The Autumn Term Governors’ sessions of the Headteachers’ Updates takes place at Mill Green Golf Club. Refreshments on arrival from 5:30 pm on 1st December with the session starting at 6 pm and concluding by 8 pm.
There is ample parking (for more than 100 cars) with disabled access, and is easy-to-access being 10 minutes from Junction 23 (South Mimms) of the M25.
2019 winners & runners-up pictured with Michael Taylor (HASG chair), Terry Douris (HCC Executive Member, Education) & Andrew de Csilléry (Managing Director HfL).
Hertfordshire Outstanding Governor Awards 2020 Nominations Open
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2018 Award Winners with HASG Chair, Michael Taylor (right) and Andrew de Csillary (left)
Hertfordshire Outstanding Governor Awards 2019 Nominations Open
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Left to right: Gary Griffiths, Geoff Strack, Jonathan Ellam, Andrew Gunning, Ros Jacklin, Rodney Tucker
The HASG are proud to reveal the Winners of this Year’s Awards which were presented at the Hertfordshire Governors Annual conference on Saturday 11th November at Robertson House Stevenage.
Left to Right: Mike Cresswell, Jim Wright, Alex Hall, Richard Aggus, Nicole Morgan, Colin Crook
The Hertfordshire Governors’ Annual Conference on 19th November was the setting for the presentation of the Annual Hertfordshire Outstanding Governor Awards.
Following on from the success of the joint Heads & Governors briefings in 2016 we are delighted to announce the dates for 2017.
The briefings will take place between 6pm – 8pm at Beales Hotel in Hatfield with one each in the Spring & Summer Term:
15th March 2017, and
21st June 2017.
Light refreshment will be available beforehand. Please make a note of these dates in your diary. Further details will be made available on our website in due course.
2015 Winners Left to Right: Cllr David Williams, Claire Barnard(Winner), Ian Hankin(Winner), Nicky Clarke(Winner), Maureen Bruce (Winner), Mike Scandrett (Chair HASG), Jan Paine (MD HfL)
HASG School Governor Awards 2016
Nominations Open – Winners’ School Prizes Now £1000
The HASG are pleased to announce that nominations have opened for the School Governor Awards 2016. We aim to celebrate outstanding and distinguished service by school governors in Hertfordshire. The winners of these awards will be announced at the Hertfordshire Governors’ Annual Conference in November 2016. This year the executive committee has decided to increase the value of the winners prizes to £1,000.
About the Awards
This is an award for an individual school governor’s work, service or commitment. The nomination statement will need to make clear the specific role that was played by the nominated governor.
You may wish e.g. to nominate the governor who:
regularly goes above and beyond a school governor’s typical commitment,
has successfully dealt with a crisis or has been recently successful with a specific project or initiative, which was driven by the individual governor,
has contributed to improvement in the schools sector – for example, by supporting other governing bodies to improve.
These are only examples and should not be considered as entry categories – other ways of outstanding or distinguished service will be equally worthy of consideration.
Awards & Prizes
Prizes of £1,000 will be awarded to the schools of the two winning governors.
Prizes of £250 will be awarded to the schools of the runners-up.
Each winning governor will be awarded a £50 prize
All nominators will be put into a prize draw and three will be drawn at random and be awarded a £25 prize.
Left to Right: Cllr David Williams, Claire Barnard (Winner), Ian Hankin (Winner), Nicky Clarke (Winner), Maureen Bruce (Winner), Mike Scandrett (Chair HASG), Jan Paine (M.D. HfL)
The outstanding work of school governors in Hertfordshire has been recognised again in 2015 Outstanding School Governors Awards. The awards are run by Hertfordshire Association of School Governors (HASG) and the UK’s largest, not-for-profit School Company, Herts for Learning, The awards ceremony took place on Saturday 14th November at Hertfordshire Development Centre in Stevenage and formed part of the Hertfordshire Governors Annual Conference. The Awards were presented by Councillor David Williams, cabinet member for education at Herts County Council.
The awards were established last year to publicly recognise, not only the contribution of individual school governors, but to celebrate the dedication and commitment of all governors in Hertfordshire’s 500+ schools. Schools across the county were asked to nominate governors who they believe have really made a difference and helped to improve the educational outcomes of children in their school. Many nominations were received and reviewed by an independent panel of judges and from these; a short-list of 10 governors was drawn up. The judges visited all the nominees’ schools to gather more information. After further review 4 winners and 2 runners up were selected. Each winner attracted a prize for their school(s) of £500 and a £50 individual prize.
The four Outstanding Governor of the Year Awards went to:
Claire Barnard St Albans Girls’ SchoolMaureen Bruce St.Mary’s Church of England High School, CheshuntNicky Clarke The Barclay School / Almond Hill Junior School, StevenageIan Hankin William Ransom Primary School, Hitchin
The two runners up were:
Margaret Birleson Ludwick Nursery School, Welwyn Garden CityWendy Smith Roger De Clare First School & Nursery, Puckeridge
The other finalists were:
Sarah Murdoch Hillshott Infant School and Nursery, Letchworth Garden City
Robin Osterley Hunsdon JMI, Hunsdon
Chris Partridge Parmiter’s School, Garston,
Sarah Starr Wheatfields Infants and Nursery School, St Albans
What made the difference?
The finalist merited their selection through glowing nominations, some key elements of which are given below:
Claire Barnard truly epitomises the critical friend. She a consummate professional and attends every governing body meeting with knowledge, challenge and enthusiasm.
Maureen Bruce leads our Governing body with dedication, commitment, tenacity and vision. She is devoted to the school and the progress of its young people.
Nicky Clarke launched the Stevenage Inspire Federation. She was relentless in promoting the positive benefits of federation to both schools. She took the brunt of the workload upon herself. The enormous success of the federation, is very much down to her lead.
Ian Hankin has grit and determination, meticulous attention to detail, hard work, dedication and care for the staff and pupils. He deserves to be recognised as he really does go above and beyond the call of duty.
Margaret Birleson has driven the transformation of Ludwick from a standalone nursery school to a multifaceted early years centre. Whilst chair, the school has received 3 consecutive outstanding Ofsted reports.
Wendy Smith during her time as a governor has overseen the change of three Headteachers and been on hand to support when necessary. Wendy holds the school to account for the decisions that are made.
Sarah Murdoch has pushed the governing body to become more professional and strategic in its direction. She has organised a regular programme of governor events which has raised the profile of governors.
Robin Osterley leads by example. Meetings are run efficiently, with an emphasis on improving outcomes and opportunities for pupils. He is very supportive but is never afraid to act as “critical friend”. He deals with difficult situations.
Chris Partridge has contributed far and beyond what would normally be expected of a school governor, he led a full review of the composition and direction of the Governing Body. His knowledge of the ever-changing Governors’ Handbook has become legendary.
Sarah Starr chaired the “Impact on Learning” sub-committee addressing the substantial number of issues raised by Ofsted. She transformed the meeting template and working practice and was also the Governor link to several important JARV meetings.
The Hertfordshire Association of School Governors is an independent organisation that supports and informs school governors, to ensure their views are heard and to promote high standards in school governance.
Herts for Learning Ltd, is the UK’s largest School company. Developed from Hertfordshire Local Authority’s education services, the company is 80% owned by schools (20% by Hertfordshire County Council), with 98% of Hertfordshire schools now owning a share of the company. A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to raising standards and improving teaching and learning, Herts for Learning Ltd provides high quality teaching, learning, leadership and business support to schools and education settings in Hertfordshire and beyond.
Mill Green Golf Club Venue for Briefing
