Useful Governor Links

Wirral Governors' Forum Meetings (@wirralgov)
The Chair of Wirral Governors’ Forum is Mrs Jane Owens. To contact the forum email: governorsupportservice@wirral.gov.uk

Governor Support and Training
Governor Support Service - Edsential

If you need any further advice or request training can you please contact Edsential

elaine.davies@edsential.co.uk 0845 557 6315

If you would like any further information please contact governor support: governorsupportservice@wirral.gov.uk

National Governors’ Association (@NGAMedia)
Check out the National Governors' Association website, click on the link below:

http://www.nga.org.uk/Home.aspx

The Key for School Governors (@TenGovernor)
The Key have upgraded their website recently and hope it will make it more user friendly. See the link below:

http://schoolgovernors.thekeysupport.com/

Department for Education (@educationgovuk) and Ofsted (@Ofstednews) updates
The new Framework for Inspecting Schools can be found here:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-inspection-handbook-from-september-2015

Governors Handbook and Competency Framework
The Department of Education regularly updates the Governors’ Handbook. The full handbook can be found via the link below, along with the Compentency Framework, which sets out the competencies needed for effective governance and should be read alongside the Governance Handbook.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-handbook

Edsential
Link for Governor training and courses. Please click on the link below for latest course information.