Stockport Governor Association

Your views are our views, and where there is no consensus, we do everything we can to make sure that the whole range of views is heard and responded to. Indeed, one of our main functions is to ensure that governors’ views are fully recognised and taken into account in formulating policy and procedures for our schools, children and young people. Our website aims to help you to find out the things you need to know, to exchange views with and learn from other governors, and to express your views on the educational  issues of today and tomorrow. There are links to Stockport Local Authority sites, to national sites especially for governors, and to other sites we think may be useful to you.  Whether you are a new governor trying to find your feet, an old hand seeking advice on a tricky problem or a possible opportunity, or a specialist like a Chair of Resources wanting to compare notes with other resources specialists, this website aims to put you in touch with colleagues and professionals to help. Please make use of the website to guide you through the maze of ideas and practices and developments which make up education in England today – and the sometimes equally confusing maze of support available to schools and governors. If our site doesn’t give you the answer you need, let us know and we will try and build coverage in for the future. Stockport’s school governors are a vital part of the governance of our schools; being a governor can appear an onerous, even daunting task. Sharing together we can be much stronger than we are in isolation. Our hope is that this website will ease that burden through sharing more, and help us all achieve more for our schools and the children and young people in them. Gillian Stunell Chair, GOVAS, 2009