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<p>Responsibility for filling a vacancy on a governing body rests with the relevant
appointing body for that vacancy. This will vary depending on the category of school
and the category of governor.</p><p>Governing bodies should review their membership
and size on a regular basis and ensure that appointments are made in an efficient
and timely manner. The Governors' Handbook recommends that for every vacancy, governing
bodies should conduct a skills audit to identify any gaps in the skills, knowledge
and experience of existing governors. Governing bodies should also set out the specific
skills and experience that the school needs for the relevant appointing body or electorate.</p><p>The
Department for Education has committed funding to School Governors' One-Stop Shop
(SGOSS), the governor recruitment charity, to March 2015. SGOSS provides a free service,
matching high quality candidates that want to become governors with schools that have
governor vacancies, according to the skills the schools need. In addition we are working
with employers to encourage them to promote volunteering as a governor to their staff.
This can potentially provide schools with an important source of highly skilled governors
and is also an excellent learning and development opportunity for the employees concerned,
carrying benefits back to their employer.</p>
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