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Diversity stats ‘not enough’ to boost school board representation

New government guidance ‘encourages’ schools to collect and publish governor and trustee diversity data

DfE eyes building reserve army of academy troubleshooters

Ministers could revive an Academy Ambassadors-style trustee recruitment scheme, but with greater DfE control and fewer trusts eligible

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 in 100 governors under 30

Governance ‘diminished’ in new inspections, Ofsted told

National Governance Association writes to Amanda Spielman to call for ‘more informative’ reports

Schools bill reforms could require 12,000 more academy trustees

Former government schools tsar warns of ‘capacity issue’ as ministers seek to move all schools into academy trusts

Schools bill: Ministers want veto on academy trustees

New DfE documents reveal more about powers sought by ministers in schools bill

SchoolsCompany: Former bosses of scandal-hit academy trust sued over missing millions

A scandal-hit academy trust is suing former trustees to recover up to £2.8 million of “lost public funds”. Experts say the case sets a precedent that should serve as a warning for the sector. Normally the government would just write off liabilities owed by collapsed trusts. An investigation by Schools Week has established the government […]

New academy rules put trust autonomy at risk, say sector leaders

Sector leaders are warning the new academy trust handbook could undermine board autonomy , and demanding the government confirm whether it spells “broader intervention” in future. Most of the changes to the rebranded 2021 edition, previously known as the academies financial handbook, are simply pulling in existing school guidance from elsewhere. Minister Baroness Berridge’s foreword […]

Widen eligibility criteria for NLGs and pay them, says government advisory group

The government should widen the eligibility criteria for national leaders of governance to include clerks and other non-chairs, and should pay them for their time, an advisory group has said. The Department for Education has today published the recommendations of its NLG advisory group, which was formed earlier this year to discuss reforms to the […]