“We will expect all governing boards to focus on seeking people with the right skills for governance, and so we will no longer require academy trusts to reserve places for elected parents on governing boards.”
Educational Excellence Everywhere, Department for Education White Paper, March 2016
The secretary of state says being a parent is not of itself sufficient qualification for being a school governor. She speaks of “the right skills for governance”.
But what does she think those skills are? It’s not difficult to guess – financial acumen will be somewhere in the mix I imagine, together with managerial experience and the ability to interpret data.
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