Leadership Training Programme 2019/20

Course Overview

This session will cover the very strict legal requirements that all Headteachers must follow in relation to fixed term and permanent exclusions. It will include the procedures for decision making and communication with parents. We will specifically look at the procedure for managing permanent exclusions for which Headteachers have sole responsibility. This will be an informal interactive session and there will be plenty of opportunity for questions. It will also cover the legal framework that governs schools admissions and appeals. We will also explain the role of the Local Authority in co-ordinating the admission and appeal procedures, responsibilities of Headteachers and the specific requirements for schools that are their own Admission Authority such as Academies and Aided Schools. This will be an informal interactive session and there will be plenty of opportunity for questions.

Course Overview

This session attempts to map the fragmented education landscape to provide colleagues with a clearer understanding of the many partners with whom schools work. This will include Sheffield City Council and other public services.

The session will be accompanied by a presentation that colleagues can take away and there will be opportunities for discussion.

Managing health and safety well can bring many benefits to you, your staff and also the rest of the school community. It is important that you have clear arrangements in place for managing health and safety, and, as a Headteacher, understand your role, responsibilities and accountabilities. Getting health and safety leadership right is about managing risk sensibly. This short briefing session outlines your duties under health and safety legislation, the benefits of managing health and safety well; the potential consequences when it goes wrong and dispels some of the myths associated with “’elf and safety gone mad…”

This session will cover the legal framework that governs schools admissions and appeals. We will also explain the role of the Local Authority in co-ordinating the admission and appeal procedures, responsibilities of Headteachers and the specific requirements for schools that are their own Admission Authority such as Academies and Aided Schools. This will be an informal interactive session and there will be plenty of opportunity for questions.

Course Overview

This session will focus on the role of school governors and trustees in leading the school and providing strategic oversight, taking into account the three core functions of governance:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

The session will look at the key features of effective governance and ways in which heads can successfully work with governors to provide great leadership for schools.

Course Overview

This session will provide an overview of school and academy finances and the tools available to support with financial benchmarking, including an introduction to "Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning". This will be an informal interactive session and there will be plenty of opportunity for questions.

This session will cover practical real life examples of situations / scenarios when schools have needed legal advice and support to include:

• Disability discrimination and SEND Tribunals
• Uneconomic contracts
• Contract disputes
• Subject access requests, repetitive and vexatious requests and the ICO
• Parental complaints
• Nuisance on school premises – how to deal with warring parents
• Support during an HSE investigation
• Behaviour, discipline and exclusions
• Trespass on school land
• Employment issues
• Collaboration, federation, schools companies
• The School Trip to Paris that goes wrong!

We will also be discussing with you:

• when it would be appropriate to seek legal advice and support
• What sort of support from legal services would you like to see?