The role of the school governor is rapidly evolving. As the number of academies and free schools rises, local authorities are increasingly taking a back seat, while school governors are stepping up to deal with everything from staffing and funding issues to exclusions and school improvement.
Emma Knights believes a shift in practice is occurring among school governors, the 300,000-strong army of which form the largest volunteer force in the country.
Since taking up the chief executive’s post at the National Governors’ Association in January 2010, Knights has guided the organisation through the coalition’s extensive education reforms and changes to Ofsted inspections that shine a spotlight on governors’ performance like never before.
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