This was our second and last seminar for what is education this term, and it was with Steve Gullick again. In this session he told us some more intereting facts about governors, this time focusing more on the whole of Wales. Some of the facts were:
- A large number of the governing body in Wales do not have the full number, and are short of community governors with a business background.
- Poor/deprived areas lack governors e.g: Valleys and rural areas (lots of little schools, low population)
- Stuart Ranson researched 'School Governors and Improvement in Wales' and found that the vast majority are white, middle class, middle aged. Not enough ethnic governors. This might be due to many factors: Racism? Lack of confidence? Perceptions? Language barrier?
- Not all governors are well trained, all 22 LEA's must provide free training. 14 of them said that a few governors were trained, a lot of courses are cancelled due to lack of interest, and 5 for lack of support.
Steve also told us that Peter Earley (London Institute of Education) researched the types of governors, and the amount of each one in Wales. He found that there were 4 types of governors: (Majority to least)
- The Supporters' club
- The Partners
- The Abdicators
- The Adversaries
Steve also gave us a copy of the Welsh Assembley Government's leaflet (That Steve produced) on Becoming a school governor.
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