If you know a school governing body or individual governor who has had a real impact on improving the school there are several awards for which they can be nominated.
- Outstanding Governance Awards from the National Governance Association (NGA), the national charity that supports all state-funded governors.
Awards are given out every other year with nominations usually accepted from September.
There are gongs available for an outstanding governing board in a single school, outstanding board in a group of schools, outstanding vision and strategy and outstanding clerk to a a governing board. The 2019 awards were presented at the House of Commons. - Honours such as the OBE (Office of the Order of the British Empire) and MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) can be awarded to school governors. The chair of governors is often the recipient but any governor can be recognised.
Only individuals can receive these awards so there is no way to nominate the full governing body. This list of new year honours for 2019 shows a number of governors in receipt of OBEs and MBEs.
More details on how to nominate a governor are available here and detailed guidance is available on how to write the citation.
You can also email the DfE’s education honours team at Honours.team@education.gov.uk