At GovernorHub we know how hard governors, trustees, clerks and governance professionals work to provide robust governance for their schools. To help make your lives a little easier we have a rolling schedule of improvements and new features which we'll shout about here so you never miss out!
We love to hear your ideas for new features and ways we can improve too. Send us your feedback (good and bad!) via the blue chat bubble, our product team see every message and use them to inform planning and resource.
Coming soon
NEW Training course for careers link governors and trustees in secondary schools. Help your boards get to grips with requirements, what good monitoring looks like and other key activities for the role.
Updated Safer Recruitment course - refreshed in line with KCSiE 2025 plus a little re-design too.
Latest releases
September 2025
Latest KCSiE linked to the compliance area of your GovernorHub profile - stay compliant by reading and reconfirming your understanding.
New field added in profile area to store Companies House personal codes
From Nov18th it will become statutory for AcademyTrustees, Members and Persons of significant control to verify their identity with Companies House. We've added a field in the personal profile area for users to keep their code safe. Trust governance professionals will be able to see them in situ and evidence them using the Compliance Checks download
New Safeguarding refresher course. An annual refresher for those who have previously taken Safeguarding for governance - covers safeguarding essentials for governance roles, plus the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) changes
August 2025
Admin groups provided to all MATs as an added layer of security. This also provides access to our NEW admin tab (see below).
Admin tab added for MAT governance professionals, enables MAT admins to search and view individual users and groups from across the trust. This release enables you to view and post to multiple noticeboards at once, download multiple board reports at once and pin any group to your left hand side bar!
Admin tab added for Governor support service teams, enables you to search and view individual users and groups from GovernorHub (no need to visit the admin site). Features include the ability to view and post to multiple noticeboards at once, download multiple board reports at once and pin any group in your service to your left hand side bar!
June 2025
NEW AI chat tool specifically tailored for those involved in school governance. Our AI assistant uses the latest generation of large language models (LLMs) and draws on content from our GovernorHub Knowledge and Help centre articles to help you feel confident and equipped to support and challenge your school/academy.
New GovernorHub article links within the Newsfeed give you the Knowledge to Act when news hits.
April 2025
Training course: UK GDPR and data protection for governance. Learn how to keep data that you are handling as a governor safe and secure. We'll help you understand how to avoid data breaches and how to report them if they happen
March 2025
NEW Visit records area: Store reports and evidence visits in GovernorHub
NEW Learning pathway: Monitoring attendance. Get to grips with your role in monitoring attendance. Find out how to support and challenge your school or trust leaders to drive improvement
January 2025
Training course: Cyber Security. Brand new e-learning course that teaches boards how to monitor and remain strategic with an assessment at the end and a certificate to evidence successful completion
November 2024
GovernorHub's new board effectiveness tool supports your self evaluation process by auditing and analysing the skills, experience and effectiveness of your team. Our board effectiveness tool is designed to help you and your board:
Benchmark and monitor what makes a board truly effective
View your own strengths and weaknesses and those of the board as a whole
Identify training and succession planning needs for your board
See who has relevant experience in an instant e.g. confidence in chairing or supporting complaints panels