Understand the role of your subject link governor
Your board may appoint link governors to specific areas or subjects in the curriculum, in line with your school improvement priorities.
The link governor’s role includes:
- Monitoring the implementation of school strategy in their lead area, highlighting any gaps
- Supporting you in raising the standards for all pupils in the subject area
- Keeping the board informed on their area – this includes things like pupil attainment, use of resources and subject delivery (more on these below)
What does your subject link governor need?
Attainment – for example test results across your subject compared to local or national benchmarks, or pupil feedback based on learning objectives How effective your school’s strategy is and how well it’s being implemented in their area How you’re using