GEL

Welcome to GEL

GEL provides essential training to governors enabling them to become more effective and demonstrate this with evidence to Ofsted. It equips your governing body with the knowledge and confidence to drive school improvement. You can trust the accuracy and content of the materials and it allows governors to be flexible in their learning in a time and place to suit them.

The Eastern Leadership Centre

ELC is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2003 aimed at improving the lives of children and young people. We do this by supporting all aspects of educational leadership for professionals and volunteers like you: commited, caring adults who benefit from our range of leadership training services, event hosting and conferencing facilities.

The National Governors’ Association

To ensure our services are relevant, high-quality and accurate, GEL is working in partnership with The National Governors’ Association - representative body for over 300,000 state-funded school governors in England; supporting and promoting governing excellence through lobbying, national conferences and regional events.

GEL Partners

Key to our success is the strong partnerships we have with Headteachers, staff, governors, children's centres, local authorities and businesses. Relationships with like-minded organisations is crucial to achieving the objective of improving the lives of children and young people. Our third sector partners are; NGA, David Lloyd Associates, Academies Alliance, Clerkwise and CfBT.

FREE Ofsted Learning Module Download

To help illustrate the valuable content of our modules to those schools and LAs considering accessing GEL, we have made on of our new modules available as a PDF download. Click here to download the free PDF of the learning module - The New Ofsted Framework for Schools.

Hot Topics

  1. Health and Safety for Schools (May 2012)
  2. School Funding Reform (April 2012)
  3. Power to Innovate (April 2012)
  4. Pupil Exclusions (April 2012)
  5. The Children's Commissioner's Exclusions Inquiry (March 2012)
  6. Reform of 14-16 Performance Tables from 2014 (March 2012)
  7. Consultation on Raising the Participation Age (Mach 2012)
  8. Statutory Guidance for Schools - March 2012
  9. National Curriculum Review (February 2012)
  10. Achievement for All (February 2012)
  11. » See all Hot Topics

Free 30 day trial

Being an effective governing body relies on fit for purpose training and support.  Ofsted will expect schools to demonstrate that their governing body is effective with evidence.  GEL can provide essential e-learning that fulfills these needs.

FREE Learning Module download
Click here to download a free PDF of the New Ofsted Framework module.

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Governor Training Opportunity

Would you like to help move your school towards 'Outstanding'?

Eastern Leadership Centre (ELC) can deliver Bespoke Training for your school, covering the following themes.

  • The implications of the new Ofsted criteria
    for school teams
    
  • Raising standards through monitoring and evaluation
    
  • Raising standards through effective data analysis
    
  • Supporting your team through change

Interested? Please contact Helen Firth, Service Leader on 07866 559356 for further information.

GEL & Academies Alliance Partnership

We are delighted to have formed a partnership with the Academy Alliance, who run the primary and secondary academy information networks.

This collaboration will give GEL members free instant access to the network's wealth of guidance and information, that helps school governors gain a school-contextualised and balanced view of the potential advantages and disadvantages of academy conversion.

 

To access these resources click on the following links and follow the instructions:

www.primaryacademy.net
for Primary Schools     


www.secondaryacademy.net
for Secondary Schools