Training & Development

Schools are able to buy in to an annual package, using part of their Standards Fund to purchase training and development services.

Governor Services provide training and development for governors, headteachers and clerks across Kent and we do this by:

• providing an annual conference on topical issues
• providing a published, comprehensive and flexible programme of training for individual governors which addresses both national and local priorities
• focussing particularly on school improvement and better outcomes for Ofsted inspections
• focussing on the importance of school self evaluation, planning and awareness of the Five Outcomes for Children and inclusion of vulnerable groups
• emphasising the governors’ strategic role as part of the leadership of the school
• facilitating induction sessions for new governors
• facilitating induction sessions for new chairs of governors
• buying into an online training package for governors to access
• the provision of in-house sessions for individual governing bodies, groups of schools and local partnerships which focus on local needs
• by administering the clerks’ training programme
• individual mentoring and coaching.

These links will take governors to other pages to assist in their development and support.

Link: Governor Services
Link: Governor Services Training and Development Programme
Link: Department for Education
Link: Kent County Council - Education and Learning 

General enquiries relating to Governor Services Training & Development should be addressed to:

Governor Services
Learning Group
Shepway Centre
Oxford Road
Maidstone
Kent ME15 8AW
Tel: (01622) 203800

If you need more advice and support about any aspect of your role, please contact any member of Governor Services.