According to the Department for Education, the purpose of maintained school governing bodies is to “conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school”. This requires a core focus on three strategic functions:
There is an ambition that “fully skills-based governance will become the norm across the education system”. Whether this involves the outsourcing of governance beyond parents is still a sensitive topic of debate.
However, according to research conducted by The Key in February 2016, recruiting the best governors to your team continues to be a challenge, with almost half (47 per cent) of headteachers finding it difficult. The same survey also reported that most governors think there are key skills missing from within governing bodies:
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