This informal online session will give chairs and vice chairs the opportunity to stay connected. You will be invited to put forward any questions or topics that you would like to discuss or find out more about. We will aim to address as many of these as we can through the meeting and help you build and strengthen your networks to make sure you have the support you need. This session will be held via zoom and will not be recorded.

This session will enable participants to gain a clear understanding of: the importance of contracting – on paper and in other ways – at the beginning of the relationship between the new head and Chair, setting up structures to support the head, for example coaching, appraisal, and professional development, the role of the head, and (for heads) the role of governors in providing support and challenge, what might go wrong and why, and what to do if things are going wrong.