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Our courses inform your governors and trustees enabling them to fulfil their roles with confidence.

Governor Services Training Courses

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Clerking for School & Academy Governors

Complaints and Concerns - Effective Governance and Leadership Support

Welcome to Governance - Part 1 / Part 2

Appraising your Board's Performance - self-appraisal, the skills audit, training and external review

Suspensions, Exclusions and the Behaviour Policy - The Role of Governors

Preparing for Ofsted - a Governor perspective

Effective approaches to Headteacher appraisal

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Clerking for School & Academy Governors

Four live half-day training sessions:

Day 1: Understanding Governance.
Day 2: The Role of the Clerk in Supporting Effective Governance.
Day 3: Administrative Skills and Duties.
Day 4: The Role of the Clerk as Advisor and Key Relationships.

Date: 26/01/2026 | 27/01/2026 | 02/02/2026 | 04/02/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0126-T001

Date: 16/03/2026 | 17/03/2026 | 23/03/2026 | 25/03/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0326-T001

Date: 11/05/2026 | 12/05/2026 | 18/05/2026 | 20/05/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0526-T001

Time: 9:30 - 12:30 Venue: Virtual delivery Cost: £675

Complaints and Concerns - Effective Governance and Leadership Support

The training will examine the different stages in the complaints procedure, looking at DfE best practice guidance at the various stages. You will have the opportunity to gain greater awareness of how complaints arise and develop your confidence in handling and resolving complaints by adapting your school’s procedure to address different types of complaints.

Date: 27/01/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0126-T004

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

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Welcome to Governance - understanding your roles and responsibilities - Part 1

This course will explore, with other new Governors, the roles and responsibilities of a Governor, the Governing Board and the Headteacher. We will begin to discuss the techniques that can be used to give confidence in fulfilling this new role, whilst also giving Governors the opportunity to seek advice, ask questions and understand effective practice.

Date: 03/02/2026 Course code: GS-OM-0226-T001

Date: 14/05/2026 Course code: GS-OM-0526-T002

Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Venue: Virtual delivery Cost: £85

Welcome to Governance - understanding your roles and responsibilities - Part 2

This course will enable your confidence and knowledge to grow regarding your Governor role. We will explore how you can get to know your school. In addition, we will delve into some of the key activities of the Governing Board and explore how some Governor roles, such as the challenging Governor can lead to effective practice when holding school leaders to account.

Date: 18/03/2026 Course code: GS-OM-0326-T002

Date: 23/06/2026 Course code: GS-OM-0626-T001

Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Venue: Virtual delivery Cost: £85

Appraising your Board's Performance - self-appraisal, the skills audit, training and external review

This course will explore the key features of an effective Governing Board and its approaches to evaluation. This will include self-appraisal, the annual skills audit, and external advice and support. This will support you in ensuring future actions and developments (including training) are planned based on sound self-evaluation. Opportunities for, timings of and the benefit of an external review of your Governing Board will also be covered.

Date: 30/06/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0626-T002

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

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Suspensions, Exclusions and the Behaviour Policy - The Role of Governors

The course will also outline good practice with regards to convening a governor discipline committee meeting and will have regard to the most recent national guidance issued to schools.

Date: 17/02/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0226-T002

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

Preparing for Ofsted - a Governor perspective

The course will equip governors with the knowledge and understanding to engage in meaningful conversations with inspectors.

Date: 20/05/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0526-T003

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

Effective approaches to Headteacher appraisal

Governors will leave the session aware of appraisal frameworks and processes, regulations and the requirements for Headteachers & staff. Governors should be able to identify the next steps to improve their skills and knowledge of this aspect of Governance, know how to monitor performance management systems and reflect. Effective delivery of these processes leads to improved Governor support and performance of staff which in-turn, delivers better outcomes for the school and its pupils.

Date: 10/06/2026

Course code: GS-OM-0626-T003

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85