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Governor Support

One Education is committed to supporting you to meet the challenges of the changing roles in school governance and to supporting your governing body at every level.

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Governor Support

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To continually raise educational standards and improve pupil attainment, strong and effective governance is essential.

Our Governor Services will work in partnership with your school governors, equipping your board with the knowledge, leadership expertise, and operational effectiveness to deliver the best outcomes for your pupils.

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Governing Body Review

External Review of Governance

Drawing on our experience working with a wide range of settings, One Education will help your school and trust governors stay one step ahead and ready for inspection and audit, equipped with practical solutions and expert advice.

Our holistic approach combines a compliance and impact review with self-evaluation and skills analysis. With focused action plans and ongoing support, our team will keep you on track for success.

Clerking Service

With wide-ranging skills and expertise, our professional clerking service for school governors offers more than administrative support.

We will take on the task of managing agendas, minutes, records and annual reports, so you can focus your time and attention on driving school development.

Sharing your ambition for success, our clerks will provide expert advice and guidance to improve performance and assure policy and procedural compliance.

Governor Advice and Guidance

Highly skilled and experienced, our consultants will share their expertise in all matters of school governance. Rely on us for advice and guidance to strengthen your performance and impact.

Find solutions whenever you need them, with full access to our:

Telephone advice line,
Termly handbooks for governing body meetings
Termly networking events and forum for Chairs of Governors

One Governor

Embed strong governance at your school with our all-in-one support package. The One Governor service gives you access to all our online resources, termly handbooks and governor support helpline.

One Governor also gives you the opportunity to take part in our full range of training and networking events. Keep up to speed with all aspects of governance, from academisation and staff appraisals through to SEND and pupil wellbeing.

Support for New School Governors

With an in-depth understanding of school governance and the challenges involved, we can help prepare new school governors and trustees with the knowledge and skills to achieve success in their new role.

New governors can benefit from induction training, giving you the tools to lead your school with confidence and clarity of vision. Our consultants will share advice and guidance to ensure you understand and meet your statutory duties.

Governor Training and CPD

Ensuring that training is up to date, engaging, and relevant to your school, our team can support you with the next step of your professional development.

Our team of experts provide advice and guidance in all key areas of school governance, including the following and more:

Understanding school data

Academy governance
Preparing for Ofsted
School and academy finance
Safeguarding for school governors

With a wide range of training options, including the opportunity to access a library of new and up-to-date training modules, we can give you the support you need to drive school development and create better outcomes for your pupils.

Governor Training Programme

External Review of Governance

Our holistic approach combines a compliance and impact review with self-evaluation and skills analysis. With focused action plans and ongoing support, our team will keep you on track for success.

Clerking Service

With wide-ranging skills and expertise, our professional clerking service for school governors offers more than administrative support.

We will take on the task of managing agendas, minutes, records and annual reports, so you can focus your time and attention on driving school development.

Sharing your ambition for success, our clerks will provide expert advice and guidance to improve performance and assure policy and procedural compliance.

Governor Advice and Guidance

Highly skilled and experienced, our consultants will share their expertise in all matters of school governance. Rely on us for advice and guidance to strengthen your performance and impact.

Find solutions whenever you need them, with full access to our:

Telephone advice line,
Termly handbooks for governing body meetings
Termly networking events and forum for Chairs of Governors

One Governor

Embed strong governance at your school with our all-in-one support package. The One Governor service gives you access to all our online resources, termly handbooks and governor support helpline.

Support for New School Governors

Governor Training and CPD

Ensuring that training is up to date, engaging, and relevant to your school, our team can support you with the next step of your professional development.

Our team of experts provide advice and guidance in all key areas of school governance, including the following and more:

Understanding school data

Academy governance
Preparing for Ofsted
School and academy finance
Safeguarding for school governors

Governor Training Programme

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Why choose One Education for Governor Support?

Our team benefits from unrivalled expertise in all aspects of school governance, combining the knowledge of governors, former teachers and leading experts in education. Providing a trusted and reliable service, we will help to strengthen your school’s leadership and ensure all statutory duties are met.

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The One Education Governor Clerking Service has provided the governing body of St Clare's with invaluable guidance and support for over six years. Hallmarks of the service are its reliability and attention to detail underpinned by up-to-date insight and professionalism.

Vincent JonesSt Clare’s RC Primary School

The Clerking Service provided by One Education has provided support to Cheetham CE Community Academy and previously Cheetham CE Community primary school for many years. One Education have been invaluable helping us through our academy conversion and beyond. Knowing our Academy well, Frances and the team are extremely professional in providing us with up to date guidance and advice. It’s reassuring knowing they are always on hand if we need to speak to them.

Paul Galloway Business and Finance Director

One Education has provided excellent support clerking meetings over the past few years and have ensured that the Trust has managed all of the associated regulatory requirements as needed. They provide reliable advice & insight to support Directors in discharging their governance duties.

John Kalnins, Chair of DirectorsHFNCAT (Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Academy Trust)

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Governor Support

Case Study: Governor Support

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