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22 November 2022

How signing up as a School Governor Champion can benefit your staff and your organisation – for free

22 November 2022

We are thrilled to have welcomed eight new organisations, including local authorities, education trusts, universities, legal and finance, as School Governor Champion partners, who have all committed to promoting the role of school governor to their staff. The David Ross Education Trust, North Lincolnshire Council, Sheffield Student Union, Somerset County Council, Burges Salmon, Charterpath and […]

6 October 2022

Back to School 2022: what have we been up to?

6 October 2022

The new academic year has started with a bang here at Inspiring Governance, with a raft of activity to help promote the role of volunteering as a school governor to people across the country, and to support school boards and trusts planning to recruit new members to their governing boards over the next 9 months. […]

30 May 2022

Volunteers’ Week 2022: a huge thank you to all school governors

30 May 2022

1st June marks the beginning of Volunteers’ Week, a time to celebrate the invaluable contribution that volunteers make to our communities – and we would like to say an extra special thank you to those that volunteer as a school governor. Volunteer school governors bring their expertise, time and passion to the board table to […]

31 March 2022

Inspiring Governance reappointed to deliver governor recruitment service until March 2024

31 March 2022

As of 1st April, Inspiring Governance begins delivering on its’ new contract to provide governor recruitment support to state schools and academies in England. We’re absolutely delighted to continue this vital work, having placed nearly 6,000 governors over time and over 1,250 governors this last financial year – many of them into just those schools […]

21 February 2022

Civil service top brass launch schools volunteering call

21 February 2022

“As a civil servant you have sought-after skills which are essential to supporting and challenging the school leadership to improve outcomes.” This was one of the messages in a Civil Service World article that reviewed an internal blog to civil servants from Department for Education permanent secretary Susan Acland-Hood and chief people officer Rupert McNeil, […]

14 January 2022

Sign Up to Step Up: a rewarding third governor role at my son’s school

14 January 2022

Google Trends data shows that searches for volunteering reached a peak in the second week of January 2021. 250,000 fantastic school governors/academy trustees have already signed up to step up and help schools to set their vision, support and challenge headteachers to achieve the best educational outcomes for children, and ensure money in schools is […]

13 January 2022

Sign Up to Step Up: how a fire led to my second school governor role

13 January 2022

250,000 fantastic school governors/academy trustees have already signed up to step up and help schools to set their vision, support and challenge headteachers to achieve the best educational outcomes for children, and ensure money in schools is well spent. Could volunteering as a governor be the role that you’re looking for this year? Dominic Judge, […]

12 January 2022

Sign Up to Step Up: why I govern in schools and why you should too

12 January 2022

The second week in January is traditionally the peak week for people searching for a volunteering opportunity! Perhaps the ‘new year, new me’ effect (combined with a sobering first week of work) leads more people to seek greater meaning in their life by giving something back to their local communities. It’s been incredible to see […]

15 December 2021

Recruiter reflections: four things we’ve learned that can help you prepare for a governor recruitment drive

15 December 2021

Richard Ellam is the Head of School and Trust Support at Inspiring Governance. Previously a trustee at two academy trusts, he is now Chair of Governors at Rockwood Academy in Birmingham. Richard has worked with hundreds of schools and trusts across England and has helped recruit many governors over the years. With this, Richard has […]

15 December 2021

You sleighed it! A festive thank you to school governors

15 December 2021

As festive tunes fill the airwaves as the end of term rapidly approaches, chances are you will hear the opening line to John Lennon’s ‘Happy Xmas’ several hundred times: “So this is Christmas…and what have you done?” As a school governor, many answers to this question could spring to mind, whether challenging schools around improving […]