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Courses for Boards of Governors

Why should governors be trained in the Equality Act?

It is important that school governors have a good idea of the duties that the Equality Act place on their schools, particularly in relation to disabled children. These duties included avoiding "less favourable" treatment by considering what "reasonable adjustments" can be made.

When disputes arise regarding disabled pupils, governors are often the second in line to receive complaints, and must deal with them in a legally correct manner. It is therefore important that governors have an appreciation for EA law, so these complaints can be dealt with as smoothly as possible, and preferably without recourse to the SEN tribunal system.

The courses

Inclusive Practice In Schools - The Equality Act for governors

This course trains school governors in the Equality Act (EA) and what it means for schools. The extensive handbook provided with the course offers many great ideas that you can implement when considering reasonable adjustments.

The Equality Duty - guidance for school governors

This course trains school governors in the requirements of the Equality Duty and preparing the school's statutory published equality information.

The extensive handbook provided with the course offers many great ideas that you can implement in your school, guidance on involving disabled people, example disclosure letters and many other resources to help you conform to your statutory duty.

Emotional Resilience

This course is about how to live with yourself and thrive. No matter how you are feeling or where you are in your life right now you can give yourself a second chance where you can choose to do things differently.

This course is designed to help you become more resilient so you can embrace that change you want to see in your life.

Getting Your Message Across

There are so many variables and dynamics involved in getting any message across in a professional, calm and clear manner. If it were all just about confidence or the way you look and sound, things would be so much easier. Even though all of the above does come into play, there is so much more to communication and getting your message across.

This is a light and enjoyable training course that will help you communicate in a much more effective way, relaxed and confident manner to get your message across.

Co-production

Co-production is when you as an individual influence the support and services you receive, or when groups of people get together to influence the way that services are designed, commissioned and delivered. To put it simply, it’s about the importance of working together, sharing knowledge and co-designing better ways to deliver services with service users, families, and our communities. That is co-production in a nut-shell.