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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 […]

24 September 2021

Recruiter reflections – Everyone on Board: what we are learning about why and how to recruit diverse boards

24 September 2021

Dominic Judge is the Director of Governance Programmes at Education and Employers. He is currently a parent governor, having governed continuously for the last 15 years across both maintained schools and academy trusts in Nottingham. Dominic has worked as a Diversity Training Manager for the police and led the National College for School Leadership’s […]

1 September 2021

Inspiring Governance makes 5,000 matches!

1 September 2021

Ding Ding, in the best traditions of the Blue Peter Totaliser we’re delighted to have reached 5,000+ matches in the last five years of providing the DfE funded Inspiring Governance recruitment service. Delighted …but not complacent, and we have a continuing passion to achieve 5,000 more governor appointments, quicker and better than before. We are […]

31 August 2021

Recruiter Reflections: is there now a serious future for remote school governance?

31 August 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 is currently involved in a pilot programme to evaluate the possibilities of […]

7 July 2021

Recruiter Reflections: four tips that could help recruit school governors in areas where it can be a challenge

7 July 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. Many have been in areas that have traditionally found recruitment of governors a […]

5 July 2021

Grace: video diary of a young school governor

5 July 2021

“Can young people be school governors? How do I know that I have the skills and experience schools are looking for?” We hear this a lot from young people. Our very own Grace is here to tell you how she heard about the role and how she then decided that she had the skills and […]