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Category: Agendas
- Agendas for School Governor Meetings
Category: Associate Members
- Associate Members Explained
- Can associate governors vote?
Category: Chair of Governors
- Chair’s Action
- How long should a chair of governors serve?
- Does the chair of governors have a casting vote?
- Can we have a joint chair of governors?
- Can a teacher be chair of governors?
- Can a parent be chair of governors?
- Can a chair of governors be removed?
Category: Clerk to Governors
- Clerk To Governors Training: Constitution
- Recruiting A Clerk To Governors
- Clerk To Governors Training: Roles, Procedures & Allowances
- Clerk’s Meeting Cheat Sheet
- Interview Questions For A Clerk to Governors
- What is the role of a clerk to governors?
Category: Clerk Training Course
Category: Elections
- Can the board stop an unsuitable parent governor being elected?
- Holding Online Elections Using Choice Voting Software
- How do we hold a staff governor election?
- Holding Online Governor Elections
- How do we hold a parent governor election?
- Procedure for Electing the Chair of Governors
Category: Governor Types
- How many parents can be governors?
- What questions should the safeguarding governor ask?
- Local Authority Governors
- How many school employees can be governors?
- Can boards renew elected governors’ terms of office?
- What does ex officio mean?
- Can a parent governor continue if their child leaves the school?
- Who can be a parent governor?
- Who can be a staff governor?
- Can a parent governor work at the school?
- What should I write in a parent governor statement?
- What are the different types of school governor?
- Can a school governor be on the PTA?
- Do schools need link governors?
Category: Meetings
- Staff Disciplinary Panels
- The Circle Model of School Governance
- What should be in the headteacher’s report to governors?
- Attending Meetings Virtually
- What questions should governors ask?
- How often do governors meet?
- What happens if a governor is not attending meetings?
- When can school governors hold extraordinary meetings?
- Who can attend governing body meetings?
Category: Minutes
- Minutes for School Governor Meetings
- How to Record Apologies
- Who can sign the minutes?
- Are minutes of school governor meetings public?
Category: Miscellaneous
- Governor Visits To School
- Does the SFVS need full board approval?
- Interim Executive Boards
- Can governors use WhatsApp?
- What are the Nolan principles?
- Co-opted Governor Advert
- How can I contact school governors?
- Awards for School Governors
- Can school governors sign passports?
Category: OFSTED
- OFSTED Inspection and Governance Webinar: Summary and Transcript
- What is the role of governors in an OFSTED inspection?
Category: Only In Academies
- How To Change Articles of Association
- Annual General Meetings (AGMs)
- Written Resolutions
- Members, Trustees, Directors and Governors
- Local Authority Associated Persons (LAAPs)
Category: Policies
- Pay Committee and Appeals Panel
- Headteacher Appraisal Policy and Procedure
- Complaints Policy and Procedures
- Who approves policies?
Category: Quorum
- What is the quorum for a school governor meeting?
Category: Recruitment, Induction and Training
- Which parts of Keeping Children Safe in Education must governors read?
- Prevent Duty Training For Governors
- Acronyms and Governance Glossary
- Do school governors need references?
- How do we induct new governors?
- Governor Skills Audit
- Online Governor Training
- What training must school governors have?
- How can we recruit governors?
Category: Regulations
- DfE Governance Guides
- What governing board diversity data should be published online?
- Can school governor vacancies be shared?
- Do governors need school email addresses under GDPR?
- Subject Access Requests (SARs)
- Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests
- Can the board function with vacancies?
- Revised Versions of The School Governance Regulations
- What are standing orders?
- When do governors have a conflict of interest?
- Should governors take part in job interviews?
- Do school governors need a code of conduct?
- Can school governors be suspended?
- How do we run a governor exclusion panel?
- What business interests must governors declare?
- What governor information must be on school websites?
- Can governors sack the headteacher?
- Where can I find the Guide to the Law for School Governors?
- Can a school governor be the data protection officer (DNO)?
- Am I entitled to time off work to be a school governor?
- Can you be a governor at two schools?
- What is the instrument of government?
- How long are school governor terms of office?
- Who is eligible to be a school governor?
- Are school governors personally liable?
- Can school governors claim expenses?
- Do governors need section 128 checks?
- Do school governors need DBS checks?
- Must school governors write an annual report to parents?
- Can school governors be removed?
- Are school governors paid?
- How do school governors resign?
- Can school governors observe lessons?
Category: School Types
- Federated School Governance
Category: Templates and Letters
- Templates And Letters
Category: Terms of Reference
- Terms of Reference
Category: Voting
- Making Decisions By Email
- Voting at School Governor Meetings
- Can we hold a vote of no confidence in school governors?
- Can school governors vote by proxy?
Category: Worst Governors in History
- The Worst Governors’ Meeting in History