Governing boards have been told to collate and publish their own diversity data – but campaigners warn the move is not enough to address “alarming” representation numbers.
The Department for Education has today published guidance encouraging heads of academies, colleges and maintained schools to collect the information on its trustees.
Officials stressed the figures “must be [made] widely accessible”, as they aim to make boards “increasingly reflective of the communities they serve”.
However, bosses of the National Governance Association doubt “publishing data is going to do much” to convince black, Asian or minority ethnic people to volunteer.
