The School-Ready Governor

The School-Ready Governor is an insightful, practical, and highly readable guide, offering essential advice for school governance. If you are a governor or a school leader looking to make a difference this book is highly recommended. * Tim Taylor, teacher, trainer and author of Try This *The School-Ready Governor is an extraordinary book, almost certainly not what you might expect. It’s neither a manual, nor a checklist, nor a day-to-day companion for those new to the role. It’s something else entirely, something deeper, more vibrant and endlessly enquiring. It’s a searching for the spirit and senses of good governance, an understanding that governors are at their best ‘being like the moon, pulling at the tides, changing the tidelines’. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. * Barney Angliss, disability consultant @AspieDeLaZouch *Governance is complex so who better than Rebecca Leek, who declares herself ‘comfortable with complexity’, to tackle this important subject. This is a book I read in one sitting because it is a gem! Informative, thought provoking, and practical, I found myself nodding along, reflecting on how useful this would be to anyone leading schools today. Buy it for the school governors in your life! * Rae Snape, headteacher and author of The Headteacher’s Handbook and The Curriculum Compendium @RaeSnape *This is a must-read for anyone stepping into the world of school governance, whether as a seasoned professional or a first-time governor. Rebecca’s approach is empowering, clear and ultimately hopeful about the role governance plays in shaping schools and, by extension, the futures of children. Highly recommended for educators and trustees alike. * Serdar Ferit, co-founder and CEO of Lyfta *

Rebecca Leek is the Executive Director of the Suffolk Primary Headteachers’ Association and she has experience in working across a wide range of settings and organisations. She has been a Headteacher, Executive Headteacher, Chief Executive, a class teacher and a SENCO. She is regularly invited to schools as a keynote speaker, trainer and writer and has written for The Headteacher, Teach Secondary and Teach Primary. Follow Rebecca online @rebeccaleek_.