29 March 2023
29 March 2023
This month Inspiring Governance passed the figure of 7,000 brilliant volunteers successfully placed as school governors – each giving up their valuable time and skills to provide critical support and oversight to our school governing boards – the bedrock of our school system. We reached this figure only a week after the Department for Culture, […]
Read more7 March 2023
7 March 2023
My name is Liam Anderson, I am head of design and technology at a large comprehensive 11-18 academy and have been teaching for 8 years. I am also a co-opted governor at a local state-maintained primary school and have been in post for just over 12 months. What first inspired you to volunteer as a […]
Read more10 January 2023
10 January 2023
Make a resolution that’s easy to keep: give back. The new year sees many of us resolving to make a change, whether joining a gym, reducing time on screens, spending more time with loved ones – all great goals. But how about a new year’s resolution that is guaranteed to make you feel good longer […]
Read more16 December 2022
16 December 2022
The fairy lights are twinkling, Christmas party plans are in full swing, and professionals across the country are starting to look forward to a very well deserved break. It’s the perfect time to take a moment to celebrate every brilliant school governor volunteer that signed up with Inspiring Governance this year – and to encourage […]
Read more22 November 2022
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 […]
Read more6 October 2022
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. […]
Read more30 May 2022
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 […]
Read more31 March 2022
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 […]
Read more21 February 2022
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, […]
Read more14 January 2022
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 […]
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