External reviews of governance

The review identifies your board’s strengths as well as areas for development, providing a roadmap for improvement. NGA has completed hundreds of reviews for multi academy trusts, single academy trusts, maintained school governing bodies and federations. We provide a cost-effective standardised service for maintained schools, and work with trusts and federations to define the foci for the review and provide a bespoke service to meet your needs.

Consists of:

Review of evidence of governance effectiveness
Review of the governance team and their processes
Governance compliance review
Board self-review
Interviews and observations

Outcome:

A comprehensive report and meeting or development workshop that guides the board on best practice and how to implement recommendations from the external review of governance.
Access to NGA’s Knowledge Centre resources to support your improvement
Guidance on NGA training to support your improvement
The opportunity to trial Gold Membership for three months

We recommend a progress review after 12 months.

ERG, your questions answered

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It will assist us to further develop our practice and governance. The consultant was very flexible over timings that worked well for trustees and this was appreciated.
Provided a fresh point of view and a new starting point for the school.