The Governors for Schools Podcast
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Join Governors for Schools to learn about a wide range of issues affecting today’s governance landscape. We speak to a range of guests and organisations to help new, existing, and prospective school governors and academy trustees get to grips with the demands of the role.
Our podcast discusses our current campaigns, such as our Inclusive Governance Campaign focused around inclusion, as-well as topics to to support academy trusts and schools to thrive.
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Hosted by Charles Western (Senior Partnerships Manager for North) and Anthony Melia (Partnerships Manager for the West Midlands), our most recent episode of the Governors for Schools Podcast offers an introduction to school governance for HR professionals. This episode was produced as part of Governors for Schools Inclusive Governance Campaign.
Guests Kayleigh and Joanne join Charles and Anthony for this instalment. Their bios can be found below.
Kayleigh is currently Head of Human Resources at a globally recognised international charity. With over a decade of experience in Human Resources management, Kayleigh has mainly worked within the not for profit sector. This includes in a London based independent School. Kayleigh is a Chartered member of the CIPD having completed the Level 7 CIPD Diploma. She is currently undertaking a Masters of Law with a focus on employment law. Kayleigh has been a community school governor of a secondary school in her hometown in Kent since May 2022.
Joanne is a seasoned HR leader with Level 7 CIPD qualifications. She has a solid grounding in accounting. Her career spans a variety of sectors across the UK. She is currently applying her skills to SMEs in Lancashire. As a mother and a professional, she uniquely understands the importance of effective people management and its impact both in business and in educational settings. Her role as a school governor allows her to contribute to shaping the educational environment, ensuring it benefits from the strategic insights that HR expertise can offer.
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