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Useful links for governors

Some further sources of useful information.

Governornet

The DfE national website for information for governors, Governornet has a wealth of information for school governors from the government department responsible for education.

National Governors' Association

Website of the National Governors' Association  Provides support and information to governors, including a useful range of publications and a helpline.

Department for Education

Website of the Department for Education is the government department responsible for drawing up and implementing education policy at national level.

Ofsted

Website of the Office for Standards in Education - the non-ministerial government department responsible for monitoring standards in all maintained schools and Local Authorities in England. School inspection reports can be viewed on the website and there is a section on publications.

Teachers' TV

Teachers TV was a government funded TV and online video service that operated until April 2011. In agreement with the Department of Education all 3,500 Teachers TV programmes are now available on TES Resources and with four other hosts. The value of Teachers TV on TES is that it now coexists within an active community of teaching professionals and related free teaching resources. Teachers TV supports the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field.

GEL - Governors on line training

The training on GEL supplements conventional face to face training rather than replacing it. It provides an opportunity for governors to access training more easily from their own homes, offices and schools and promote discussion about a range of topics in governors' meetings.

Open learn

The training on Open learn supplements conventional face to face training rather than replaces it. Run by the Open University, it provides an opportunity for governors to access training more easily from their own homes, offices and schools and promote discussion about a range of topics in governors' meetings.