Academies

Academy trust central teams: The new world of school management

Many CEOs now lead growing numbers of centrally paid - and sometimes well-paid - senior leaders. We explore why...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Extend NLG programme to ‘good’ LA schools, review of reforms suggests

Evaluation of reformed governance support scheme finds 'positive' impact, but delays revealed and calls for 'preventative' expansion

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

School governing boards becoming less diverse, research suggests

Just 6 per cent of governors were black, Asian or minority ethnic, despite a drive to make boards more...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Governor vacancies hit six-year high as most boards report unfilled posts

The NGA says trusts and schools are struggling to recruit and boards are getting older - with just 1...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Diversity

Zahawi calls on schools to increase diversity of governors

Education secretary highlights ‘vital’ need for change

James Carr
James Carr
News

Make ministers sign off top academy CEO pay, say governors

The academies sector should consider adopting an NHS-style pay system where government approval is needed to award high salaries...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Schools urged to nominate governors and trustees for NGA awards

Schools have just over a month left to nominate governors, trustees and clerks for the National Governance Association’s prestigious...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Governors ‘must have mandatory pre-appointment training’

Governors should be required to have “pre-appointment training” before they sit on school boards, paid for by the government,...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson