GovernorHub

Who we are

GovernorHub provides bespoke board tools to help trust and governing boards to work smarter and evidence their impact.

GovernorHub Knowledge also provides governors, trustees, clerks and governance professionals with practical advice, guidance and training, all in one place

What we do

Your GovernorHub subscription includes:

A central place to safely store documents and control access, communicate with all members of your board(s) and keep a shared calendar of meetings
Tracking of governance-specific information such as constitution, roles, committees, governor types and terms of office.
Plus, database access for larger multi-academy trusts.

Add GovernorHub Knowledge to include:

A library of practical and timely resources, templates and checklists, such as: "Questions Ofsted might ask governors” and "New governor induction checklist”
Online training courses for governors and trustees, so they can confidently support your school or trust including:

Governor and trustee inductions
Safeguarding for governance
Finance for governance
SEND link governor training
Health & safety link governor training
The Prevent duty
Headteacher recruitment
Complaints handling
And many more...

How we help

At GovernorHub we live and breathe school and trust governance, with many employees also members of school and trust governing boards. We work with more than half of schools in England and more than 600 multi-academy trusts to support effective governance, but more widely we’re keen to champion and celebrate the often overlooked role of governors, trustees, clerks and governance professionals.

We do this by projects like these:

Publishing surveys and reports: including our latest report "The Trust Governance Professional”, where we speak to 119 senior trust governance professionals, and explore this fairly new and still-evolving position. We call for all of those working at the most senior governance level in trusts to have a seat on the trust central executive team.
Pay benchmarking research: "Women’s Work”, released on International Women’s Day 2023, investigates the salaries and working patterns of 1,298 clerks and governance professionals. It aims to support the ongoing professionalisation of the role and to encourage fair pay for the skills and knowledge required at each level.
Careers for governance professionals website: supports current and aspiring governance professionals to get the most out of their careers, but also teaches governing boards and employers in schools, trusts and service providers more about the profession
School governance sector survey: ‘The missing pool of talent on school governing boards’ uncovered how much (or little) the average person knows about school governance and investigated the diversity of our boards
Diversity data tracking for trusts - as part of our commitment to broadening the pool of talent on school and trust governing boards, we’re soon to launch diversity data tracking and reporting for boards.
The Hoot news: our free-to-all governance website has the latest news, articles and events from the whole governance sector and is constantly updated
The Hoot e-newsletter: our monthly update that anyone interested can sign up to
Governance webinars: you can catch up on our latest thought leadership webinars on topics from wellbeing to cybersecurity and more…
Weekly news briefing email: our expert content team send a snapshot of weekly education news headlines and highlights, and anyone can sign up
Social media: where all the latest articles, events, free resources are posted
Sector Spotlights: employees across the company are encouraged to gain a deep understanding of the education sector and issues faced by school trusts. We have regular education and governance sessions with invited speakers and thought leaders across the sector