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After a prompt from a fellow safety professional, I am taking up the role of a school governor again
I would recommend this to anyone
please post if you are a school governor and what you have gained from the experience
If you are interested and want to know more look here...
https://www.gov.uk/become-school-college-governor
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Hi
I have been doing the same role at my daughters primary school for around 9 months now and have found it very useful. I also sit on their environment and safety commitee and offer practical commence sense views on such issues in and around school. Often the danger is local authorities rely too heavily on consultants and end up tying themselves up in red tape. It will be interesting to see how things change as we look to move into an academy from LA control.
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I did this for many years at a local primary school and ended up as Chair. We entered (and won) the European Safety Week awards - three steps to risk assessment and poems about stress. You can still find some of the latter being used in presentations world-wide.
There is a great appetite for safety in primary schools. The teachers welcome you to come in and give short talks on road/rail safety, safety in the home etc., and the children love it.
I am now an Associate Governor; this may be a term that your local school may not know about. Basically I do not attend meetings and have no voting rights but I am on hand to give help and advice if they need it.
Contact your local school in September - they will more than likely welcome you with open arms.
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I am not and never will be a school governor but wish you the best of luck.
My experience of dealing with school governors as a parent was last year when I made a complaint about my daughter being discriminated against on grounds of her physical disability.
I attended a complaints hearing at the school and the result was the Governors found against my complaint and in favour of the school.
I then took the claim to Court where the Judge tore into the school (head, deputy heads - [2 of] - teachers and carer in attendance at court) with Barrister and solicitor, my wife and I represented ourselves. The Judge decided in our favour.
I have not yet heard from the Governors who are most probably embarrassed by their decision.
As I say good luck.
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I was a primary school community governor for several years as it was something that my employer actively encouraged to forge links with the local community. I found it very rewarding but also very time consuming - you can quickly get sucked into lots of different committees! I did enjoy spending time observing classes and reporting back and also helping the buildings committee to prioritise work against budgets. I also found the LA training sessions for governors very useful.
Due to demands of family and current role I have not taken this up again since moving to Wales 3 years ago. However I would recommend it as a positive experience.
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