Exclusive: Poll finds figures are almost identical to a government study more than 20 years ago

Just 5% of governors in state schools in England are from minority ethnic backgrounds – a figure which has remained virtually unchanged for the last 20 years, according to a new report shared exclusively with the Guardian.

A poll by the National Governance Association (NGA) found that 93% of school governors are white, while just 1% are black, a further 1% are of mixed ethnicity and 3% are Asian. The remainder are “other” or prefer not to say.

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