Ready to start recruiting? Download our overview of Inspiring Governance, or one of our user guides below for more information on how to register your vacancies and find suitable volunteers for inviting.
IG Recruiters Leaflet– find volunteers with the matching service.
Overview for governor recruiters – a brief overview including functionality and key features.
How to create a vacancy, browse the map for volunteers and send invites.
How to edit your profile or edit a vacancy.
How to respond to volunteers and then use the chat function.
Guidance for Recruiters – includes a guide to finding volunteers, FAQs and sample emails to potential governors.
Getting the Right People Around the Table – How to recruit and retain great new governors and trustees.
Welcome to Governance – an induction guide for both LA maintained schools and academies
Welcome to a Multi Academy Trust – Guidance for new trustees and senior leaders
Many schools take out NGA membership for their whole governing board, so that all governors have access to valuable information and advice like these, including the samples below.
Other resources
The Chair’s Handbook: a guide for chairs and aspiring chairs – An induction guide for MAT trustees
20 Key Questions for Governing Boards – Key questions a governing board should ask itself, published by NGA and the All Party Group on Education Governance and Leadership
21 Questions for Multi-academy Trusts – Key questions a MAT board should ask itself, published by NGA and the All Party Group on Education Governance and Leadership
Guidance on the crucial role of the chair – Developed jointly with NGA and available on the NCTL website
Skills audit and matrix, structured around the core functions of the board to help them identify skills and knowledge they need to deliver their functions effectively, versions for single schools and MATs
A Framework for Governance – how governing boards can evaluate their own practice, set the strategic direction for their school and monitor progress
NGA’s Model Code of Conduct – helps boards draft their own code of conduct, one which sets out the purpose of the board and describes the appropriate relationship between individuals, the whole board and the leadership team of the school.
Governance Handbook and Competency Framework for advice on roles, duties, size and membership of governing bodies