Governance support

One of our colleagues serves on the governing body of Lakeside School; a SPMLD (Severe and Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties) school, which has on its roll 62 children aged 2 to 19. He chairs the Safeguarding committee and is the child protection governor, and is also the CLA governor.  

Aims

He uses the knowledge he has gained from working as Deputy DSL at St Albans School to help advise the committee at Lakeside and support them with dealing with child protection.

Background

As a former parent of Lakeside he enjoys helping the school achieve the wonderful things it does, celebrating its successes and seeing it continue to evolve. The school has been awarded 'Outstanding' in its last five Ofsted inspections.

Resources

St Albans School grants leave of absence as required enabling this colleague to perform his role as governor.

Frequency

This involves attending safeguarding committee meetings and four full governing body meetings each year, as well as a number of of Safeguarding/CLA review meetings.  In addition he is linked to a class, which he visits at least once a term and he attends some of the more social events at the school, including leavers' assembly and school fetes.