Purpose 
To oversee the day to day implementation of the Partnership Board decisions and to make recommendations to the Board about future plans.  
 
The role of the Strategy Group is to: 

• Monitor the implementation of the annual programmes for the GSP, responding to needs and demand. 
• Plan and consider evaluations of the Partnership Board meetings.  
• Monitor the budget as set. 
• Monitor outcomes against strategic objectives.
• Monitor and review the GSP School Improvement Programme. 

Membership  
The membership of the Strategy Group shall be reviewed annually by the Partnership Board at the Annual Conference.  
 
The Strategy Group shall consist of the following members, each with voting rights:  
•    Elected Chair of GSP Strategy Group   
•    Elected Chair of the GSP Partnership Board 
•    Headteachers who are GSP Steering Group Leads, of which there are four for 2021/22
•    One representative for GAPH 
•    GSP School Improvement Lead 

Other Headteachers, involved in specific projects, will also be invited by the Strategy Group or Strategy Lead to attend the meetings as associate members, without voting rights.  
 
Quorum  
The quorum has been set as 5 voting members.  Any items that cannot be agreed upon by consensus, shall be put to the GSP Partnership Board.
 
Meetings 
The Strategy Group will meet 7 times in the year, only needing any additional meetings in exceptional circumstances, as judged by the Group as a whole.  
 
Minutes of the meetings will be taken by the GSP Administrator and circulated within two weeks of the meeting to the members.   Minutes will also be included in the papers for the next meeting of the Partnership Board.  

Reviewed October 2020