Our partners

The National Governors’ Association

 

The NGA works for governors by:

  • Supporting local governor associations and governing bodies;
  • Lobbying ministers and policy makers;
  • Producing high quality guidance and information;
  • Organising events and conferences.

Governors can join the NGA as individuals, or as members of a governing body.

 

Local Governor Associations may also join the NGA.

 

Local authorities, education organisations and education businesses can support the work of the NGA as corporate partners.

  • Find out how to join the NGA here
  • Find out about NGA policies here
  • Find out how to support the work of the NGA as a corporate partner here
     

The School Governors’ One-Stop Shop:

 

The School Governors' One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) is a small, highly successful charity which recruits volunteers to become governors in schools across England. SGOSS has won awards for the way it works with volunteers, builds partnerships with employers, manages its finances, and develops its staff. Its services are FREE to Local Authorities, volunteers, employers and schools.

 

There are around 300,000 volunteer governor places in England on governing bodies in 21,400 maintained schools. At any one time approximately 40,000 of these places will be vacant as volunteers' circumstances change, or their terms of office come to an end. By working with employers and engaging with communities, serving governors and Local Authorities SGOSS has already placed over 8,500 high calibre volunteers into schools.

 

The National Co-ordinators of Governor Services (NCOGS)

 

NCOGS is the national committee representing local authority providers of services to school governors. Members of the National Committee represent several regional groups. Each is elected for 2 years with the option for re-election. Others with an interest in governance may be co-opted by the regional members; current regular attendees include representatives of the DCSF and CSN. The national committee is not an ‘organisation' in its own right. Funding is minimal and confined largely to the administration and travel costs associated with meetings. All regions contribute equally and on an annual basis.

 

The main activity for co-ordinators takes place at a regional level. The key roles for the national committee are to facilitate strategic communication and to promote high quality provision.  The main ways this is done are by:

 

  • Disseminating good practice in training, materials and support services, identifying common themes or issues emerging from the regions;
  • Representing the regions in discussions with national bodies ensuring views of the regions are effectively reported;
  • Communicating outcomes of national level meetings to the regions speedily and succinctly;
  • Collating management information such as benchmarking data to support continuous improvement of services;
  • Seeking to influence national bodies and key players on governance issues.