Inclusive Governance

Inclusion in schools – Our Campaign for 2023/24

We know inclusion in schools is at the forefront of many minds within the education and governance landscapes. However, school boards often struggle to recruit a diverse range of volunteers. To tackle this challenge, we launched a year-long campaign – ‘Inclusive Governance’ – to encourage a wider pool of volunteers to take up all-important governing roles.

As you may know, platforming new voices is a significant challenge. But did you know that 77% of boards report difficulties recruiting new school governors and academy trustees? According to a recent school governor survey from GovernorHub, only 4% of respondents were aged 34 or under, with a considerable 32% aged 65 or over. At the same time, only 8% of school governors and academy trustees surveyed were from an ethnic minority background.

Including a wide range of voices in board meetings is a great way to nurture robust debate and ensure the needs of all sections of the school community are well represented. As such, our wide-ranging resources showcase how people from many different backgrounds can get involved with governance and make a difference in their communities. 

What to expect

The Inclusive Governance campaign ran throughout the 2023/24 academic year. The campaign encourages prospective and current school governors and academy trustees to consider their strategic role in helping nurture a more inclusive education system and governance landscape. Additionally, we released a range of initiatives and resources designed to help school governors showcase diversity within their networks. Each term focused on a different theme. Furthermore, we also worked with other charities and organisations to provide meaningful insight into the topic of inclusion. Read our campaign launch article to find out more.  

 

Campaign Blogs

Read our blogs discussing a number of issues surrounding the topic of inclusion, equity, and equality.

Campaign resources

Discover our campaign resources designed to help school governors develop their understanding of inclusion.

Inclusive organisations

Explore our partners and collaborators and how they can help you when focusing on inclusion in schools.

We’d like to thank GovernorHub for their sponsoring and support of the Inclusive Governance campaign, which has allowed us to produce vital resources for school governors.