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Jack Minto, Author at jackminto.com - Page 12 of 18

Celebrating the role of the Clerk

NGA, as part of their Visible Governance in Schools campaign, recently undertook an in-depth exploration of the role of the Clerk in governance


Click here for a summary (by Steve Edmonds of NGA) of how the topic was addressed.


You might also be interested in a Guest Blog published by NGA entitled “The invaluable role played by a good Clerk”. This records the practical experiences of one Chair of an Academy Trust in a successful Chair/Clerk collaboration.

Click here to read this in full.


If you are a Chair of Governors and would like to review any aspect of how your trust might best interact with the Clerk, do please contact me at jack@jackminto.com or on 017514 499238 for a preliminary discussion (or indeed, for a basic and more general chat about what I do) .

Long words

Donald Trump has accused President Biden of “assaulting the American people” by using “offensively over-long” words. Mr Trump singled out “hyperbole,” “administer,” and “effective” as examples………………..

Wise man……..

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

Roy H. Williams