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Find an academy trustee
Looking for a skilled professional for your academy trust or member board? Our Trustee Recruitment Service sources experienced candidates through specialised networks and headhunting.
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25 years of service
Since 1999, we've supported nearly 40,000 volunteers onto governing boards across England and Wales, impacting on the education of nearly 14,000,000 children. Looking forward, we're committed to working with more schools, trusts and partners.
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Start your volunteering journey
Your skills and experience could transform a school. To support children and young people in your community, volunteer as a school governor today.
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Find a school governor
Have an existing or upcoming school governor vacancy on your governing board? Register it with our recruitment service and we’ll match your school with skilled volunteers from your local area.
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Find an academy trustee
Looking for a skilled professional for your academy trust or member board? Our Trustee Recruitment Service sources experienced candidates through specialised networks and headhunting.
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25 years of service
Since 1999, we've supported nearly 40,000 volunteers onto governing boards across England and Wales, impacting on the education of nearly 14,000,000 children. Looking forward, we're committed to working with more schools, trusts and partners.
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Start your volunteering journey
Your skills and experience could transform a school. To support children and young people in your community, volunteer as a school governor today.
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Find a school governor
Have an existing or upcoming school governor vacancy on your governing board? Register it with our recruitment service and we’ll match your school with skilled volunteers from your local area.
Governors for Schools is a charity that sources and supports dedicated volunteers onto governing boards.
By strategically matching skilled individuals with vacancies, we aim to improve educational outcomes for children across England and Wales. We offer specialist governor, chair, and trustee recruitment services as part of our mission to build exceptional boards.
Looking for a new school governor?
Discover how we can source someone with the right skillset and experience for your governing board.
Looking for a new Chair of Governors?
Our Chair Recruitment Service specialises in finding - and supporting - volunteers to lead governing boards.
Looking for a new academy trustee?
Our Trustee Recruitment Service uses extensive networking and headhunting to find skilled, experienced professionals for academy trustee and member roles.
Support for new school governors
Prepare for your volunteer role with our ‘Become an effective new school governor’ eLearning.
Partnerships
We work with a range of partners to support their people into school governance roles. Together, we create impactful opportunities for skilled individuals to make a difference in their communities.
Corporate partners University partners Pathway to GovernanceHear from users of our services
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We had been looking for a trustee with financial experience who could join our Finance Committee. We had tried routes such as contacting local companies but had no success. The Governors for Schools’ TRS came along at the right time, took the details of what we were looking for and discussed this with the Chair of Trustees. TRS rapidly provided the CV of a potential trustee with relevant skills and we were able to meet with him soon after. The outcome is that we have a keen new Trustee who has expertise which will be valuable to our board.
The Mead Educational Trust, Leicester -
It is an absolute pleasure to work with the Governors for Schools team. We couldn’t ask for a higher level of service. They are proactive, insightful, and engaging, and are a big part of the reason we’ve been able to grow trust and credibility in the Atkins STEM Governors programme.
Jess Bates, AtkinsRéalis -
I wanted to give something back and had been reflecting on how I could use my skills to help the local community. Education has always been my passion and I firmly believe that the building of better societies and communities all starts with good education and life opportunities for our young people, regardless of their background.
Naeem Younis, Volunteer -
Excellent support, not just in finding a volunteer but throughout the onboarding process. Thank you.
Chair of Governors, Primary School in Hampshire -
We had been looking for a trustee with financial experience who could join our Finance Committee. We had tried routes such as contacting local companies but had no success. The Governors for Schools’ TRS came along at the right time, took the details of what we were looking for and discussed this with the Chair of Trustees. TRS rapidly provided the CV of a potential trustee with relevant skills and we were able to meet with him soon after. The outcome is that we have a keen new Trustee who has expertise which will be valuable to our board.
The Mead Educational Trust, Leicester -
It is an absolute pleasure to work with the Governors for Schools team. We couldn’t ask for a higher level of service. They are proactive, insightful, and engaging, and are a big part of the reason we’ve been able to grow trust and credibility in the Atkins STEM Governors programme.
Jess Bates, AtkinsRéalis -
I wanted to give something back and had been reflecting on how I could use my skills to help the local community. Education has always been my passion and I firmly believe that the building of better societies and communities all starts with good education and life opportunities for our young people, regardless of their background.
Naeem Younis, Volunteer -
Excellent support, not just in finding a volunteer but throughout the onboarding process. Thank you.
Chair of Governors, Primary School in Hampshire
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The proportion of volunteers aged 34 or under, that we’ve helped to appoint since 2019.
We’re committed to diversity on governing boards.
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Of schools were delighted or happy with the governance volunteers sourced through our services.
We work to find the right people for your governing board.
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The number of volunteers we’ve supported into governance roles in the past five years.
Want to find out more about our impact? Explore our reports and publications.
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The proportion of volunteers aged 34 or under, that we’ve helped to appoint since 2019.
We’re committed to diversity on governing boards.
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Of schools were delighted or happy with the governance volunteers sourced through our services.
We work to find the right people for your governing board.
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The number of volunteers we’ve supported into governance roles in the past five years.
Want to find out more about our impact? Explore our reports and publications.
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The proportion of volunteers aged 34 or under, that we’ve helped to appoint since 2019.
We’re committed to diversity on governing boards.