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Good governance essential to school improvement
18 May 2011
School governing bodies that clearly understand their roles and responsibilities, build productive relationships with school leaders, know their schools well and use the views of parents, pupils and the wider community are best equipped to drive improvement in their schools.
Inspectors visited 14 schools where governance was judged outstanding and the report School governance: Learning from the best identifies the key characteristics of those governing bodies.
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Good governance essential to school improvement
18 May 2011
School governing bodies that clearly understand their roles and responsibilities, build productive relationships with school leaders, know their schools well and use the views of parents, pupils and the wider community are best equipped to drive improvement in their schools.
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