Day 10! Today we shine a spotlight on another fab school we've worked with. Governors at @WestminsterCPS didn't set out to win an award when they improved their confidence & challenge; but guess what - they did and won Cheshire West Governance Association (CWGA) Board of the Year shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent

We believe that Local Boards are at the heart of good governance within a Multi-Academy Trust, and therefore our Shaping Governance® External Review of Governance start with them - investing in governance 👍🏻 By the looks of it, we're obviously doing something right

Over halfway through our 24 days of Celebrating Good Governance and today, we look at creating a Governance Jigsaw© - not a puzzle, but a way of improving governor engagement in monitoring. You can also catch up on what you've missed shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent/

Day 14 & it's time to put Multi-Academy Trusts in the spotlight, & how to create a whole trust DNA. We've supported MATS to create & reset their governance - what have we learned? Sue Mills Andy Moor #FCCT @MatAssociation shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent

Governors of Residential Special Schools have additional Social Care responsibilities as well as educational. On Day 15 of our Celebration of Good Governance, we focus on how governors can improve their oversight of the residential element of their school. shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent

Christmas & New Year is always a good time for reflection, today behind door number 16 we focus on the power of reflection, hearing from Nikki Lawton from Pebble Brook Primary on how reflection helped her board, plus we offer tips for finding the right mirror. shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent

Continuing our Appreciative Saturday, here in our last one before Christmas - day 18, we focus on Appreciative Inquiry, and the assumptions it’s founded on. This takes me back to a previous life but I truly believe it applies to governing boards Andy Moor #FCCT shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent

December is flying by! On the 20th Day of celebrating good governance, we take a quick look at Transparency - buzzword or byword? shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent 4 more days after this, with some important governance tips on Pupil Voice, IMPACT and Acronyms

Day 22 of our celebration of good governance - how time flies! Today we focus on Gobbledygook & making your governing language accessible. We also launch a simple Acronym Glossary, access this & other free governing tools at shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent plus catch up on missed days

On this penultimate day of our 24 days of Good Governance, I turn to the subject of IMPACT. Does your governance have an impact? I share my thoughts, tips and how other schools are assessing their impact. shapinggovernance.co.uk/advent

A few more days to access our 24 days of celebration of Good Governance - more will be shared across the year - but just a reminder

Due to the high demand for our services, we are continuing to recruit Governance Associates to provide Clerking and other Governance Services. Interested? Click the link for more about the role - Closing date 21.1.22 - get in touch for a chat shapinggovernance.co.uk/join-our-team/

New Department for Education Guidance on External Reviews of Governance & developing a culture of self-review for the governance of MAT Boards. Why not search for Shaping Governance - our approach bridges both - including local boards DYNAMIC:PROVEN:EFFECTIVE gov.uk/guidance/exter…

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Reputation is everything & so is feedback like this. Shaping Governance helps governing boards to learn, share & improve together appreciatively. Good for Ofsted prep - which is now the No1 reason boards work with us - not that you should ever just prepare for Ofsted!

We are told our MAT reviews of governance go way beyond expectations - building unity. We use our specially designed Shaping Governance® to support all governors, not just the MAT board, improving governance in all boards & building a picture across the MAT. Read tinyurl.com/HCCMAC

Thanks, Romero MAC, for your 5 🌟 review for Shaping Governance in Multi Academy settings. It was great to work with you and we're so glad that all school governing boards and the MAC board have benefited. shapinggovernance.co.uk

Pupil voice is important to us & the schools we help to embed voice in their governance. We've been asked to speak at many gov conference this year. In our monthly newsletter we will be sharing our learning to help you - sign up (link below) to receive it shapinggovernance.co.uk/voice-of-the-c…

Last month the NGA launched its Career Pathway for Governance Professionals - take a look - if this career pathway appeals to you or your friends/colleagues - get in touch - we’re recruiting! nga.org.uk/Knowledge-Cent…

Here's our January 2023 newsletter - launching our Child-Centred Governance focus for this - sign up on the website for the monthly updates tinyurl.com/ShapingGoverna…