As Chair of Governors I am always looking to ensure that our pupils’ parents, carers and guardians have every chance to keep up to date with what’s new and what’s happening at Springfield.

So, in order that a wider group of people can be given the opportunity to understand how the school operates on a day to day basis, I am proposing to hold a series of ‘Parent Workshops’ in the up-coming summer term.

The workshops will allow me and my senior governors, along with the Headteacher and her Leadership team, the chance to give more detailed information direct to the participants and for our guests to learn more about how and why things happen across the school in a more intimate and informed atmosphere.

I am going to provide three sessions initially with the subjects mirroring the way the Local Governing Body operates, i.e. Behaviour & Safety, Curriculum & Standards, and Resources.

Each workshop is being offered to the first 10 people on a first come, first served basis to create the right environment and will run for approximately an hour, starting at 4.30 in the afternoon.

I do expect the sessions to be popular, so will ask for your understanding if I need to limit a place to one per family in the event of over-subscription. However, it is my intention to run other workshops in a reasonably early follow up timeframe, say in July or very early in the next school year.

Alan Cufley, Chair of Governors