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Although paying honorariums to the country’s 350,000 governors has the potential to break the bank, a starting point might be payments to the 24,000 chairs of governing bodies.

The review will not go so far as to recommend cash for governors, or pay rises for heads and other school leaders, but it is expected to float the issues so the School Teachers’ Review Body can consider them.

Governors are entitled to expenses for travel and babysitters, but the National Governors’ Association says many do not claim them. Jean McEntire, its chief executive, said members were concerned that such payments would take money from stretched school budgets.

Stephen Adamson, a governor in Norwich, said the voluntary principle of community service was important: “You don’t want people to apply just because it’s a well-paid job,” he said.

But Claire Collins, a secondary school chair and primary school deputy chair in West Sussex, said honorariums would force professional accountability upon governors. She said £2,000 a year for chairs seemed reasonable, given honorariums of more than £5,000 paid to health trust members.



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