Governors

It's a rewarding role, working towards a shared goal of providing a high-quality education for children and young people in your community. 

 

It also provides an opportunity for personal development, building your skills and experience in areas such as project management, budgeting and working as part of a senior team. 

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Liverpool John Moores University is pleased to invite local governors to partake in a research study aimed at understanding the representation of ethnic diversity within Liverpool’s schools’ governing bodies. 

 

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Read the latest edition of Governance News, a termly newsletter for Liverpool Governors and Trustees, alongside key governing body documents here. 

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Access to GovernorHub will support the organisation, preparation and document storage of all your board papers, enabling Governors to communicate with each other effectively. GovernorHub keeps communication simple and confidential - all with state of the art encryption. It allows flexible working on a variety of devices and database access for larger MATs and academy chains.
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Our training programe supports strong governance of schools, alongside our professional, independent clerking service which ensures Board members have access to advice on regulations and matters of procedure as well as professionally presented minutes.

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We offer an external review to support the governing board to evaluate how effectively it carries out its core functions, set the strategic direction and vision for the school, hold the school’s leadership to account, ensure financial probity and identify areas for development. We also offer on-site training for governors and clerks.
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The following sites provide free information/courses

• National Governance Association webinars
• ICSA webinars (need to register but it’s free)
• Govt e-learning training on Prevent
• Ofsted YouTube channel
• Open University free courses
• Governors for Schools

The following websites will be of use to Governors. Please click on the links to be taken to the relevant website -  Liverpool Governors’ Forum, Department for Education – Governance, Ofsted, Fischer Family Trust Data Dashboard, 
National Governors’ Association, Inspiring Governance, Governors for Schools

It is important that our record are kept up to date. Please let us know if there have been any changes to your Governing Body membership by completing our Change of Governor form or by e-mailing [email protected].