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The School Governor Role:

The Volunteer Perspective:
"When I started my role as a trainee, I felt the
additional skills I was picking up at the workplace
would be directly applicable to the role of a
governor and school leadership."

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The Trainee Lawyer
“People often ask me whether I enjoy being
a school governor and I always say: I've been
doing it 11 years so I think I must!"
School governance is the most important voluntary
role in education.
The role takes around 10-15 hours per term (which is almost exclusively in the
evening) and the fundamental aim of a governor is to drive up school standards.

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The Partner

The governing body of a school oversees 3 core functions:

“I would urge all legal professionals to
consider becoming a school governor because
of the skillset they can bring to the role.”

1. Ensuring Accountability 2. Financial Performance 3. Setting Strategic Direction
“But what does all of this mean in practice?”
As a governor, you will be expected to attend (on average) one meeting per month
at which you, the other governors and the headteacher will discuss the progress
of your school and what can be done to ensure it provides the best possible
education to its pupils.

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