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School governor resources

Director of Children's Services Report

The Summer Term Directors Report to Governing Boards 2023 (PDF, 448KB) is now available.

Previous Director of Children's Services Reports

School governing board duties

• Department for Education Governance Handbook (republished October 2020) - information about the role and legal duties of governing boards in maintained schools and academies (including free schools)
• the governor's role in exclusions
• governor responsibilities for cared for children and previously cared for children
• complaints about schools
• admissions appeals

Contacts

• Cheshire East Association of Governing Bodies
• chairs of governors email addresses 

Annual governor training programme

The latest governor training programme is now available on Governor Hub or by contacting the School Governance team. 

Governor training

• Modern governor e-learning
• Governing Board self-evaluation questions (NGA)
• Governor/Trustee Skills Audit (NGA)
• Annual conferences
• Training liaison governors 

External school governor resources

• National College (DfE) website
• Department for Education Website
• National Governors' Association Website
• Governors for Schools 
• Inspiring Governance website
• Information on the governor mark (nationally accredited quality mark for school governing bodies)

How to become a school governor

• parent governors
• local authority governors 

Document accessibility

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Page last reviewed: 20 January 2023