Roles and responsibilities of governors. Strategy.
🏷️ From £135
🎧 All school Governors
📍 Online
Course outline:
Governance in Boarding Schools: Roles, Responsibilities, and Best Practice
This seminar offers a focused exploration of the unique roles and responsibilities of Governors in boarding schools.
The session will explore how governors demonstrate collective governance, support strategic leadership, and ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of boarders. Delegates will also gain practical recommendations for developing their role, working effectively with senior leaders, and navigating the current landscape in the boarding sector.
A Q&A session will give attendees the opportunity to raise questions and discuss current issues.
Training topics will include:
- The roles and responsibilities of Governors in boarding schools
- What collective governance looks like in practice
- Developing the role of the Governor in a boarding context
- Understanding the boarding school landscape
- Building strong relationships and strategic alignment with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the session, participants will:
- Gain a clearer understanding of the responsibilities and expectations of Governors in boarding schools
- Increase confidence in contributing to board discussions and questioning strategic decisions
- Be equipped with best practice recommendations for demonstrating effective collective governance
- Understand how to work collaboratively with SLT to support the strategic and pastoral development of the school
Speaker: Alex Mitchell Head of Consultancy, AGBIS
Alex Mitchell’s career spans 35 years in the maintained and, predominantly, independent sector including day, boarding, single sex, co-ed, tied and standalone schools. After many years as a Director of Music in several schools, including Haberdashers’ Girls’ School in Elstree and the Loughborough Foundation Schools in the East Midlands, he became Headmaster of Holmwood House in Colchester, Essex in 2009. During that time, Alex was Chairman of the IAPS East Anglia district. Since 2002, Alex has built up 22 years’ experience as an ISI inspector and, since 2019, has been a Reporting Inspector for UK and overseas inspections. Until recently, Alex was a governor of an independent school in Hertfordshire and has undertaken reviews of governance for AGBIS in recent years. Alex now leads the AGBIS International programme as well as coordinating consultancy services for both UK and international member schools.
