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
After months of disruption, and now new and different ways of working, children and young people with special needs must not be forgotten. We’ve been speaking to SEND expert, Anne Heavey, about why SEND governors need to champion SEND pupils in their schools this year. Anne’s day job is Director of Whole School Send but
September’s a busy time for clerks so we’ve put together this checklist to help GovernorHub boards start the academic year as they mean to go on – organised and compliant! Here’s how to organise your board ‘remotely’ for the year ahead. Getting ready Is the membership list correct? Here’s how to add or remove someone
