Hey again, so this is our last seminar with Steve Gullick. Again in this seminar we looked at governers and governing bodys however we now focussed more on Wales. A large number of the governing body in Wales do not have the full number, and are short of community governors with a business background. Poorer areas or smaller schools in Wales normally lack governers. However those schools which do have governers all seem to be of a simular sterotype for example middle class, white, middle aged. This is a problem as there are not enough ethnic governers which could be down to racism, language barriers, confidence etc.
(Stuart Ranson'School Governors and Improvement in Wales')
All 22 LEA's must provide free training, however 14 of them said that only a few governors were trained. This was said to be down to a lot of the courses being cancelled due to a lack of interest and support.
Peter Earley (London Institute of Education) found that there were 4 types of governors which include:
The Supporters' club
The Partners
The Abdicators
The Adversaries
He aldo researched the types of governors, and the amount of each type in Wales.
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