Governance & Clerking Service
Our Governance and Clerking service provides school governors and trustees with expert governance and clerking support to ensure compliance, streamline operations and meetings, and enhance school governance.
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Governance Advisory Support | Trustee and Governor Training | Suspension Panel and Exclusion Support | Safeguarding | SEND | HR
We help governing bodies run efficiently and effectively, giving schools and multi-academy trusts the confidence to meet their statutory responsibilities.
With our Governance and Clerking service we’ll ensure your school governors and trustees receive expert guidance to stay compliant, make informed decisions, and run efficient meetings.
With professional clerking from a governance professional, policy support, and strategic advice, schools and MATs can enhance governance, reduce administrative burdens, and focus on delivering the best outcomes for their pupils.
Our Governance & Clerking Service includes
Unlimited Advice
Ongoing Compliance Checks
National Delivery
Seamless Onboarding and Personalised Support
Our initial meeting with school or trust leadership and governors ensures a smooth setup, allowing us to tailor our support to your school or trust’s specific needs while reducing administrative workload.
Expert Governance Advice, Anytime You Need It
Get unlimited access to expert guidance on school governance matters by phone and email, helping you navigate challenges quickly and with confidence—before or after Governing Body meetings.
Stay Ahead of Legal, Regulatory and Ofsted Changes
We provide timely updates on key changes affecting school governance, ensuring your board remains compliant, well-informed, and prepared to make strategic decisions.
Effortless Record-Keeping and Compliance
We manage crucial governance records, including governor appointments, committee roles, policy schedules, and DBS records—saving you time and ensuring compliance.
Streamlined Agenda Planning and Meeting Coordination
Our clerks / governance professionals collaborate with Chairs to create focused agendas, ensuring efficient and productive meetings with all necessary documents shared in advance.
Virtual Meeting Support for Confidence and Compliance
Your assigned clerk / governance professional attends governing body and committee meetings virtually as needed, providing real-time procedural guidance to keep meetings effective and compliant.
Accurate Minutes for Clear Accountability
We draft and circulate precise minutes after each meeting, ensuring clarity, accountability, and an auditable record of governance decisions.
CPD-Accredited eLearning for Stronger Governance
All governors and trustees receive free, unlimited access to our CPD-accredited eLearning library, keeping them up to date with essential governance skills and best practices.
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Our Judicium [governance professional] is always professional and hugely supportive during our meetings. However, her service goes beyond this: she has used her experience and knowledge to provide additional information to support our governors' understanding.
Head Teacher | Raysfield Primary School
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Frequently Asked Questions
The terms “clerk” and “governance professional” are sometimes used interchangeably, but they reflect different levels of responsibility and expertise within school governance.
School Clerk: Traditionally, the clerk focuses on administrative support for governance meetings — preparing agendas, taking minutes, and ensuring key documents are shared and stored correctly. Clerks also help governors follow procedural rules and ensure meetings comply with regulations.
Governance Professional: This is a broader and more strategic role. A governance professional not only handles clerking duties but also provides high-level advice on governance best practice, supports strategic planning, advises on legal and regulatory compliance, and plays a key role in developing governance effectiveness across the school or trust.
Schools and trusts often struggle with keeping up to date with changing regulations, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring governors and trustees are well-trained. Judicium’s governance services offer expert clerking with a dedicated governance professional, policy management, and training to help schools and trusts overcome these challenges and achieve strong, compliant governance.
Judicium’s experienced governance professionals / clerks ensure meetings are well-organised, minutes are precise, and all governance processes meet legal standards. This allows governing bodies to focus on strategic leadership, confident that compliance and administration are expertly handled.
Judicium’s governance professionals provide expert guidance and procedural support for exclusion and disciplinary hearings, ensuring governors and trustees follow correct processes, make legally sound decisions, and protect the rights of all parties involved.
The National Governance Association recommends skills audits are completed annually and by new governors/trustees upon joining the board. Judicium offers an annual skills audit to your Governing Body as part of the Clerking and Governance service as well as the Governance Advisory service.
MATs: Trust Board, Trust Committees, Local Governing Committees, Members
SATs: Trust Board, Trust Committees, Members
Maintained Schools/Independent schools/FE colleges/PRUs - Full Governing Board, Committees