Structured governance assurance for UK school governing boards.

For governors

A named priority every term, not a guess on the day

SGAF is the Governance Operating System for UK schools and academy trusts. As a governor, that means a Governor Assurance Plan with your name against a real school improvement priority and a term, a check delegated to you by link with the context already attached, and a report you file the same day, while the visit is still fresh.

Membership from £229 per school per year.

A governor visit plan with a named governor against each priority across autumn, spring and summer
Shown here: a year-at-a-glance grid with a named governor and a status against every priority.

Your term with SGAF

A governor's year, mapped out

Three points in the year where you know exactly what you are looking at and why.

Before the visit

A plan with your name already on it

The Governor Assurance Plan draws on the school's own improvement priorities, every statutory monitoring role and, where it applies, the faith strand. A year-at-a-glance grid carries the assigned governor's name against every priority across autumn, spring and summer, so you know which priority is yours and when, before the term begins.

A year-at-a-glance grid of governance priorities with a named governor and status against each one

When a check needs you

Exactly what to look at, by link

A check delegated to you by link carries its own deadline and an enriched check card that gives the context up front, so you arrive already knowing what you are being asked to look at. An approval step confirms it before it counts as done.

After the visit

Filed the same day, while it's fresh

A short report against the priority you were visiting goes on file the day of the visit: what you saw, any concerns raised, the questions you asked and your confidence in what you found. The next board meeting has something specific to discuss, not a verbal recap reconstructed from memory.

A named governor against every priority, every term

Checks delegated to you by link, with a deadline

Every visit closes with a filed report, ready for the next meeting

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