Training and development
Details of the training courses available for governors through the local authority, the Leicester Teaching School and online.
Further information
Academic Year 2024/2025:
Leicester City Council
Safeguarding training for Governors
This training is delivered by the Local Authority Safeguarding Team. All sessions are delivered virtually. The up and coming sessions are detailed below.
For further details can be found on the Safeguarding course flyer
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Wednesday 11 June 2025, 6pm-8pm.
To book your place, email safeguardingineducation@leicester.gov.uk
Prevent in education: training for governors and trustees in schools
This training package has been designed by Department for Education for school governors to understand their responsibilities and the importance of the Prevent duty. All sessions are delivered virtually. The up and coming sessions are detailed below.
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Monday 10 March 2025, 5pm-6:15pm
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Monday 12 May 2025, 5pm-6:15pm
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Thursday 3 July 2025, 5pm-6:15pm
For further details on the course and to book follow the link to DfE Prevent training.
Health and Safety
This training is delivered by the Local Authority Health and Safety Team. All sessions are delivered virtually. The up and coming sessions are detailed below.
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Thursday 24 April 2025, 10am - 11am
For further details can be found on the Health and safety course flyer
To book your place, email vince.taylor@leicester.gov.uk
The Mead Institute for Professional Learning
The local authority works with the Mead Institute for Professional Learning who offer a range of online governor courses.
Booking details are shown on the flyer. The small charge of £30 per place is a charge to the school, not the individual governor. Courses are free for those schools who participate in the Closing the Gap project. Please let your school know if you book a place so that it can include any charge in its budget monitoring procedures.
Learning Link
For those governing boards who subscribe to NGA's Learning Link through us, governors have access to over 50 e-learning modules.
Click on the attachment below for details on how to register and access Learning Link and get the most out of your subscription.
NGA Learning Link registration guide
Safer recruitment training
Safer recruitment training is provided by the Safeguarding in Education Team.
On-line Safer Recruitment training is also available and is provided by the NSPCC. Full details can be found via the following link:
Contact us
Should you have any queries please contact governors@leicester.gov.uk
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