Enfield Council is exploring new strategies to recruit young individuals to serve as school governors. The council is working with Governors for Schools, a national education charity that finds, places and supports volunteers as school governors in England.
The initiative was a key topic at the Member Governor Forum meeting on 18 November 2025, where Emma Hawker from Governors for Schools delivered a presentation on the recruitment of young governors. The agenda allocated 20 minutes for the presentation. While the meeting agenda indicates that a presentation on the recruitment of young governors was given by Emma Hawker from Governors for Schools, the specific strategies discussed were not detailed in the provided information.