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Governing board roles

Getting the right people round the table

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Training & development
12/04/2023
People sitting around a table

At a glance

The success of any good governing board starts with the people around the governance table. Do their individual skills, knowledge and behaviours provide the range of competencies and commitment needed to meet the expectations of the board? This session will look at how to build your board and what makes it a success.

This session will cover:

Why governance matters
The importance of having the right people round the table
The need for succession planning
How to find people to sit round the table
Recruitment processes
Induction and professional development
Fully bespoke

This session can be tailored to the circumstances of your school or trust.

2 hour session

At a glance

This two-hour session will cover:

  • Why governance matters
  • The importance of having the right people round the table
  • The need for succession planning
  • How to find people to sit round the table
  • Recruitment processes
  • Induction and professional development
  • Managing governance workload and recognising contributions
  • The role of the governance professional
  • Next steps

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Who is this suitable for?

The session is suitable for the following and will be contextualised for each setting:

  • Governors
  • Trustees
  • Academy committee members (local governing body)

We would also recommend the attendance of:

  • The governance professional
  • The senior leader

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What are the benefits?

This session will give you practical guidance on sourcing, recruiting, inducting and retaining governors, trustees and a governance professional who can provide expert advice and guidance. It promotes robust and transparent recruitment processes as well as active succession planning.

By the end of the session, you will understand how to meet the DfE expectations for all governing boards to comprise people with the right skills, experience, qualities and capacity to carry out their roles effectively.

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How will you learn?

  • This session can be delivered via face-to-face or online workshop
  • It will be facilitated by a quality-assured NGA consultant with relevant governance and training expertise
  • The session will be interactive with a mixture of participant activities and facilitator-led explanation and discussion
  • It will be supported with session materials including a resource toolkit to help with next steps

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If you would like to book the session or find out more then make an enquiry.

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This training is designed for a group of participants at a school, trust or other organisation.

It is also suitable for a group of schools to share.

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