School Governing Board Member

4 months ago

Havant, United Kingdom Releasing Potential Full time

Opportunities have arisen for School Governors at Releasing Potential School. Becoming a school governor is a rewarding role and will allow you the opportunity to use your skills and attributes to have a positive impact on the education of all of the children in our school, you will be able to develop and learn new skills, take on different challenges and work as part of an established and successful Governing Board with a record of successful mentoring and support.

**The three core functions of governance are to**:

- Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction:

- Hold leaders to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff:

- Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure money is well spent:
**Responsibilities**
- Develop and embed the school’s vision, ethos and strategy, monitor school improvement
- Support the school to embed the charity’s vision
- Establish a culture of high educational standards, which promotes staff and pupil wellbeing
- Make sure all pupils have access to a broad and balanced curriculum
- Monitor provision for pupils with SEND
- Monitor educational performance, using a range of data sources
- Ensure stakeholders are informed and consulted as appropriate
- Make sure the school is compliant with legal requirements, including ensuring statutory policies and documents are in place
- Contribute to the performance management of the head of school
- Be a source of challenge and support to the head of school
- Monitor and evaluate the school’s staffing structure
- Monitor health and safety in the school
- Provide information and reports to the board of trustees

**Skills and experience**

**Essential**:

- Critical listening and ability to ask effective questions
- Strategic thinking
- Excellent communication
- Problem-solving and analysis

**Desirable**:

- Understanding of data
- HR experience
- Knowledge of education
- Leadership and management skills
- Risk management skills
- Legal expertise

**Benefits to **you **_(New skills you will gain)_**:

- Strategic planning
- Experience on a board
- Holding senior leaders to account and ability to provide challenge
- Analysing data
- Human resources and performance management
- Project management
- Communication and teamwork
- Decision making
- Problem solving

**Additional information**

The time commitment for governors on local governing bodies will vary. However, governors are expected to attend 6 meetings of the local governing body per year. The term of office is 3 years.

Usually, governors sit on a sub-committee focused on an area they have knowledge of, or are particularly interested in, for example the teaching, learning & standards sub-committee. Sub-committees generally meet up to 6 times a year.

Preparation for meetings includes reading papers and preparing questions for senior leaders.

You will also be expected to undertake any training required to enable you to discharge your role effectively.

**Information requested under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exception) Order 1975**
- Any data collected during this search will be retained in line with our retention schedule which is available on request._

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