Opinion

Three lessons to give schools great governance 

Experience shows that governors can provide powerful insights into the wider community, while others share their professional strategic know-how,...

Freddie Whittaker
Ian Dewes
Governance

Schools with good governance ‘better prepared for Ofsted’

Those with effective boards 'more likely to sustain improvement beyond the inspection cycle', report finds

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
The Boardroom Leader

The five ways we promote and champion school governance

When volunteers are supported and celebrated, boards become stronger – and children benefit

Freddie Whittaker
Susanna Bradbury and Rebekah Rowan-Robinson
Governance

Trust makes schools shareholders so ‘their voice always heard’

Biggest trust gives local governing body chairs 'share certificates' so they have vote on trust-wide decisions

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Governance

Promised national governor recruitment campaign in limbo

Sector leader hopes Labour government will rekindle plan for hiring push

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Governance

‘A disgrace’: Plug pulled on governor recruitment scheme

Ministers ‘taking governors for granted’ as ‘final piece’ of governance funding axed

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Governance

Schools and trusts slow to publish governors diversity data

Government wants diversity details of boards to be 'widely available', but data protection a barrier, report trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Profile

A journey from California’s Death Row to school governance

From California’s Death Row to school governance, the Confederation of School Trusts’ Samira Sadeghi explains how the roles are...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Profile

Claire Pannell is taking the law into her trust’s own hands

Claire Pannell reckons she might be the only person in the country with her job title. While many trusts...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill