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Research and practice from a range of sectors tells us there are eight key ingredients to ensure governing bodies fulfil their role well.
We have explored these eight topics in more depth to help you ensure you are operating as an effective governing board:
The right people round the table
Understanding the role & responsibilities
Good chairing
Professional clerking
Good relationships based on trust
Knowing the school – the data, the staff, the parents, the children, the community
Committed to asking challenging questions
Confident to have courageous conversations in the interests of the children and young people
School leaders and governing boards: what do we expect of each other?
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NGA guidance: Exclusions - A four stage guide for governing boards (2017)
Pay decisions and appeals
Twenty-one key questions a MAT board should ask itself
Model procedure for electing a chair and vice chair
School Food Standards for School Governors Briefing
NGA guidance: Knowing your school - School visits (2015)
NGA insights: Governance in MATs
Online safety
Keeping your head
New framework to support governors and trustees in ethical decision-making
West Sussex governors are raising awareness about an important issue, says NGA
Headteacher Recruitment: new guidance and toolkit published
Have your say in the biggest school governance survey of the year!
NGA: 10 Years of improving young people’s life chances
NGA responds to announcement on teacher and school leader pay
Government drops Education for All bill
Ofsted publishes annual report 2015/16
Government proposals for new grammar schools announced
New recruitment guide ‘The right people around the table’ published
Clerks Advisory Group - London
Community MATs Network
Special Schools Advisory Group
NGA Summer Conference 2019
Clerks Advisory Group - Leeds
Safeguarding - an introduction
Forming or joining a MAT
An introduction to data and school performance measures
Managing risk: the governance role
Clerks 360
Board appraisal - academy committee
Creating a new vision and strategy for your organisation
Panel work: reviewing decisions made by the senior executive leader
Board dynamics and good relationships
Effective clerking - an introduction