”I must give the British people a very simple instruction – you must stay at home.” Boris Johnson, 23rd March 2020. A year ago today the first UK lockdown began. We could go to buy food and essentials, exercise once a day, provide care for a vulnerable person or travel to work but only where
Just a few years ago, there were no podcasts about school governance. These days you can tune into really insightful conversations about governance from some of the leading organisations in the sector such as The Key (whose podcast series we wrote about here) and the National Governance Association. But the newest podcast for school governors,
We lost a valued member of the governance community this year. Martin Matthews believed children deserve the very best education we can give them. As we remember Martin’s contribution to governance, we’ve been reflecting on why Martin, and so many of us, choose to get involved. Martin Matthews was a National Leader of Governance and
Sir Jon Coles is CEO of United Learning, the largest Multi-Academy Trust in England. As well as answering to his Chair of Trustees, Jon is also a Chair of Trustees himself – for the charity, Challenge Partners. Jon made some interesting comments on twitter in the summer about the role of a chair, suggesting sector-specific
GovernorHub joined The Key in April (we wrote about that here) and our small team of seven became part of a much bigger team of more than a hundred. One of our lovely new colleagues is Caroline Doherty who hosts The Key’s podcast, Key Voices. Caroline speaks to many of the movers and shakers in
We’ve been doing a little bit of wizardry behind the scenes lately. Here are a few of the things we’ve tweaked to make life easier for governors and trustees. You’re now just a click away from your video meeting! 🖱 If you add a Zoom/Teams/Google Meet video meeting link to your board’s calendar event on
Has your Governing Body ever struggled with recruitment? Have you ever sat in a governor meeting thinking about how you could make your board more inclusive or enticing for new recruits? Karen Wespieser, COO of Parent Ping, shares new data that suggests governor well-being could be the place to start. There are lots of different
Sometimes you want us to improve bits of GovernorHub (of course you do)…. but what happens to those “feature requests”, as we call them – and why do some, not all, make the cut? It’s time to shine a light, quite literally, on a member of the team we affectionately call ‘The Night Coder’. GovernorHub
Governors for Schools first started thinking about a wellbeing campaign last year, after a survey revealed issues around mental health and wellbeing were on the rise in schools. Then came 2020 and COVID-19. The pandemic has brought a whole range of new and different pressures on schools. We’ve been speaking to Hannah Stolton, CEO of
