Q: Some of our governing bodies are huge yet don't make a big difference to the school. What is the optimum size?
Peter Lewis: governing body needs to be large enough to do the job well but not so big as to make it harder than it needs to be. Recent Department for Education guidance gives some good pointers.
Ofsted will want to see evidence of a "skills audit" that shows every governor has a clear role and every responsibility is covered by someone who can do the job. It makes sense to have sub-committees for areas such as staffing, finance and quality of learning. But don't let schools go overboard on either appointing people or creating sub-committees just for the sake of it.
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