Equip governors with unrivalled knowledge & skills.
Transform your governing body into the driving force for high education standards with the largest collection of CPD and policy resources for governance – all on one platform.
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Member schools

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The knowledge & skills your governors need.
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Achieve compliance
Help your board comply with DfE and Ofsted governance expectations
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Train the whole board
Provide role-specific training for new governors, trustees, link governors, chairs, and clerks
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Ensure governors are up to date
Update your board with the latest policy changes and continually support ongoing development
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Promote governance excellence
Enhance governance skills in safeguarding, finance, recruitment, plus much more




Achieve compliance
Help your board comply with DfE and Ofsted governance expectations

Train the whole board
Provide role-specific training for new governors, trustees, link governors, chairs, and clerks

Ensure governors are up to date
Update your board with the latest policy changes and continually support ongoing development

Promote governance excellence
Enhance governance skills in safeguarding, finance, recruitment, plus much more

Top 5 courses & webinars for governors & trustees.

Annual Certificate in Safeguarding for Governors

Advanced Certificate in Mental Health for the Designated Governor or Trustee

Annual Certificate in Data Protection & GDPR for Governors

Certificate in the Role of the Safeguarding Link Governor or Trustee

Annual Certificate in Online Safety for Governors
Software to simplify governance.

Make training easy to access
Share all courses, webinars, templates and resources online so governors and trustees can access training anytime, anywhere, on any device.

Make policy
sign-off simple
Manage the policy process on one platform – update, share, ask approval and track progress to streamline policy-sign off.

Make reporting
effortless
Use simple evaluation and reporting dashboards that make it easy to inform governors on strategic objectives and school improvement plans.
Join over 16,000 member schools, trusts & nurseries
Rated 4.7* by over 1 million educators.
There’s such a broad array of training opportunities, that we don’t need to go hunting for training externally. The content is really current and the feedback I get from staff is that it offers value to them. The whole package just works on every level for us.

Fir Tree College
Member Case Study
The National College provides a great way of tracking CPD and evidencing what has been completed on the platform. It reduces workload, and we have that data at our fingertips to show which staff have accessed the training.

Diverse Academies Trust
Member Case Study
With The National College, we can quickly assign role-specific CPD to 300 members of staff. It’s fantastic. It's very valuable to have that ease of access.

Phoenix Primary & Secondary School
Member Case Study
The National College has enabled us to keep abreast of everything, not only the statutory requirements, but other important topical issues. It's so thorough that it provides peace of mind, knowing that everything is covered.

Herts & Essex Multi-Academy Trust
Member Case Study
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