Governance
Governance:
Please find below the resources for your particular area:
Consultations on Admissions
Any consultations for 2025-26 may appear on this website.
Training
Governor Training – Governors of Catholic Schools free online training
The Catholic Education Service (CES) has developed online training modules to support all governors, that are free to enrol for and complete.
The first two modules ‘An Introduction to Catholic Education’ and ‘The Environment and Language of Catholic Education’ are on the CES Formatio Virtual Learning Environment website: http://formatio-ces.org/moodle/login/index.php. This training can be undertaken in the comfort of your own home at a convenient time for you and all governors are encouraged to undertake it to help them in their governor role.
Recruitment
You can apply online to be a School Governor
Would you like to know about being a Foundation Governor?
If so, find out more from Governors, Headteachers and Bishop Declan in our Governors Video and from our Could you be a School Governor leaflet.
If you would like to apply to be a new Foundation Governor at a school within the Diocese, please complete our New Governor Nomination Form
If you are already a governor and wish to apply for another term of office at the same school, please complete our Renewing Governor Form
If you are a Priest or Deacon within the Diocese, please complete our Clergy Nomination Form
All applicants must also complete a Safeguarding Self Declaration Form
For details of the schools within the Diocese that currently have vacancies for Foundation Governors (and also for MAT Directors), see our Schools with Governor Vacancies and MAT Director Vacancies If you have any queries about the Foundation Governor role, please contact Bill McEntee, Governance Officer bill.mcentee@cliftondiocese.com or on 07710094976.
You can apply online to be a Director at a Catholic Multi Academy Trust
The Catholic Educational Multi Academy Trusts in Clifton Diocese are:
– The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust – consisting of 8 Catholic Primary Schools in Wiltshire, Somerset and North Somerset
– The Cardinal Newman Catholic Educational Trust – consisting of 4 Catholic Primary Schools in Bristol and North Somerset.
– A third new Catholic Educational Multi Academy Trust, The Little Way Catholic Educational Trust – consisting of Catholic Primary Schools in Gloucestershire, is due to open on 1 January 2024.
All the Trusts are looking to recruit Directors to join their Trust Boards. If you have enthusiasm and commitment, can take a strategic view and wish to support and sustain Catholic education, then you can make a valuable contribution to the governing board of one of these new Multi Academy Trusts. It also provides the opportunity to use your life/work skills and experience, to provide the best possible education for the children in our schools.
For further details and how to apply, please;
– see the Newman MAT Directors Application Pack
– for the Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust visit Vacancies | Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust (thedcet.com)
– see the Little Way MAT Directors Application Pack
Calling Chartered Accountants!
The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust (thedcet.com) is seeking a qualified and experienced Chartered Accountant to join their Trust Board of Directors. The Board is the accountable body of the Trust for the educational and financial performance of all its schools. Amongst their wider functions, directors approve and scrutinise budgets and accounts of the Trust overall and the individual schools within the Trust to ensure financial probity and legal compliance with Company and Charity Law, as well as general directorship of the Trust. This is a good opportunity to use your skills and experience to help support Catholic schools and their pupils. For further information, please contact Bill McEntee, Governance Office, Clifton Diocese via bill.mcentee@cliftondiocese.com or 07710094976
Clerk to Governors
One way to support Catholic education in the Diocese, is to become a ‘Clerk to Governors’ for the governing body of one of our schools. For details of the schools within the Diocese that currently have a vacancy for a Clerk to Governors, see our Schools with Schools with Clerk to Governor Vacancies list.
Go-Governance Newsletters
Go-Governance Issue 31 – September 2023
Go-Governance Issue 30 – June 2023 60.23 Attachment – Flyer for conference 13 October 2023
Go-Governance Issue 29 – March 2023
Go-Governance Issue 28 – September 2022
Go-Governance Issue 27 – July 2022
Go-Governance Issue 26 – April 2022
Go-Governance Issue 25 – January 2022
Go-Governance Issue 24 – September 2021
Go-Governance Issue 23 – July 2021
Go-Governance Issue 22 – June 2021
Go Governance Issue 21 – April 2021
Go-Governance Issue 20 – January 2021
Go-Governance Issue 19 – November 2020
Go-Governance Issue 18 – September 2020
Go-Governance Issue 17 – July 2020
Go-Governance Issue 16 – May 2020
Guidance for mid year reviews HTPM GCC Recovery Plan 1 – things to think about
Go-Governance Issue 15 – April 2020
Go-Governance Issue 14 – March 2020
Go-Governance Issue 13 – September 2019
Clerks-Training-Template-2019-20
Go-Governance Issue 12 – May 2019
Go Governance Issue 11 – April 2019 Bishops Letter March 2019
Go Governance Newsletter Issue 10 -February 2019
Go Governance Issue 9 – January 2019
Go Governance Newsletter Issue 8 Sept 2018
Clerks Training-Template-2018-19
Go-Governance Issue 7 – February 2018
Go-Governance Issue 6 – September 2017
Clerks-Training-Template-2017-18
Go-Governance Issue 5 – May 2017
Go-Governance Issue 4 February 2017
Go-Governance Issue 3 January 2017
Diocesan Guidance
DBS Protocol for Foundation Governors Directors August 2023
A Guide to Foundation Governors 2023 updated September 2023
Clerk to Governors Guidance 2023 updated September 2023
NCOGS Clerking Handbook A4_2023 (2)
Senior Leaders Recruitment Guidance 2023
Catholic Social Teaching Sept 2019
A Future Full of Hope – A Supplement for Schools & Colleges
Service Level Agreement
Academies:
Diocesan Academy Board & Academy Strategy
Diocesan Documentation & Templates
model_three_catholic_articles_revised_version__CES Approved February 2019 Final
Model Church Supplemental Agreement
Due Diligence Template for Schools
Clifton-Diocese-Scheme-of-Delegation CES DOC OCT 2021 FINAL
Model_Table_of_Roles_and_Responsibilities_Oct 2021_Final (3) CES DOC v3
Scheme of Delegation Model_LGB_Constitution_appendix_2_CES DOC OCT2021
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