School governing boards have become less diverse, despite government calls for action, suggests a “sobering” new report.
Just 6 per cent of school governors and trustees who responded to the National Governance Association’s (NGA) annual survey were black, Asian or minority ethnic.
The number aged under 40 was also the lowest on record, halving over the past five years to 6 per cent.
The survey of 4,000 governance volunteers, published today, suggests boards are getting less representative. In 2021, 93 per cent of respondents said they were white, and 9 per cent under 40.
