Targets for Tomorrow's Schools : A Guide to Whole School Target-setting for Governors and Headteachers

from September 1998, Governing Bodies Were Required To Set School Targets For Development In Curriculum, Personnel, Environment, Finance And The Community. This Book Is A Comprehensive Guide Which Will Be Welcomed By Governing Bodies And Staff. It Offers An Explanation Of How We Can Measure Schools, How We Can Evaluate The Performance Of The Governing Body And Ways Of Helping Everyone Involved In School Management And Governance To Work Out How Well Their School Is Doing. It Serves As A Fine Companion Volume To Nigel Gann's Successful First Book improving School Governance . Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of tables and figures......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Measuring Schools......Page 16 Who Is Responsible for School Performance?......Page 18 What Do We Mean by Targets?......Page 26 Target-setting: What Is and What Might Be......Page 33 Leading a Quality School......Page 52 Target-setting in the Curriculum......Page 54 Targets for the School Environment......Page 69 Target-setting in School Personnel......Page 77 Target-setting in School Finance......Page 84 Target-Setting for Schools and Parents......Page 90 How to Govern a School: The Performance of the Governing Body......Page 97 Quality Schools for Today and Tomorrow......Page 108 Bibliography......Page 120 Index......Page 123 "In this book Nigel Gann explores the wide spectrum of learning that schools should be fostering and how targets can be used to help schools define what they want children to do and be able to do. He suggests that the use of a number of quantitative and qualitative targets, applied to the inputs, processes and outcomes of schools, can help to raise the quality of learning for all pupils. Targets for Tomorrow's Schools is written for school governors and senior staff in schools and local authorities."--BOOK JACKET From September 1998 governing bodies were required to set school targets for developing curriculum, personal environment etc. This comprehensive guide offers an explanation of how we can measure schools and evaluate performance. The governing body is responsible for determining the aims and overall conduct of the school.