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Governing our schools: 10 years on

Evaluating governance expert interviews from 2018 to 2019 in comparison to research conducted in 2008

Research
23/01/2019

This research聽from Education and Employers (which delivers the聽 service) compares the findings of nineteen governance expert interviews from 2018/19 with detailed research conducted in 2008.聽

Research overview

海角社区 covered in the report include governance composition, recruitment and recognition, working with employers, technology and accountability.

Governing boards looking to recruit new volunteers will be particularly interested in the report鈥檚 recommendations (pages 8-10), which include reference to models of governance which 鈥渂etter blends skills with representation鈥, more emphasis on technology in meetings, 鈥減rofessional and strategic鈥 approaches to succession planning and innovative approaches to training and induction.

Governing our schools 10 years on

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Key findings

  1. Governors and trustees are more informed and knowledgeable about their role, but the role has not been simplified, particularly due to the new model of MAT governance.
  2. Interviewees were in favour of achieving a balance of skills and community representation on boards, referred to in the report as the 鈥渟takeholder plus鈥 model.
  3. The majority of interviewees favoured making induction training mandatory, echoing the consistent findings of 海角社区鈥檚聽School Governance in 2019听谤别辫辞谤迟.
  4. Changes to school funding over the past ten years have negatively impacted school governance with agreement that it is more difficult for governors/trustees to balance the budget without making difficult decisions.
  5. Ofsted has placed more emphasis on governing boards during inspection, but interviewees felt inspectors do not adequately understand the role of governors/ trustees.

  • "...the report concludes that the different roles and responsibilities of governors and trustees are now much clearer. Governors and trustees...have a heightened sense of responsibility and are more focused on school strategy than they were ten years ago. This is progress."

    Emma Knights OBE

    Emma Knights, 海角社区 Chief Executive

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