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20 key questions for governing boards
Download the 20 key questions and sources of evidence to help you evaluate how effective your governing board is.
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The questions
You can download the 20 key questions for governing boards from the link below. These were created by The Key, the National Governors' Association (NGA) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Education Governance and Leadership.
These are designed to help you self-evaluate your effectiveness.
Evidence
We've suggested some possible sources of evidence for each of the questions. You can download this below:
- 360° review of the governing body's performance: questions for stakeholders
- 5 ways to step up your governance
- QuickRead: A competency framework for governance
- Annual governance statements
- Assessing governors' confidence and understanding
- Chair of the governing board: role and responsibilities
- Competency framework for governance: summary
- Contributing to meetings: tips for new governors Free sample
- Demonstrating governors' impact on school improvement
- Governing board action plans
- Governing board self-evaluation in 3 steps
- Governor appraisal
- Governors' skills audits
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