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 June 27, 2022

# School Improvement and Governance: Change Starts from the Top

    Chris Callaghan  ·   1 minute read

**School Improvement and Governance: Change Starts from the Top  
**

*Governance professionals Emma Perkin and Ruth Agnew joined us in the School Improvement Theatre at the Schools & Academies Show London in April 2022, where they discussed the key principles of leadership of governance and how this drives school improvement. *

*Their session focuses on the following key areas:*

- Uprooting our common understanding of governance to empower governors as engines for change rather than a system of checks and balances
- Taking a literal interpretation for change: The value and timeliness of revitalising governance and best practice guidance for recruiting new governors.
- Ensuring that leaders are susceptible to change by encouraging a culture of open discussion and embracing healthy criticism from governors

***Speakers******:***

- Emma Perkin, Co-Founder, **Trust Governance Professionals**
- Ruth Agnew, Head of Governance, **Co-Op Academies Trust**

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