{"id":55353,"date":"2015-03-18T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=aeb4991f5e713c08d554e014b5e25b03"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:02:22","slug":"press-release-1-million-to-help-schools-recruit-high-calibre-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=55353","title":{"rendered":"Press release: \u00a31 million to help schools recruit high-calibre governors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than \u00a31 million to help schools across England recruit highly-skilled governors is announced today (18 March 2015) by Schools Minister Lord Nash.<\/p>\n

It is crucial that experienced and knowledgeable school governors are appointed to help schools improve and hold headteachers to account, but many schools still find it hard to recruit governors with the particular expertise they need. <\/p>\n

The funding, provided by the Department for Education (DfE<\/abbr>), will support a new partnership between SGOSS<\/abbr> – Governors for Schools and the Education and Employers Taskforce, to recruit and place more high-calibre governors in schools. An online tool will be developed to help more schools search for suitable volunteers and more bespoke support will be available to the schools that find it the hardest to recruit the experienced governors they need.<\/p>\n

Improving the quality of school governance is a key part of the government\u2019s plan for education. In an increasingly school-led system, confident and robust school governance is vital so that clear strategic direction is set, headteachers are properly held to account for performance, and school budgets are well managed.<\/p>\n

SGOSS<\/abbr> – Governors for Schools and the Education and Employers Taskforce are founding members of the Inspiring Governors Alliance – an initiative launched by the DfE<\/abbr> in May 2014 to inspire more high-calibre people to:<\/p>\n