Welcome to the School Governors' One-Stop Shop
The School Governors' One-Stop Shop (SGOSS) is a small, highly successful charity which recruits volunteers to become governors in schools across England. SGOSS has won awards for the way it works with volunteers, builds partnerships with employers, manages its finances, and develops its staff. Its services are FREE to Local Authorities, volunteers, employers and schools.
There are around 300,000 volunteer governor places in England on governing bodies in 21,400 maintained schools. At any one time approximately 40,000 of these places will be vacant as volunteers' circumstances change, or their terms of office come to an end. By working with employers and engaging with communities, serving governors and Local Authorities SGOSS has already placed over 8,500 high calibre volunteers into schools.
To find out about being a Governor in Northamptonshire, click here.
To find out about our new campaign to recruit volunteers, click here.
Check the Vacancies Map below for information about your area
- > SGOSS JANUARY NEWSLETTER
- 2nd February, 2010The latest newsletter is available now... It wi... - > 2nd National Conference for Employee Governors
- 12th January, 2010The 2nd National Conference for Employee Governors... - > NGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR 2010
- 1st December, 2009NGA National Conference 2010 – Working with ... - > VALUABLE LESSONS
- 3rd November, 2009Schools could save £400 million a year if th... - > NGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE - Working with Governors
- 26th October, 2009NGA National Conference - Working with Governors ... - > WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
- 12th October, 2009It is important that people from different section... - > NEW RESEARCH TO CELEBRATE SGOSS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
- 2nd September, 2009Back in 1999, SGOSS was established as a 6 month c...
- > ACCELERATE TO HEADSHIP
- 25th January, 2010Accelerate to Headship is for those with the passi... - > THE START OF A NEW DECADE
- 4th January, 2010HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL AND WELCOME TO A NEW DEC... - > The views of Black Caribbean professional parents are needed.
- 25th November, 2009A team of researchers at London University’s... - > LINK AWS MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS STEVE ACKLAM
- 27th October, 2009With doom and gloom in the air and a climate of ec... - > MAXIMISING THE USE OF YOUR SCHOOL BUDGET
- 20th October, 2009Is the credit crunch squeezing your budgets? &nbs... - > Employer Governor Conference
- 24th September, 2009The second National Conference for Employee Govern...
- > Governing inspires new careers
A former news reader, Rob Butler wanted to do something that could benefit the next generation.
- > Summary of the BITC 'Governing in the Community' Report
- > Essex County Council
Find out about how Essex County Council and SGOSS worked together to successfully recruit governors.
- > Norfolk County Council
Development Officer of Norfolk County Council, Dawn Turner, speaks of what SGOSS has done for them in recruiting governors.
- > Alan Fletcher
Alan is a governor at Oakhill Primary School in Barnsley.
- > Carol Undy
An MD for a small business and a school governor, Carol explains her experiences in balancing these responsibilities and what can be gained.
- > South Norwood Primary School
Head Teacher Della Williams gives her account of how she worked with her governing team to create a great success story.
