Supporting Governing Boards to raise and maintain standards
Entrust Governor Services aims each governing board to provide the excellent governance required to secure the best possible outcomes for all young people, through the provision of high quality information, support and professional development.
Phase: Primary/Secondary/SpecialGovernance: Maintained/Academy/MAT/Federation/IndependentLocality: NationalContract type: Annual or multi year
Silver service level agreement
This package includes:
A trained governance professional to clerk three Governing Board meetings per year, (additional meetings can be added as required).
Two places at the termly Chairs and Vice Chairs Briefings.
Email advice and guidance from experienced governance experts
Suggested meeting agenda (termly).
The termly Governor Information Pack (electronic version). This comprehensive document contains updates, links and appendices of sample materials, all in one place.
Annual subscription to GovernorHub – a secure online governance management portal ensuring GDPR compliance. The platform streamlines communication for governors, provides easy access to all documentation and membership details. Free training sessions will be provided to support your Governors and Clerks in using this system.
Annual subscription to GovernorSpace, an online platform which provides access to:
A suite of online webinars.
A resource area containing useful guidance on procedures, forms and templates.
Online skills audit to support annual board self-evaluation.
Thought leadership articles.
GovernorConnect to facilitate peer to peer networking.
Gold service level agreement
This package includes all the services within the silver service level agreement - PLUS:
Convening meetings including collation and distribution via GovernorHub of meeting packs.
Management of board membership on GovernorHub.
Hybrid service level agreement
Entrust provides governing boards with a dedicated governance professional and the technology to conduct successful hybrid meetings. This will enable your board to ensure the effective governance required to promote high standards of educational achievement.
All of the services within our Gold SLA
The loan of a Meeting Owl 3; a 360° camera, mic, and speaker to create an immersive hybrid meeting experience in any space.
Benefits of hybrid governing board meetings:
Remote attendance of a trained governance professional to clerk the meeting.
Easy access, making it easier to recruit governors with the skills you need, even if they don’t live in the immediate catchment area.
Increased attendance – data shows attendance at governing meetings increases when governors can attend meetings online as well as in person.
Environmental benefits of reduce travel.
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Phase: Primary/Secondary/SpecialGovernance: Academy/MATLocality: NationalContract type: Annual contract or pay as you go
Benefit from having a professionally trained clerk in further governor board or committee meetings to fully record the discussion and challenge.
Bronze service level agreement
Two places at the termly Chairs and Vice Chairs Briefings and one place at the termly Clerks Briefing
The termly Governor Information Pack (electronic version), which contains updates, links and appendices of sample materials, all in one place
Suggested meeting agenda (termly)
Regular e-newsletter
Annual subscription to GovernorSpace, which provides access to:
A suite of online webinars
A resource area containing useful guidance on procedures, forms and templates
Monthly thought leadership articles
Governor support and development service level agreement
Through our governor support and development SLA, Entrust will support school and academy governors/trustees in their vital role, through providing access to high quality training, mentoring and advice and guidance from our team of governance experts.
Our team of professionals will be on hand to help the board identify training needs through an analysis of its skills audit, they will also be available to answer governors’ questions and support the board with advice on how to address any issues that arise.
This SLA includes:
8 credits to attend live webinars from our extensive training programme and a reduced price on any additional places.
Termly Chair and Vice Chair’s briefings.
Termly Clerk’s briefing.
The termly Governor Information Pack. This comprehensive document contains updates, links and appendices of sample materials, all in one place.
Email advice and guidance from experienced Governance professionals.
Monthly e-newsletter.
Regular thought leadership articles
A clerk development programme
Annual skills audit with analysis to support recruitment and training plans
Consultancy/mentoring to personalise to individual/board needs
Phase: Nursery/Primary/Secondary/Special/PRUGovernance: Maintained/Academy/MAT/Federation/IndependentLocality: NationalContract type: Annual
This independent learning programme includes online training, access to useful resources, advice from governance experts, peer support and much more. For one annual subscription your school can access three comprehensive development programmes for all governors and governance professionals. An annual GovernorSpace subscription includes:
Online skills audit to support annual board self-evaluation
GovernorConnect to facilitate peer to peer networking
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Phase: Primary/Secondary/SpecialGovernance: Maintained/AcademyLocality: MidlandsContract type: Pay as you go
An external review of governance looks at how well your school’s governing body is working. A governance professional works with the governing body, headteacher and clerk to improve the performance of your governing body.
This two-day review consists of:
An audit of documentation and the school website for compliance
An initial discussion and school visit to meet key stakeholders
A written report with recommendations
A follow up meeting to support action planning.
It aims to help your governing body to:
Be more skilled, focused, and effective
Be more aware of the freedoms that it has to work in different ways
Be clear in its vision for the school or academy and how, together with the school leadership team, it can achieve this
Be confident that it has a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities
Have the right number of skilled and committed governors to meet the needs of the school or academy
Hold school leaders to account for improving outcomes for all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged.
