Education white paper and more!

Was it evolution or revolution? Did it shift the paradigm? Was it a damp squib or a call to action? Whatever your take on last month’s government...

Responsible Governance: Investing in the business skills of heads

Great leadership in schools is about balancing investment to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of education with sound financial management...

Staying focused on Governance

Just as we leave the challenges and traumas of Covid behind we face further uncertainties in the wider world, despite these additional challenges the...

Safeguarding underpins everything we do

Before Covid we all knew safeguarding was critically important, ‘post’ Covid it needs to be an unrelenting focus for governors, trustees and boards...

School governance – looking forward to 2022

The hard and important work of governance requires unrelenting dedication to support schools as the challenges keep coming, just when you think the...

The green mile, why driving the environmental agenda as a Board matters

With the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in its 26th round, we don’t have the time to wait for Governments to lead this agenda. There is...

Are schools a vector for hope post Covid?

With Covid still casting a long shadow across our schools we reflect on where we are now and what we need to be alert to as the new academic year...

An extraordinary year in education

For boards looking back at what has been learnt from the past 16 months, reflecting on the here and now and preparing for the academic year ahead are...

Building back the business of Governance

As restrictions are ending what will be the new challenges ahead and how will they be approached and considered?

Building bridges

Schools boards will need to monitor the work of their schools as they reconnect with students, staff, parents and the wider community – a bridge...