TES is a good idea. I will think about it.
We are very lucky to have a committed group of governors who regard the school as central to community life, and we have been fortunate to find some important skills within the group - an accountant, a schools inspector (!), a PR specialist, a social worker and a computer wizard - but it is pure chance.
Several governors left when they discovered how onerous the task was - which was the right thing to do - if they did not feel they could commit to it, then better that they should make the decision to leave.
I am learning all the time as to how to do this job to the best of my ability but it is a huge commitment, and I have no relevant qualifications at all. And academies are even more concerning, as they too are run by lay people, with less oversight. We joined together with an academy for a year in an attempt to create sustainability, until we realised how hopeless they were.
Currently we are under threat of closure, simply on the basis of size - why is it that the council cannot understand that small schools are inevitable in a scattered rural communities? - transporting children in mini-buses along our single track tractor-ridden lanes to get them to a bigger school is a huge danger.
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