Governor Services
What Makes The Difference Between Farol And Other Providers
- We offer you a comprehensive solution that meets YOUR needs NOT our offer.
- We have been there and done that and empathise with your needs.
- Our specialists have an unmatchable combination of professional experience in education, long-term service as governors and unique toolkits that are truly innovative.
- We place particular emphasis on helping governors establish strategic processes and procedures with a real focus on improving outcomes and measuring that improvement.
- We offer high quality, innovative services at an affordable price.
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Case Studies
Our Governing Body Appears to Work Well. Why Would We Need Support?
Well Here’s A Thought:
“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists”
Eric Hoffer
Our Beliefs
School governors are a key interface between the school leadership, parents and the wider community. Operating at its best a governing body is a vital channel of communication between all stakeholders and provides a vital sounding board through which to develop and deliver your collective vision for the school.
Great leadership is enhanced by the support and challenge that individuals representing a broad cross section of the community can bring to policy, planning and operational delivery. The performance of schools and leadership teams has been shown to improve through the input of a well organised and confident governing body working in a vibrant partnership with school leaders.
Governing bodies become outstanding the same way all organisations do, by challenging ‘custom and practice’ through rigorous self-analysis and a desire to improve performance.
Our Services To Governors
We have the experience and skill sets to help you address a broad range of challenges. We can guide you on your journey to becoming an outstanding governing body by:
- Helping you to define the difference between governance and leadership;
- Organising efficient and effective processes and procedures;
- Leading an informed debate about transition to hard federation or academy status;
- Relationship and confidence building;
- Providing advice and guidance on induction processes for new governors;
- Helping heads, chairs and clerks steer the governing body to become more strategic; and
- Making participation in governance rewarding and fulfilling!
Our Experience
Our specialist advisers have provided strategic and operational support for governance. Advice has been provided in many Local Authority and school contexts. This has been delivered in urban environments like Cardiff, Sheffield, Peterborough, Newcastle, and London Boroughs and in rural situations such as Pembrokeshire, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Rutland and Lincolnshire.
Our specialists have also helped a number of voluntary sector organisations to improve the governance of their schools. These include: SCOPE, ICAN, Barnado's, Service Children's Education, the SOROS Foundation and a variety of Academy sponsors. We have advised on the model of governance best suited to these organisations and have also written various key documents such as: the instrument and articles; committee terms of reference; standing orders and key policy documents.
