Meeting of the Curriculum and Standards Committee
of the Governing Body
held on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 at 6.30 p.m.
Present:
Luci Amos
Mary Potter
Kay Allen
Clifford Brindley
Jennifer Green
Sarah Pritchard
Norman Poole
Claire Stafford
Jacqui Cashmore
Jane Storer
Alayna Harris
Head Teacher
Foundation Governor (Chair)
Parent Governor
Parent Governor (Observer)
Parent Governor
Staff Governor
LA Governor
Deputy Head (Observer)
Clerk
Staff Subject Team - PSHME
(Items 1 to 4 and Item 6)
Staff subject Team - Geography &
History (Items 1 to 4 and Item 6)
Action
1
Welcome and Apologies for Absence
1.1
Norman Poole, LA Governor, Jane Storer and Alayna Harris, Staff Subject
Teams; and Cliff Brindley, Parent Governor were welcomed to the meeting.
1.2
Apologies for absence were received from Rev Anne Lee, Jane Barry, Lisa
Smith and Paul Durbin.
2
Register of Business and Pecuniary Interests
There were no changes to the register and no declarations of interest were
raised with regard to items on the agenda.
3
Minutes of the last Meeting of the
Committee Meeting held on 2 March 2015
Curriculum
and Standards
The Minutes of the Curriculum and Standards Committee held on 2 March
2015 were agreed and signed as a true record.
Signed:
Dated:
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Action
4
Matters Arising from the Minutes
Governors noted the report.
5
Policy Reviews
This item was taken after Item 6 on the agenda.
5.1
Front page to all policies: Noted.
5.2
International; The Policy had been drawn up by the HI Council (a children
led group). The Policy was distributed to Governors and they were given
opportunity to read the Policy. Governors agreed and signed the Policy.
5.3
Maths: Governors noted that the staff team had reviewed and amended
the Policy and that no changes had been made to the Appendices. Luci took
Governors through the changes and the Policy was agreed and signed.
5.4
Accessibility Plan:
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The Accessibility Plan, which was an Appendix to the Strategic Plan
had been distributed to Governors. Luci explained this Plan was a
statutory requirement which we had to fulfil to ensure the school
was accessible for pupils with disabilities. Luci confirmed that the
school was relatively well adapted.
Governors reviewed the action plan and it was agreed and signed.
5.5
Spirituality: Governors noted that the staff team had reviewed and
amended the Policy. Luci took Governors through the changes and the
Policy was agreed and signed.
5.6
Collective Worship Governors noted that the staff team had reviewed and
amended the Policy. Claire took Governors through the changes and the
Policy was agreed and signed.
5.7
History: Governors noted that the staff team had reviewed and amended
the Policy to reflect the new curriculum. Governors agreed and signed the
Policy.
5.8
Geography: Governors noted that the staff team had reviewed and
amended the Policy to reflect the new curriculum. Governors agreed and
signed the Policy.
5.9
Fair Trade: Governors reviewed, agreed and signed the Policy.
Signed:
Dated:
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5.10
6
PSHME: The Policy was being reviewed and would be brought to the
meeting in June.
Action
LA/JS
Individual Governors Reports and Action Plans
This item was taken before Item 5.
6.1
PSHME
6.1.1
Norman had met with Jane Storer, Staff Subject Team and Jane
presented the report to Governors. The following was noted:
School Development Plan
Areas being covered were:
 Healthy eating.
 Staff wellbeing
 Active life style for all on all levels. Sports Xtra club was one of
these initiatives and there was a huge variety of after school clubs
available which promote being active.
 The school has a sun safe attitude and last year worked on a sun
safe policy. Children were asked to design something to keep them
safe in the sun. Winners won water bottles, hats etc
Data/Test results: No specific data is currently collected but staff
monitor how many pupils attend clubs etc and meet with Healthy Schools
Co-ordinator on a termly basis.
Curriculum Map/S.O.W. update:
 Currently using SEAL as part of PSHME within school but we are
also purchasing Go Givers, which is an online resource. This will add
another dimension to the children’s learning and will work alongside
the SEAL themes.
 Re-introduced whole school homework activities, so that parents
are aware of the work being carried out in school.
 New sex education scheme called Growing up with Yasmin and Tom
is being trialled.
 Healthy schools status have put together an action plan. We are
progressing well and have recently met with the Healthy Schools
advisor from the County, who is pleased with the progress. We will
hopefully be working with Asda, Tesco or Warburton on Health
Eating.
 We have received funding for healthy schools and we have put this
towards Sports Xtra who will be working with children from Years 3
to 5. This has been topped up from the Enrichment fund and we can
Signed:
Dated:
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Action
offer children 10 weeks of sports activities.
6.1.2
Governors noted the report.
6.2
Geography and History
6.2.1
Norman had met with Alayna Harris, Staff Subject Team and Alayna
presented the report to Governors. The following was noted:
School Development Plan
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
To monitor impact of the new curriculum across school.
To make sure the school is now curriculum ready with a 2 year
rolling plan.
Data/Test results
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Children
were
assessed
in
Term
3
and
staff
know which children are working below. There will be another
assessment in Term 6.
Year 2 - 46% below in Geography. Expecting this to change in Term
6 assessments and for children to be more in line with other years.
Reception levelling is done differently, with them being assessed
against Understanding the World. There are 2 children currently
working below expected levels, 6 working above where they should
be and 21 are working within the expected level.
6.2.2
Governors noted the report.
6.3
Mary and Norman thanked the Subject Team Leaders for their reports.
6.4
Governors felt the staff teams had embraced the new curriculum really
well. Luci confirmed that staff have indicated they were enjoying teaching
these areas. There was still some need for more focus in the embedding of
skills, Blooms and Cross Curricular teaching but this was still work in
progress.
Jane Storer and Alayna Harris left the meeting.
7
Pupil Premium Progression
7.1
Luci presented the Pupil Premium Progress data. Governors noted the
following:
 Expected progress would be 0.5 per term (3.0 APS per year). Luci
asks for good progress of 4.0 APS per year which is 0.7 per term.
Signed:
Dated:
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Action
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By April Luci would be looking for 2.8 progress. In Maths Non Pupil
Premium were well over target and Pupil Premium Pupils in Year 1 and
4 were nearly there but other years particular Year 6 were not
doing so well.
Governors asked why Years 5 & 6 were so much lower than the
other years. Luci explained that part of this was due to the
introduction of new systems such as BASS measures. The younger
children had been using this system from the outset but the older
year groups had not been using the system for so long. Each cohort
was different and this also had an impact on the results.
Governors agreed that the expectation of children’s knowledge and
understanding was continually increasing and that new assessments
introduced, expected their knowledge to be vast.
The new
assessments to be introduced next year were quite hard.
Lower down the school the children were making good progress and
Luci was pleased with their progress and the direction they were
heading.
7.2
Governors noted the report.
8
E-Safety
3600 Safety Document: The school was working towards achieving the Esafety mark. There were a number of strands that the school had to meet
and we had nearly achieved this.
9
Training and Development
Nothing to Report to this meeting.
10
Any Other Business
New email accounts

Norman reported that he was having problems accessing his account.
Claire had also experienced similar problems and had used the
University of London Link, which seemed to resolve the problem.

11
Jenny was not yet up and running. Jenny to contact Laura.
Date of Next Meeting
Tuesday, 9 June 2015 at 6.30 pm
Mary thanked all for their attendance and the meeting was closed at 7.50
pm.
Signed:
Dated:
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Signed:
Dated:
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