Governor Support - Who We Are

Bridget Sinclair - Manager
Service developments, quality assurance, specific governing body concerns and governor training and development.
Paul Davis - Governor Support Officer
Queries on legal issues and governing body compositions, IT and systems development, governor recruitment and governor/clerk training and development.
Anna Richardson - Governor Support Officer
Course administration and bookings, co-ordination and maintenance of governor database and records, clerks accreditation and governor/clerks training and development.

What We Do

We offer support, legal advice and training to over 65 governing bodies comprising over 1000 governors and clerks, as outlined in our Catalogue of support and training.

Documents are provided in downloadable Adobe pdf file format unless otherwise stated.

Please click here to view the April 2012 to March 2013 Catalogue of support and training (2.5 mb) and 2010/2011 Performance Report: Performance Report (184 kb).

How We Do This

By giving governing bodies access to:

Full governing body training
Over 50 centrally delivered training courses
A termly newsletter for each governor (sent to their home address). Please click here for a downloadable PDF version of the latest edition: The Swindon Governor - Spring 2012 (2.88 mb)
A telephone and email enquiry facility
An emergency clerking service
Information Packs for governors with specific responsibilities
A clerk's manual and induction for new clerks

What Else We Do

Co-ordinate a three-weekly mailing to governing bodies. Please click here for a downloadable PDF list of the 2011/2012 financial year mailing dates: Mailing Dates 2012 to 2013 (18 kb)
Manage a governor database
Provide support and training to governing bodies/schools causing concern
Administer a nationwide Governor Services benchmarking group
Produce guidance documents for governing bodies