Overview
As a Governor with The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, your role is to perform a non-executive strategic function, uphold the values of the school and Trust, and ensure the school delivers a good quality of education to all students. You will be supporting and holding to account the leaders who are responsible for the operational and strategic running of the school. You will be discussing how the school is performing, as well as thinking about the future and how they can improve, to offer the best possible education and experience to its students to transform their life chances.
Commitment
Academy Governing Boards will meet or engage with the school once per term, six times per year. In order to fulfil their responsibilities, Governors need to engage with the school in a variety of ways. These will include attendance at all meetings, school visits and, where available, contribution to panel hearings such as Governor Discipline Panels to review suspensions and exclusions.
Specific Role Details
Academy Governing Boards (AGBs) are a skills-based governing body, with people who have skills in areas such as Education, Human Resources and Safeguarding. AGBs have delegated responsibility to oversee the performance of Academies and work within their Terms of Reference, which are outlined within the document.
You will have the opportunity to take on a link role that is aligned with your skills/experience/interests that will narrow your focus on the Governing Board to be an advocate for that area. Link role areas include
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