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 350,000 volunteer governor places in England on governing bodies in 23,500 nursery, primary and secondary 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 7,500 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
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- 30th January, 2009Our Voice: Words from Hackney is a celebration of ... - > IOD’s ‘Director’ Magazine features article on SGOSS
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- 26th May, 2009Yet again, SGOSS have been named as finalists in t... - > SECOND EMPLOYEE GOVERNOR CONFERENCE
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- 25th March, 2009http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7956017.stm ... - > 25 REASONS TO BE A SCHOOL GOVERNOR!
- 11th March, 2009We asked a number of our governors to tell us what... - > SGOSS on the BBC News Website
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- > Essex County Council
- > Norfolk County Council
- > Alan Fletcher
Alan is a governor at Oakhill Primary School in Barnsley.
- > Carol Undy
- > South Norwood Primary School








