Governance

Overseeing every great school is a team of great governors. Whether you are a governor yourself, or a headteacher working with a team of volunteers, we have the latest on how to make the most of your school's funding and ensure its policies and improvement plan are giving children and teachers the best chance of success.

Building a successful Trust
Governance
- Carol Dewhurst shares the lessons learned in an evolving MAT, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary
The teacher supply system isn’t working
Recruitment
- Scotland and Northern Ireland have it sussed - it’s time England caught up with its neighbours
Why data should be informative and meaningful to governors
Governance
- James Pembroke cuts through the information leaders need to make meaningful decisions
How peer reviews can transform headteachers’ ideas
Governance
- Bringing together senior leaders from different schools to share and assess teaching practice offers an effective route to self-improvement for all involved, says Dr Kate Chhatwal
Identifying the good and the bad of leadership partnerships
Governance
- Balancing the remits of execs and their heads of school requires care but this is a model that can yield real benefits, says Anthony David
School governors – Why heads should seek support from them
Governance
- School governors can do much to relieve the pressure on heads during challenging times...
School governors – Embracing new ways of working
Governance
- Governors have adopted practices that should be retained once we return to normality...
Governors – stand up for your headteacher
Ofsted
- When Ofsted delivers bad news heads need support not retribution, says Kenny Frederick
They never covered THAT in training
Recruitment
- Daniel Woodrow unpicks the daunting period of early headship with advice based on first-hand experience
How Natasha’s Law is changing catering
Kitchens
- New labelling legislation will have major implications for schools, says Graeme Holland.