Governor Services

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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 Being a Governor - Part 1 / Part 2

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

Finance for Governors - Maintained Schools / Academies

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

Building Strategy, Ethos and Vision - a Governor perspective

Understanding the role of the Chair

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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: 22/09/2025 | 23/09/2025 | 29/09/2025 | 30/09/2025

Course code: GS-OM-0925-T001 Cost: £675

Date: 24/11/2025 | 25/11/2025 | 01/12/2025 | 03/12/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1125-T001 Cost: £675

Time: 9:30-12:30 Venue: Virtual delivery

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: 27/11/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1125-T004

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

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Welcome to Being a Governor - 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: 02/10/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1025-T002

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

Welcome to Being a Governor - 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: 03/12/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1225-T001

Time: 18:00

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: 11/12/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1225-T002

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

Finance for Governors - Maintained Schools

This training is aimed at new and existing maintained school governors. It explains the roles and responsibilities of governors in relation to finance, how schools are funded and talks through the budget process.

Date: 22/10/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1025-T002

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

Finance for Governors - Academies

This training is aimed at new and existing academy governors. It explains the roles and responsibilities of governors in relation to finance, how schools are funded and talks through the budget process.

Date: 15/10/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1025-T001

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

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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 ensuing 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: 01/10/2025 Course code: GS-OM-1025-T004 Time: 18:00 -20:00 Venue: Virtual delivery Cost: £85

Building Strategy, Ethos and Vision - a Governor perspective

This course will focus on how Governors can work with senior leaders to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction. Understand the difference between vision, strategy, culture and ethos and how to best employ and promote each within your school to drive improvement. You will also explore how to engage pupils, parents, staff and the local community to support the work of the school.

Date: 19/11/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1125-T002

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85

Understanding the role of the Chair

This course aims to harness new and aspiring Chairs will all of the knowledge they will need to deliver as a Chair of Governors. Expectations, responsibilities, best practice will be discussed in relation to all facets of the role.

Date: 11/11/2025

Course code: GS-OM-1125-T003

Time: 18:00

Venue: Virtual delivery

Cost: £85