How can you become a school governor?

If you care about the education of children, are prepared to listen, read and ask questions, and would like to participate by working as part of a team, then becoming a governor can be an enjoyable and rewarding way to play an active part in your community. 

If you are interested you can either:

• talk to the headteacher or another governor of your local school;
• contact the LA's Governors' Support & Advisory Service;
• or complete an Expression of Interest form which can be downloaded in a PDF format by clicking on the icon below.

Complete and return the form to:

Governors’ Support & Advisory Service
Children & Young People
Wolverhampton City Council
Jennie Lee Centre
Lichfield Road
Wednesfield
Wolverhampton
WV11 3HT

The first steps

By taking this first step, you could:

• become a parent governor at your child's school;
• be nominated to represent your Local Authority;
• be nominated on religious grounds;
• be appointed for your special expertise or you could represent your local business community.

We believe that a school governing body should reflect its multi cultural society and is committed to having a representative proportion of governors from the ethnic minority communities.

Governing bodies represent local people, with a balance of interests; there could be a role for you at a school nearby.

Further information

For further information and enquiries about becoming a school governor, contact:

Governors’ Support & Advisory Service
Children & Young People
Wolverhampton City Council
Jennie Lee Centre
Lichfield Road
Wednesfield
Wolverhampton
WV11 3HT

 

Phone: 01902 554137
Fax: 01902 555268

E-mail: governors.support@wolverhampton.gov.uk