Looking for a school governor to join your school's governing board? Find a school governor with Governors for Schools.
We’ve been helping schools find dedicated school governors for their governing boards since 1999.
This page outlines what we do at Governors for Schools, the benefits of working with us, and how we work to find school governors for your board.
At the bottom of the page you can also find some school governor recruitment resources, information on the importance of school board diversity, and learn more about our Enhanced Recruitment Service.
If you’re looking for a chair of governors, please visit our Chair Recruitment Service (CRS) page.
Governors for Schools supports schools to build exceptional boards across England and Wales, by sourcing skilled volunteers from local communities.
This page outlines our work as a charity with 25 years experience in the education governance sector. Explore how we work closely with prospective school governors – and state schools of all types – to ensure we find the right volunteer for each school board.
Our five-year impact report (produced alongside FTI Consulting), demonstrated that 9/10 schools would recommend our school governor recruitment services.
As a charity, we measure our impact regularly and have a vision for the future – outlined in our 5 aspirations for the governance sector. We believe these aspirations will ensure schools have the people, knowledge and focus they need to flourish.
Since 1999, we’ve worked closely with schools to ensure we find volunteers with diverse skillsets, perspectives, and experiences to strengthen their governing boards.
Find out more on this page about how we work directly with schools. You’ll discover how to register your school vacancy, and the process that follows after we’ve assigned your vacancy to a member of our dedicated school governor recruitment team.
As a charity with 25 years experience, we’re proud to operate a free school governor recruitment service for schools. Changes to the governance sector, however, have driven us to adapt our services to meet the growing needs of schools and trusts. That’s why we’ve introduced our Enhanced Recruitment Service (ERS).
If you’re looking for school governors with a specific skillset, are struggling to fill your role, or have multiple vacancies, this service may be for you. Also, if you urgently need to fill a vacancy, the Enhanced Recruitment Service is likely to source candidates at a faster rate than our free service. Through targeted headhunting, it offers schools a more proactive approach to school governor recruitment.
Using a range of recruitment tools, we’ll engage potential candidates who may not have considered school governance before but have the necessary skills to support your board. This allows us to find the right person in your local area, by reaching a largely untapped pool of talent.
Through the success of our Chair Recruitment Service (CRS), we know this targeted approach to school governor recruitment produces great results.
Discover our Enhanced Recruitment Service
Find recruitment resources for your school, which help you advertise your school governor vacancies through our recruitment services at Governors for Schools.
Diverse boards help ensure effective school governance. Find out about how we can help you create a more diverse school governing board.
Discover a blended governance approach – where local school governors attend meetings in person, supported by remote governors joining virtually.
Ready to register your school vacancy and find a school governor for your governing board?
Simply fill out our registration form and a member of our team will be in touch regarding next steps.