Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 26 April 2013 (copy attached).

The public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 26 April 2013 were considered and approved as a correct record.

MATTERS ARISING

Future Board meetings and Governor Training – The Chairman reported that he was keen to have any future staff presentations to the Board heard first on the agenda even though many of these would require moving in to the non-public session of the meeting.

He went on to highlight that the School would soon be undergoing an ISI Inspection and that it was therefore vital that the Governance of the School was considered as an on-going priority. With this in mind, it was suggested that a 30 minute Governor training slot be introduced before two Board meetings each year with the first to take place before the next scheduled Board meeting in October. The Chairman reported that he and the Headmistress would now look to identify any areas that they felt it would be useful for Governors to be briefed on in greater detail.

The Chairman continued by stating that he was extremely keen to utilise the skills, knowledge and ability of individual Governors and encouraged them to contact him directly with information on their specific interests and areas of expertise.

Finally, the Chairman stated that he felt it would be useful to introduce an Education Sub Committee of the Board of Governors of the City of London School for Girls. He reported that he, the Headmistress and the Deputy Chairman would look at the possible membership of such a Sub Committee and make approaches to individual Governors.

Governors were supportive of these proposals. A Governor commented that the Board had previously had an Education Sub Committee on which he had served. Another Governor commented that it was unusual for a Board to not have some form of Education or Academic Sub Committee.

Appointment of Co-opted Governors

The Chairman reported that the Headmistress had recently approached a current and a recently retired Headteacher regarding co-opted membership of the Board and that this matter was continuing to be progressed.