Our services
Overview of our recruitment services
We’re proud to provide comprehensive recruitment services tailored to meet the unique needs of schools and academy trusts. Our offerings include school governor recruitment, chair of governors recruitment, and academy trustee/member recruitment.
Whether you’re looking for dedicated school governors, experienced chairs to lead your board, or academy trustees with specialised skills to strengthen your academy trust, our expert team is here to support you every step of the way. We ensure that every role is filled with committed candidates who want to make a positive impact on education.
School governor recruitment
With 25 years of experience in educational governance recruitment, we are proud to offer a free school governor recruitment service to support schools across the country. Our free service is designed to connect schools with passionate volunteers eager to make a difference.
However, as the governance landscape evolves, so do the challenges schools and academy trusts face. We’ve seen increasing demand for school governors with specialised skill sets, as well as an increase in hard to fill/long-standing vacancies. To meet this need, we developed our Enhanced Recruitment Service.
If your school or academy trust is seeking school governors with specific expertise, struggling to fill roles, or managing multiple vacancies, the Enhanced Recruitment Service may be ideal. For those with urgent vacancies, this service is more likely to find suitable candidates faster than our free service. Through targeted headhunting and proactive outreach, we ensure a focused approach to finding the right match for your board.
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Chair of governors recruitment
Finding a skilled and experienced chair of governors is vital to the success of a governing board, but can be challenging. Our Chair Recruitment Service makes the process of finding an experienced and capable candidate easy.
This paid for offering includes targeted headhunting and proactive outreach to attract the right candidates. Appointed volunteers will receive ongoing support, including chair-specific training and mentorship from governance experts.
Simply register you vacancy, and our recruitment team will conduct a discovery call to understand your needs.
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Academy trustee recruitment
Our Trustee Recruitment Service helps academy trusts find skilled academy trustees for their governing boards, saving time and ensuring access to qualified candidates. A specialist service offered by Governors for Schools, we use targeted outreach, expert advisors and networking.
We handle the entire process, from headhunting to appointment, allowing academy trusts to focus on their core responsibilities. New starters also get access to eLearning support and immersive resources to prepare them for the role.
Register your vacancyAbout Governors for Schools
Governors for Schools is a charity that has been at the heart of educational governance since 1999. We're proud to work with schools and academy trusts across England and Wales to provide our recruitment services. Whether you're looking for a school governor or academy trustee, we can help.
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How we support academy trusts at every level
At Governors for Schools, we partner with multi academy trusts (MATs) to strengthen governance at every level. We understand the importance of having skilled and committed leaders, so we work closely with MATs to recruit governance volunteers for governing boards at every level.
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