Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee

Teaching and Learning and Assessment CommitteeTerms of Reference 2024-25

Membership:The committee shall consist of not less than four governors.Member ship shall include the Head-teacher or member of theSenior leadership team (SLT) with responsibility for pastoral issues.The committee may make recommendations to the governing bodyfor co-option of non-governors members and advise whether or notsuch members should be given a vote.


Quorum:Three governors including a governor who is not an employee ofthe school.


Meetings:Once per term, or more frequently if deemed necessary by theChair or by the majority of members.


Chair:Non-employee to be elected by the full governing body.

Accountability:The committee will report back to the governing body bysubmitting minutes which record decisions made, actions to betaken and/or recommendations for consideration.


Terms of reference



Curriculum



€ to ensure that the National Curriculum is delivered, and its assessment procedures are carried

out in line with the legal framework

€ to ensure that the whole school curriculum is broad and balanced; relevant to the needs of all

children; provides continuity and progression; adequately resourced

€ to ensure that the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework is delivered, and its assessment

procedures are carried out in line with the legal framework


€ to receive curriculum progress reports from the head and others including an analysis of the

annual ASP and IDSR Reports statutory assessment information to monitor, review and
evaluate the standards of achievement and to seek to make continuing improvement

€ to receive curriculum progress reports from the head and others and information about non-statutory assessment and testing to monitor, review and evaluate the standards ofachievement, seek to make continuing improvements, and inform target setting

€ to ensure the School Website complies with making statutory information accessible; to liaise

with, consult with, and provide information to, parents and the wider community on matters
relating to the curriculum as required

€ to take full account of the recommendations following the government's Sexual AbuseReview and seek assurance that School Leaders are executing all their responsibilities
in respect of the PSHE curriculum.


SEND

€ to evaluate the provision, progress, and attainment of children with SEN and / or disabilities

having regard to the SEND Code of Practice and Disability Discrimination Act; to ensure that the
school has a SEND coordinator who is provided with sufficient time, training, and resources to
undertake his/her responsibilities


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Pupil Premium

€ to ensure the school has a strategy for the school's use of Pupil Premium funding (PP);

€ to ensure that pupils in receipt of Pupil Premium funding are making as good progress as all

other children from their starting points


Attainment and achievement



€ to receive information about non-statutory assessment and testing to monitor, review and

evaluate the standards of achievement, to seek to make continuing improvements and inform
target setting for all children

€ to liaise with, consult with, and provide information to parents and the wider community on

matters relating to a pupil's academic and personal achievement

€ to ensure that the school offers equality of opportunity to all children whatever their age, abilityor disability, gender, race, religion or belief or background through all its policies, procedures,and practices

€ to promote partnership with parents to support their children's learning and to celebrate

children's academic achievements


Targeting and monitoring



€to contribute, in collaboration with the head and staff, to establishing, monitoring and

evaluating sections of the School's Progress to Date document relating to teaching and learning
and assessment and the quality of provision and to oversee any key issues relating to curriculum
delivery in line with guidance


€ to keep relevant sections of the Self-Evaluation Summary document under review and update

as necessary

€ to ensure that statutory targets for pupil achievements are set and published as required

€ to comply with relevant requirements of the Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS),

specifically checklist questions 4, 7 and 17, are fully considered with clear minutes of such
consideration and links to evidence


Policies

€ to establish and monitor the impact of, and review the School's Curriculum Statement and

Overviews, SEND Policy and other curriculum related policies in line with the agreed cycle and
make recommendations to the governing body for change as necessary

€ to review the policy and provision for Collective Worship and RE in line with the locally agreed syllabus and make recommendations for change when necessary