As a part of one of our three core functions of the governing body we work alongside the school to set its vision, ethos and strategic direction. As a part of this role, we support the school in developing its school improvement plan, which sets out the priorities for the upcoming year. During our governors meetings we receive feedback from the headteacher and discuss steps which have been taken to achieve these targets. Throughout the year, we complete monitoring visits, which are completed in pairs linked to the school improvement priorities. These involve discussions with: subject leaders, book looks and discussions with children. These visits are fed back to the full governing body. 

The key priorities we are supporting The Gateway with will be focussed around are:

• Strengthen inclusive practice and improve outcomes for pupils with SEND and vulnerable groups through high-quality adaptive teaching, targeted interventions, and multi-agency collaboration,
• Help children develop deeper learning through creative teaching approaches ,  
• Improving outcomes across the curriculum through high quality oracy teaching,
• Reducing the rate of persistent absence among identified vulnerable groups, 
• Children strengthen their emotional literacy skills and a range of strategies to manage their emotions,   
• All children make good progress from their starting points in writing, 
• Through effective subject evaluation, subject leaders strengthen teaching and learning their subjects,
• All governors hold the school to account effectively through critical questioning .