March 2018 | Governors For Schools

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26th March 2018

Governors for Schools is looking to engage 5000+ volunteers this year. Here, CEO Louise Cooper speaks to Jo Hayward from BBC Radio Leicester on…

22nd March 2018

The number of local authority maintained secondary schools in deficit has risen to 26.1%, up from 8.8% three years ago. Schools in the south…

22nd March 2018

Statistics released by the Department for Education show that there has been a rise in the number of pupils taken out of school to…

One third of volunteers are university alumni – Are you supporting your network to drive educational improvement?
Our partnerships with universities play a major role in tackling the shortfall of school governors across England – but have you thought about the…
19th February 2019
Laura Tanguay, a lawyer at Birketts, shares her experience as a school governor
What’s your professional background? I studied Law at the University of Sussex and went on to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies…
18th February 2019
Measuring our impact: How Pro Bono Economics helped us understand the value we bring to volunteers, schools and communities across England
We know that school governors have a critical job. They set the strategic direction of schools, support and challenge the headteacher, and make…
12th February 2019
The motivation behind being a school governor
We caught up with Bav Shah, a governor at Woodlands school in Luton and graduate of Nottingham Trent University, to hear about…
1st February 2019
Impact Survey winner Patricia tells us how her school is putting their £1,000 prize money to good use
We think becoming a school governor is an important and rewarding thing to do, but we wanted to hear our volunteers’ thoughts. So we…
18th January 2019