Sentences with phrase «governor as a badge»

As the new website was launched, Gove took the opportunity to launch a scathing attack on «local worthies who see being a governor as a badge of status not a job of work».

The education secretary has previously criticised governors who were «local worthies who see being a governor as a badge of status not a job of work».

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Education Secretary Michael Gove has said he wants to reform school governance and said in a speech a year ago that governors were often «local worthies» who viewed their post as a «badge of status not of work».

Governors have hit back at the education secretary's claims that they can be «local worthies» who view their post as a «badge of status not of work».