Governor Services
Govenor Services provides support, training and advice for East
Sussex governing bodies and clerks to governors. This enables
them to effectively fulfil thier roles and responsibilities and
contribute to school improvement. The level of access to
training varies depending on the service level agreement that the
governing body has purchased, and a description of the service
level agreements can be found at Czone.
You can use the
Governor Services pages on the East Sussex
website to:
- download sample letters and documents, good practice, area
forum papers and other documents;
- access governor training information;
- access latest news and important updates;
- find out about area forums and download the papers;
- find out about clerks' support and development meetings and
download presentations.
If you have any questions about your role as a governor, you can
contact Governor Services.
Who's Who in Governor Services
There are four members of staff in the Governor Services team,
and you can speak to any of them about any questions you have, but
the information below gives a brief outline of their individual
roles in the team.
Governor Services Manager: Peter Davidson is the Governor
Services manager and has been working in Governor Services since
December 2006. He works closely with School Development
Advisers, School Improvement Partners, senior managers at CfBT and
East Sussex Children's Services as well as East Sussex Governors'
Representative Group (ESGRG), governors and headteachers.
Peter works with schools requiring additional support and manages
our pool of associate trainers, working Monday to Friday all
year.
Governor Services Co-ordinator: Caroline Taylor has been
in the team since January 2004 and works closely with the
manager. Caroline is responsible for local authority governor
appointments, governors' area meetings, Clerks' Support &
Development meetings, Instruments of Government and ESGRG.
She also writes and produces the termly newsletter and manages our
website content. Caroline can be contacted with queries about
school governance legislation and clerking issues. Caroline
works Monday to Friday all year.
Governor Clerical Assistant: Lyn Pearce joined the team in
April 2005 and she looks after our database and clerks'
queries. Lyn ensures the database reflects the current
constitution of your governing body and that we have correct
details about chairs of governors etc. Lyn also joins
Caroline at the Clerks' Support & Development Meetings and is
available for telephone advice about your governing body
make-up. Lyn works Monday to Wednesday term-time only.
Governor Training Assistant: Catherine Denyer joined
Governor Services in November 2005 and she works closely with our
associate trainers, ensuring they have the correct materials and
access to information and ensuring the venues are informed about
trainers' requirements. Catherine advises governors about
their training needs and you should contact her if you want to
attend one of our informative training sessions or to arrange whole
governing body training. Information about our training is
available in the training pages of this site. Catherine works
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday all year.
Contact Details
Peter Davidson: 01323 432246 - pdavidson@cfbt.com
Caroline Taylor: 01323 432241 - caroline.taylor@cfbt.com
Catherine Denyer: 01323 432242 - cdenyer@cfbt.com
Lyn Pearce: 01323 432242 - l.pearce@cfbt.com