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| Description | This section of records comprises the minutes and related papers of the Audit, Monitoring and Review Committee of the General Teaching Council for England.
A great deal of the associated papers are produced by external agencies (for example, the National Audit Office, KPMG, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Baker Tilly, Deloitte), these are companies employed to audit parts of the GTCE's operations.
The committee discussed many aspects of the organisation to authorise its accountability. These included;
Information security
Performance management of staff
Registration fees
Risk management
GTCE enquiry service
Business continuity planning
IT systems
Whistleblowing policy
Fee collection
The depth and detail this committee examined the accountability of the organisation is, presumably, illustrative of how public funded organisations were required to operate in this period. |
| AdminHistory | The committee met four times a year, and was made up of eight members.
When the committee was first in session, it had the following responsibilities;
- to review the Council's systems of internal control and their effectiveness, ensuring that financial systems, controls and reports reflect best practice and provide a secure basis for the efficient and effective management of the Council's affairs, meeting established professional standards
- to liase with both the internal and external auditors over the programme of audit for the short and medium term, ensuring that the service meets the standards specified in the Government Internal Audit Manual
- to consider reports and recommendations made by auditors, including any corrective action that may arise from such reports. Reports may relate to the Council's accounts, value for money and management letters along with any other issues as identified by the auditors
- to commission and consider internal audit reports, including reports on value for money
- to consider any matter referred to the Committee by the Council, the Chief Executive or Auditors
- through the Chair of the Committee, to provide a means by which individual members of staff may raise concerns of propriety
- to report to the Council
The committee was to;
- monitor the Council's achievements against the targets set by the Development Plan and to comment accordingly
- consider the effectiveness of the Council's work in meeting the needs of the teaching profession
- review the effectiveness of the Council and its management in comparison with similar organisations where appropriate
In October 2008, the terms of reference of the committee were revised, as the responsibilities of monitoring and reviewing performance had been moved to the Executive Committee. From December 2008 onwards the committee was called the Audit Committee. |