Meetings clerked. Compliance tracked. One professional. All year.
An independent governance specialist dedicated to your school.
Accepting five schools for September 2026 · South East England
Same need. Very different service.
LA Traded Service
- Low cost per meeting
- Different clerk each time
- Minutes in 2–4 weeks
- No between-meeting advisory
- No compliance monitoring
- No Ofsted preparation
- No GovernorHub management
Employee Clerk
- Knows the school
- You recruit, train, manage
- Absence cover is yours
- One person's knowledge
- No compliance system
- No strategic advisory
- No Ofsted framework
BoardMet
- Named professional
- 6 meetings clerked
- Minutes within 5 working days
- Cover built in
- Year-round advisory
- Statutory compliance monitoring
- GovernorHub fully managed
- Termly Ofsted-readiness reviews
- Data briefings and challenge prep
Clerking, compliance, advisory, and crisis support. From someone who knows your school.
Professional Clerking
Your professional co-writes the agenda, chairs the paperwork, and delivers draft minutes within five working days. Every meeting runs tighter.
- 6 or 12 meetings (FGB + committees)
- Agenda co-developed 7 days prior
- Draft minutes within 5 working days
- GovernorHub fully managed
Compliance Monitoring
Every statutory obligation tracked on a rolling calendar, flagged before it's due, and followed up until it's done. Policies, DBS, SCR, all covered.
- Statutory policy review calendar
- Termly Ofsted-readiness audit
- KCSIE update briefings
- DBS / SCR monitoring
Strategic Advisory
Data briefings, challenge questions, and board papers prepared between meetings so your governors arrive informed and ready to contribute.
- Termly data & performance briefings
- Budget scrutiny support
- Headteacher PM coordination
- Governor training needs analysis
Crisis & Panels
Exclusion hearings, complaints panels, safeguarding escalations, and staff disciplinary. Clerked by a professional with direct experience.
- Exclusion panel clerking
- Complaints procedure management
- Staff disciplinary / capability
- Emergency advice line
First call to first meeting. Four weeks.
Free audit
20 minutes. We review your current governance arrangement together.
Onboarding
Introductions. GovernorHub setup. Policy audit. Two weeks.
First meeting
Your professional is in the room. Briefed. Agenda ready.
Professional governance. Straightforward pricing.
Every package includes a named governance professional, dependable cover, and faster turnaround, at a price that competes with council services.
- Named governance professional
- Attendance and membership records
- Agenda planning and preparation
- Register of interests maintained
- Meeting administration and papers
- Statutory compliance monitoring
- Accurate, timely minutes
- Procedural and regulatory advice
- Governor induction and skills audit
- Continuity and cover
For schools that need additional support, enhanced services can be added within the service agreement.
Annual contract · 60 days’ notice · Pro-rata for mid-year starts
What heads ask before they start.
Twenty minutes on a call. We look at your meeting schedule, who currently clerks, how compliance is tracked, and whether anything is overdue. You get an honest picture of where things stand. Most schools know already. They just haven't had someone confirm it.
An LA clerk attends and minutes. That's the service. BoardMet places a named professional who also monitors your compliance, prepares governor briefings, manages GovernorHub, and advises between meetings. It's the difference between someone who records what happened and someone who helps you run the board well.
Cover is built in. A trained colleague who already knows your school steps in. Your meeting happens. This is one of the reasons schools leave the LA pool. We don't cancel on you.
Yes. In person, virtual, or hybrid. We work however your board meets. Most of our schools do a mix. We bring the same preparation and the same standard either way.
That's what we're here for. Exclusion panels, complaints hearings, and safeguarding escalations don't wait for a convenient date. Panel clerking can be added to any Core package within the service agreement.
Absolutely. Pro-rata pricing from your start date. Most schools that join mid-year are replacing a clerk who's left or an LA service they've outgrown. We can be in your next meeting within two weeks of signing.
Annual, with sixty days' notice. No lock-in beyond that. If we're not delivering, you should be free to leave. We'd rather earn the renewal.
Maintained schools and small MATs up to five academies. If you're a trust exploring academisation or restructuring governance across schools, enhanced support can be added to your service agreement.
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Twenty minutes. A clear picture of your governance.
We review how your board runs, where the strengths are, and what a named professional would change. Free. No obligation.
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