual transformation over the coming months and years. It seems very clear to me now that this is the reward governors get for their hours spent sitting in meetings!

Posted by Will ( 9:07 AM )
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