1 June 2020
1 June 2020
Volunteers’ Week 2020 is a great opportunity for us to say a huge thank-you to all of you who have volunteered to become a school governor through the Inspiring Governance recruitment service. We continue to get fantastic feedback from schools about our Inspiring Governance volunteers’ skills, experience and contributions to their governing boards. In current […]
Read more22 April 2020
22 April 2020
This week marks the launch of the National Governance Association’s (NGA) School Governance in 2020 survey. Now in its 10th year, this survey provides an opportunity for school governors, trustees, and local academy committee members to share their views on how schools are interpreting and implementing education policy and the way governing boards work. School […]
Read more26 March 2020
26 March 2020
Volunteers appointed to school and trust governing boards through the Inspiring Governance recruitment service will now benefit from additional support and expert guidance to provide the essential knowledge and skills they need to govern effectively. From 1 April 2020, these volunteers will be able to access over 50 modules on NGA’s e-learning platform Learning Link where the […]
Read more6 March 2020
6 March 2020
This week marks National Careers Week 2020, the celebration of careers guidance for young people across the UK, which provides pupils with information and resources about taking the next steps into the world of work. And this week serves as a timely reminder of the important role that School Governors and Trustees can play in […]
Read more3 March 2020
3 March 2020
As part of the government’s broader Take a Closer Look Campaign to encourage more young people to consider engineering, Inspiring Governance are actively seeking engineers to become school governors and trustees. We want engineers, who love what they do, to join school governing boards and make a real impact on the lives of young people. […]
Read more28 February 2020
28 February 2020
Visible Governance in Schools campaign: celebrating good governance To celebrate and promote the value that good governance brings to the school system and the people that volunteer for the role, Inspiring Governance is supporting the Visible Governance in Schools campaign. Governors and trustees are encouraged to champion their contribution to the education system and shine […]
Read more17 February 2020
17 February 2020
It has been 4 months since Inspiring Governance launched the ‘Be A School Governor Champion’ campaign and in that time we are delighted that a range of employers from all sectors have signed-up to inspire their employees to support local schools by volunteering to become Governors and Trustees. Since October, we have had commitments from Universities, […]
Read more1 December 2019
1 December 2019
This week, Inspiring Governance launch our new ‘Be A School Governor Champion’ campaign. We are hoping to engage all employers large and small and ask them to encourage their staff to become school and academy governors. New research carried out by our parent charity Education and Employers suggests there are enormous benefits of governing for […]
Read more1 November 2019
1 November 2019
Over ten years ago Business in the Community (BITC) published their landmark report ‘Governing our Schools’. The report was written by BITC’s Director of Education Nick Chambers and his team for the National Council for Educational Excellence, which at the time was looking at how to make employer engagement in education easier and better for […]
Read more12 October 2019
12 October 2019
Today, Inspiring Governance is very pleased to announce that we are going #ontheroad Inspired by our Regional Managers’ efforts to push out the governance message in every region of the country, our #ontheroad campaign is born from our passion and desire to match skilled volunteers with schools the length and breadth of England. The campaign […]
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