Reports and research

Corporate Partnerships Report 2023-2024

Our Corporate Partnerships Report 2023-2024 highlights the powerful impact of our collaborations, as we celebrate 25 years of working with businesses to strengthen governing boards across England and Wales. The volunteers appointed through our corporate partnerships in 2023/24 are now making a positive impact on 246,192 pupils in schools across England and Wales. 57% of those volunteers are aged 34 or younger, and 45% are from a global majority background – bringing fresh perspectives to the board table.

Annual Impact Report 2023 - 2024

Read our Annual Impact Report 2023 – 2024 to gain an overview of our charity’s position, successes, and next steps.

125,000 Challenge Impact Report

This report focuses on our 125,000 challenge, which ran during the 2022-23 academic year. The report looks at the role our partners played and how they continue to wield wonderful results while making a significant impact on the governance space across England and Wales.

Annual Impact Report 2022 - 2023

Read our Annual Impact Report 2022 – 2023 to gain an overview of our charity’s position, successes, and next steps.

Induction experiences of new governors 2023

The results in this report are based on responses to our one-year anniversary appointment survey, sent out between September and December 2022. The report examines the experiences of appointed governors during this time and makes recommendations for boards to consider when creating their induction plans.

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Early experiences of governance: Findings from our anniversary surveys in 2021 - 2022

As part of our wider mission to improve and develop our services, we ask all volunteers to respond to a survey both one and two years after their appointment confirmation. The collective responses for both of these surveys across the academic year 2021-22 are presented in this report.

Wellbeing Governors Report: One Year on September 2022

This report is designed to help the governance community reflect on issues surrounding wellbeing in schools. As we explored in our Wellbeing Governor campaign, mental health and wellbeing support must remain a cornerstone of school life.

Annual Report 2021 - 2022

Read our Annual Impact Report 2021 – 2022 to gain an overview of our charity’s position, successes, and next steps.

Improving the Inclusivity and Diversity of School Boards in England

Click here to view our report on improving the inclusivity and diversity of school boards in England.

Measuring our Impact

Working with Pro Bono Economics, we surveyed over 700 volunteers and over 400 schools to find out what schools and volunteers think of the governor role and of our service.

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Professional Development Through School Governance

This research assesses the potential for school governance to boost volunteers’ professional skills. The findings suggest a high
degree of overlap between the skills governors use on the school board and in their professional roles.