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Parent Governor Post Oct-2025
03 Oct - 2025
We currently have a vacancy for one Parent Governor on our Governing Board.
Our Governing Board has a membership of 12, with representatives from the staff, local community and parents.
The Governing Board does not get involved in the day to day running of the school; they have a strategic role with responsibility for overseeing leadership and management. It has 3 core functions:
- setting strategic direction
- creating robust accountability
- ensuring best use of financial resources
The full Governing Board must meet at least three times per academic year, and also have frequent Committee meetings each term. There is an expectation that governors will also undertake monitoring visits into school to find out more about the school throughout the year. Individual governors do not have any powers, instead the Governing Board works closely with the Headteacher and makes decisions collectively as a team.
Any parent, or carer, of a registered pupil at the school at the time of election is eligible to stand for election as a Parent Governor (subject to certain exceptions, e.g. anyone employed at the school for more than 500 hours per annum is not eligible). Parent Governors are elected by other parents at the school - if there are more applications than spaces available, an election will be arranged so please be aware you may have to produce a personal statement for ballot papers.
Appointment is also subject to eligibility criteria and completion of a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service check.
All governors must abide by our agreed Code of Conduct covering issues such as confidentiality, conflicts of interest, training requirements.
Prospective candidates are invited to speak with the Headteacher prior to submitting an application so they are fully aware of the roles and responsibilities involved – please contact the school office to make an appointment.
Closing date for expressions of interest 17th October