Could Your Business Make a Lasting Difference to a Local School?

 Become a School Governor

We are seeking committed individuals from local businesses to join our Governing Body to help shape the future of young people in our community.

 

As a school governor, you will play a vital role—bringing your professional skills, business insight and local knowledge to support and challenge school leadership, improve outcomes for pupils and ensure strong governance.

 

We currently have a vacancy for a Co-opted Governor at Lord Street Primary School. The Local School Committee ensures that the Trust’s vision, ethos, policies and priorities are enacted at a local level, based on the specific qualities and community characteristics of the school. As a Governor, you will play a vital role in supporting, questioning and challenging the school leadership team, holding them to account and providing assurance to the board. Bringing your professional skills, business insight and local knowledge, you will improve outcomes and aspirations of our young people and ensure strong governance is in place.

Being a school governor is a rewarding experience; you give back and make a difference to the young people in your school.  It’s a big responsibility, but you will know that you are using your professional experience to have an impact on the young people in your local community.

 

Benefits of being a Governor

There are many benefits to being a Governor.  You will gain a variety of skills that maybe transferable to your career. For example:

• Leadership
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Negotiation
• Problem-solving
• Increased self-confidence
• Decision making

 

The role of a school Governor is a voluntary, unpaid role (Governors are able to claim reasonable expenses).

What’s involved?

• Typically, 3 meetings per a year outside of working hours
• Commitment to attend a minimum of two school events a year
• Be a Champion for one area (Behaviour and Attendance, Safeguarding, SEND, Pupil Premium and Finance or Careers and Community Engagement) and attend three visits to school each year (during the school day)
• Commitment to statutory annual training and other training as necessary       

 

Who can apply?

We welcome interest from:

• Business owners and directors
• Managers and senior professionals
• Employees looking to develop board‑level or governance experience

 

To be eligible for an appointment as a Governor, applicants must be over the age of 18.

To ensure a broad and independent perspective, we are seeking governors who are not parents of children at the school and are unable to appoint any further Local Authority employees due to the statutory quota being reached.

Details of the qualification and disqualification criteria can be found below:

The School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2012.

 

If this could be you, or someone you know, please do get in touch for further information:  Helen Whitaker, Head of Governance on h.whitaker@apex-trust.org