Publication

01/09 The Critical Friend

The governing body’s main role is to establish a strategic framework for the school and to regularly review the progress made.  The governing body should fulfil its strategic role by taking three key actions which are to set:

• aims and objectives for the school;
• policies for the school to achieve those aims and objectives; and
• targets by which they can measure progress towards the aims and objectives.

It is very important that the governing body monitors and evaluates progress.  To do this successfully they need to act as a ‘critical friend’ to the headteacher.

Published: 16/03/2009