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Governor Support

One Education is committed to supporting you to meet the challenges of the changing roles in school governance and to supporting your governing body at every level.

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To continually raise educational standards and improve pupil attainment, strong and effective governance is essential.  

Our Governor Services will work in partnership with your school governors, equipping your board with the knowledge, leadership expertise, and operational effectiveness to deliver the best outcomes for your pupils. 

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Governing Body Review

External Review of Governance

Drawing on our experience working with a wide range of settings, One Education will help your school and trust governors stay one step ahead and ready for inspection and audit, equipped with practical solutions and expert advice.  

Our holistic approach combines a compliance and impact review with self-evaluation and skills analysis. With focused action plans and ongoing support, our team will keep you on track for success.

Clerking Service

With wide-ranging skills and expertise, our professional clerking service for school governors offers more than administrative support. 

We will take on the task of managing agendas, minutes, records and annual reports, so you can focus your time and attention on driving school development.  

Sharing your ambition for success, our clerks will provide expert advice and guidance to improve performance and assure policy and procedural compliance.  

Governor Advice and Guidance

Highly skilled and experienced, our consultants will share their expertise in all matters of school governance. Rely on us for advice and guidance to strengthen your performance and impact.  

Find solutions whenever you need them, with full access to our: 

  • Telephone advice line, 
  • Termly handbooks for governing body meetings 
  • Termly networking events and forum for Chairs of Governors
One Governor

Embed strong governance at your school with our all-in-one support package. The One Governor service gives you access to all our online resources, termly handbooks and governor support helpline.  

One Governor also gives you the opportunity to take part in our full range of training and networking events. Keep up to speed with all aspects of governance, from academisation and staff appraisals through to SEND and pupil wellbeing.  

Support for New School Governors

With an in-depth understanding of school governance and the challenges involved, we can help prepare new school governors and trustees with the knowledge and skills to achieve success in their new role.  

New governors can benefit from induction training, giving you the tools to lead your school with confidence and clarity of vision. Our consultants will share advice and guidance to ensure you understand and meet your statutory duties. 

Governor Training and CPD

Ensuring that training is up to date, engaging, and relevant to your school, our team can support you with the next step of your professional development.

Our team of experts provide advice and guidance in all key areas of school governance, including the following and more: 

  • Understanding school data 
  • Academy governance 
  • Preparing for Ofsted 
  • School and academy finance 
  • Safeguarding for school governors


With a wide range of training options
, including the opportunity to access a library of new and up-to-date training modules, we can give you the support you need to drive school development and create better outcomes for your pupils.

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External Review of Governance

Drawing on our experience working with a wide range of settings, One Education will help your school and trust governors stay one step ahead and ready for inspection and audit, equipped with practical solutions and expert advice.  

Our holistic approach combines a compliance and impact review with self-evaluation and skills analysis. With focused action plans and ongoing support, our team will keep you on track for success.

Governor support staff

Clerking Service

With wide-ranging skills and expertise, our professional clerking service for school governors offers more than administrative support. 

We will take on the task of managing agendas, minutes, records and annual reports, so you can focus your time and attention on driving school development.  

Sharing your ambition for success, our clerks will provide expert advice and guidance to improve performance and assure policy and procedural compliance.  

Office staff using telephone

Governor Advice and Guidance

Highly skilled and experienced, our consultants will share their expertise in all matters of school governance. Rely on us for advice and guidance to strengthen your performance and impact.  

Find solutions whenever you need them, with full access to our: 

  • Telephone advice line, 
  • Termly handbooks for governing body meetings 
  • Termly networking events and forum for Chairs of Governors
Governor support page from One Education

One Governor

Embed strong governance at your school with our all-in-one support package. The One Governor service gives you access to all our online resources, termly handbooks and governor support helpline.  

One Governor also gives you the opportunity to take part in our full range of training and networking events. Keep up to speed with all aspects of governance, from academisation and staff appraisals through to SEND and pupil wellbeing.  

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Support for New School Governors

With an in-depth understanding of school governance and the challenges involved, we can help prepare new school governors and trustees with the knowledge and skills to achieve success in their new role.  

New governors can benefit from induction training, giving you the tools to lead your school with confidence and clarity of vision. Our consultants will share advice and guidance to ensure you understand and meet your statutory duties. 

Rob Merino head of Governor service

Governor Training and CPD

Ensuring that training is up to date, engaging, and relevant to your school, our team can support you with the next step of your professional development.

Our team of experts provide advice and guidance in all key areas of school governance, including the following and more: 

  • Understanding school data 
  • Academy governance 
  • Preparing for Ofsted 
  • School and academy finance 
  • Safeguarding for school governors


With a wide range of training options
, including the opportunity to access a library of new and up-to-date training modules, we can give you the support you need to drive school development and create better outcomes for your pupils.

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Why choose One Education for Governor Support?

Our team benefits from unrivalled expertise in all aspects of school governance, combining the knowledge of governors, former teachers and leading experts in education. Providing a trusted and reliable service, we will help to strengthen your school’s leadership and ensure all statutory duties are met. 

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