Governing Body Skills Audit

A strong governing board starts with an honest picture of where it stands. This pack gives chairs of governors, clerks and headteachers the tools to evaluate board skills and knowledge systematically, helping the governing body to identify gaps, plan for governor recruitment and supporting governor development with confidence.

You’ll get:

• Governing Body Skills Matrix and Action Plan – maps the collective skills and experience your governors bring to the board across ten categories, identifies gaps and turns findings into a prioritised recruitment and training plan
• Governing Body Knowledge Audit – evaluates the board’s knowledge across ten governance areas, with example evidence and suggested actions built in to help you assess where you are and plan next steps
• Governing Body Profile – a quick-reference record of every governor’s appointment details, roles, training dates and declared interests, designed to be updated annually and whenever the board composition changes
• Governing Body Self-Evaluation Form – a RAG-rated self-evaluation framework covering eight key areas of governance effectiveness, with evidence prompts and a summary table to agree priorities and next steps as a board

Ideal for chairs of governors, vice-chairs, clerks to governors and headteachers who are carrying out an annual governance review, organising governor CPD or improving governor effectiveness through role and succession planning.

Further resources for governors can be found on our Honeyguide-sls website.