“I really like working in education and knowing that, in some way, I’m benefiting school governors across the country so they spend less time doing mundane admin tasks. That’s a waste of their time .. GovernorHub allows them to focus on the things that really matter.” Joseff joined the GovernorHub team as a developer four
It’s not easy to change long-standing ways of working and replace a database system that’s been in use for many years. So when a local authority decides to adopt GovernorHub for its statutory record keeping and provide board software to all of its schools, we do our best to make the process as smooth and
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust in Gateshead has 27 academies and is set to grow to 48 schools by July 2022. Director of Governance Jacqui Ridley was looking for a better way to manage governance across the trust so reached out to GovernorHub earlier this year. Jacqui was meticulous during our demo of the system, asking
Currently there’s very little research on the impact of training for governors – but (good news!) that’s about to change thanks to teacher, governor and now PhD student Sarah Chung. We’ve been speaking to Sarah to find out more about her research and how governors can get involved. Firstly Sarah, what’s your background and how
We’re always tweaking and updating GovernorHub to make sure it’s working well for you. In case you’ve missed any of the recent changes, here’s our latest round up. Historical members It used to be a case of ‘remove’ someone from your board and their details disappear into the ether (well… unless you’d written them down).
It’s been three months since the video of a chaotic Handforth Parish Council meeting went viral and made Jackie Weaver an unlikely star. While most viral ‘hits’ last five minutes, Jackie is still getting calls (like this one!) although she claims to have no idea why she’s earned a longer-lasting cult status. “I kind of
Ofsted judge leadership & management by “evaluating the extent to which: those responsible for governance understand their role and carry this out effectively” Ofsted Framework September 2019 GovernorHub is where much of your governance work takes place (we didn’t call it a hub for nothing…), so it’s an important tool which can and should be
”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,
