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Calderdale governor meetings

Calderdale Association of School Governing Bodies (CASGB)

The Calderdale Association of School Governing Bodies is an independent body, established as a forum for all school governors in Calderdale to meet and discuss issues of mutual interest.

The local authority provides administrative support to CASGB to ensure that information is disseminated to schools.

All Calderdale school governors are welcome to attend.

Children's Trust Board

The Children's Trust Board brings together senior officers from the statutory agencies (Social Services, Children and Young People's Services, and Leisure) with other public agencies namely the Primary Care Trust and the Health Trust, alongside representatives from the community and the voluntary sector. The purpose is to plan collectively for Calderdale's children through the development of a jointly owned plan and set of strategic objectives.

For further information Contact the support team .

Calderdale Children's Trust: governance arrangements [PDF file 396KB]|

Joint Commissioning Group

The Joint Commissioning Group is charged with the development of appropriate action plans to ensure that the Children and Young People's Management Group delivers on the key priorities as set out in the Children and Young People's Plan.

The group meets monthly at various times and dates to accommodate partners.

Children and Young People's Joint Commissioning Group: Terms of reference [PDF file 39KB]|

Chair of Governors / Members' Forum

The Chair of Governors / Members' Forum was established to support the Local Authority / School Consultation Framework. It meets on an eight weekly cycle and membership consists of Chairs of Governors from the different categories / phases of school, senior officers of the local authority and Council Members. The next meeting will be held on:

• 22 September 2010
• 10 November 2010
• 26 January 2011
• 23 March 2011.

All governors are invited to place items on the agenda that are of a general nature and of interest to all schools. They can do this through the representative Chairs of Governors on the Forum. Contact details are available from the school's Chair of Governors.

Notes of the meetings are circulated to all schools and governing bodies via the school packet.

The Chair of the Forum for this municipal year is Patricia Astwood MBE.

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