School Governors

The following topics and issues are covered in this chapter:

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  the role of the governing body in the strategic management of schools;
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  the difficulties in recruiting governors, ensuring that they are effective and ways of developing their expertise;
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  the contribution that governors can make to school improvement;
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  the ways in which governors can oversee the curriculum and the responsibilities that governors have in relation to the curriculum;
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  the governors' responsibilities in relation to school buildings;
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  the responsibilities that governors have in overseeing the finances of the school and in ensuring that money is spent wisely;
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  the ways in which governors contribute to and monitor decisions that are made about staffing and staff development; and
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  the role that governors have in drawing up ...