Find a school governor for your school

Our free-to-access service matches governing boards with local volunteers.

Register your school vacancy

Struggling to fill your vacancy or need someone with a specific skill set? Use our Enhanced Recruitment Service.

Enhanced Recruitment Service

If you’re looking for a chair of governors, please visit our Chair Recruitment Service (CRS) page.

 

All you need to know about how we'll find you a school governor

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How we’ll find your next school governor

We work closely with schools to find volunteers with diverse skillsets, perspectives, and experiences to strengthen their governing boards.

Find out 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.

Learn about the process

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Why work with Governors for Schools?

9/10 schools would recommend our school governor recruitment services, as demonstrated in our five-year impact report (produced alongside FTI Consulting).

We’ve also placed nearly 40,000 volunteers into school governance roles over the past 25 years. As a charity, it’s our mission to ensure schools have the people, knowledge and focus they need to flourish.

Explore our impact

Get in touch

Have a question that hasn’t been answered? Want to explore how we can support your governing board?

Drop us an email at [email protected] and a member of our recruitment team will get back to you.

Email us

Register your school governor vacancy

Simply fill out our registration form and a member of our team will be in touch regarding next steps.

Looking for a school governor in Wales?

Visit our page on how we work with schools in Wales, available to read in both Welsh and English.