The Department for Education (DfE) has contracted organisations to provide a professional development programme until March 2020. Each provider’s offer, including the duration, may be different, and governors should consider which programme suits both them and their governing body’s needs best.
The programme is suitable for those in governance leadership roles, like chairs, vice chairs or committee chairs. The programme aims for:
- increased capacity to improve the effectiveness of governing boards in line with the ‘Competency framework for governance' (external link) (particularly boards’ ability to provide strategic leadership and data-driven accountability for educational standards and financial performance);
- greater involvement of governance leaders in sustainable and relevant peer-to-peer support networks that enable encouragement, support and sharing good practice with one another.
The format of the training will vary between different providers, but they all must ensure that you are supported and challenged.
Find out which providers cover Haringey here (external link).