Standard governing body membership confers the following benefits:
- NGA Guides at a discounted price. These cover a wide range of educational topics in detail. They provide governors with clear guidance and information on different aspects of governance. Welcome to Governance has just been updated with the latest details from the Academies Act 2010 and the Education Act 2011, including a new layout and design so you are clear which sections apply to your type of school
- Two copies of the NGA magazine Governing Matters delivered to the school, and three to named governors home address. The NGA magazine is produced six times a year, and is written specifically for governors. Membership is the only way to subscribe to this magazine
- One free place at NGA member events, including national conferences and regional meetings
- The NGA weekly newsletter with updates in education and NGA news
- Access to the members’ area of the NGA website for ALL the members of your governing body. The members' area holds a wealth of guidance, information, useful resources and newsletters, as well as dates of regional meetings you can attend
In the past 12 months NGA conferences have been addressed by:
- Lord Hill, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools
- Professor Chris James (University of Bath) - a leading researcher into school governance
- Our March 2011 conference was addressed by Dr Elizabeth Sidwell the new Schools Commissioner and Lord Puttnam
Standard members are not entitled to advice. If you would like advice, please consider upgrading to Gold.
Gold Governing Body Membership - The NGA also offers Gold Governing Body membership which provides access to our legal service, magazines for all members of the governing body and a discount of Alan Boswell's governors' liability insurance. For more information about Gold Membership, click here.
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