Serving Christ through serving your local school - The benefits of Christian parents becoming school governors

School governors are vital for the healthy running of a school - Ruth Evans encourages Christian parents to consider offering their time and skills in this most important of roles

“If you want something doing, ask a busy person.”

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the earliest printed version of this old adage is attributed to Reverend W. J. Kennedy in 1856 who was the Inspector of Schools for Lancashire and the Isle of Man in Britain. As someone working in schools in the north of England who would like to try to persuade you to add something to your busyness it gave me boldness to ask you: I know you’re busy but please consider becoming a school governor.

UK school governors make up one of the UK’s largest volunteer network, with over a quarter of a million people taking on the role of governor for a school. But why does this matter to you?

As Christian parents we have a direct interest in the schools our children and young people go to

In the schools your children and young people are in there will be somewhere between 20 and 1500 children or young people who are kept busy each day by any number of adults who are educating and supporting and doing admin. Those paid adults are then overseen by a governing body – a group of adults who have a responsibility to offer strategic guidance to the leadership team of a school. This includes ……