Recruitment websites and ideas
Locally
- Social media
- School communications
- Chamber of Commerce
- Local media
- Neighbouring schools
- Community spaces and events
- Headhunting
- Alumni
- Professional groups
- Church
- Local employers
- Parish Magazine
Organisations which can help
- Governors for schools - finds, places, and supports skilled volunteers as governors and trustees on school and academy boards.
- Do IT - a national database of volunteering opportunities, including school governance.
- Reach Volunteering - allows organisations to post vacancies and search their community to find new volunteers.
- National Black Governors Network (NBGN) represents black people seeking to become trustees and governors across all levels of education.
- Young Trustees Movement - specialises in promoting trustee positions for volunteers under 30 years of age.
Election and appointment process
- Quick guide to governor election and appointment (pdf format, 222Kb)
- Parent governor election procedure - revised Sept 2022 (doc format, 301 KB)
- Staff governor election procedure revised Sept 2022 (doc format, 336 KB)
- Local authority governor appointment process May 2022 (pdf format, 207 KB)
- Associate members of the board FAQs (pdf format, 40 KB)
- Qualification and disqualification criteria for governors and associate members (pdf format, 47 KB)
Governor induction
The new governor induction checklist (pdf format, 235 KB) has been produced for chairs, clerks and new governors. It ensures that governors have essential information and that all checks and updates have been completed.