“…Interestingly, New's (1993) research into school GBs in England concluded that, although in some schools TGs were regarded as esteemed education experts (New 1993), in the majority of GBs, a limited number of external governors were uncertain about the TGs' ability to contribute to non-TLA issues. However, the authoritative guidance on educational governance in England regard ASGs' knowledge of the education environment as an important governance resource for external governors and strategy in educational institutions (Hill 2012(Hill , 2009Earley and Creese 2000;Pounce 1992). Earley and Creese (2001) established that TGs do make an invaluable contribution to governance through their educational expertise and by communicating teachers' opinions to governors.…”