Free audit tool · Twelve questions

An appointment fills a seat. An induction builds a governor.

Boards work hard to recruit and then lose good people in the first year because nobody owned the welcome. Twelve questions, ten minutes, a clear picture of your induction process and a prioritised action plan. Free, no sign-up.

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How It Works

Four steps. One clear picture.

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Secure, Developing or Not in Place

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The Induction Audit

Twelve questions about how new governors land.

Each question covers one step of an induction that keeps governors, from before they say yes to the system that makes sure nobody is missed. The board rates its own process, never the new governor. The descriptors under each question show what secure and developing look like. Rate where your board stands. Your answers stay in this browser.

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This is how the framework treats induction; membership applies the same shape to every governance function.

Secure

Developing

Not in Place

Boards that keep their governors are not luckier with people; their system owns the welcome. Items below Secure are where induction depends on memory rather than design.

Question breakdown

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Get a Word document with your results, the priority actions and what “secure” looks like for each step. Share it with your chair, clerk or governance lead.

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The audit covers induction. Membership applies the same shape to every governance function.

One assurance pattern across the whole of governance: structured visits, statutory compliance, meeting agendas, Headteacher reports and board intelligence, each one ending in evidence the board can stand behind. From £229 per school per year.

Governor visit records ready to file as evidence

Statutory compliance tracked term by term

Meeting agendas and minutes with challenge recorded

Board-level reports across every function

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Sources and statutory grounding

DfE Governance Guides · maintained schools · academy trusts · the DfE’s core reference on the governing board’s role, including the induction and development of new governors.
Keeping Children Safe in Education · gov.uk · statutory safeguarding guidance; safeguarding training and the KCSIE read with declaration sit inside every new governor’s induction.

This self-assessment helps a board review its own induction process. It does not replace statutory safeguarding training, the DfE governance guides or your board’s appointment procedures.