About The Role
🌟Join Us as a Parent Governor Transform Lives and Shape Futures!
Are you ready for a fulfilling role that combines challenge, impact, and community engagement? As a parent governor at your child’s school, you’ll play a pivotal part in shaping the educational landscape in your local community.
Responsibilities
1. Make a Real Difference: Your insights and experiences matter. Use your unique perspective to inform crucial conversations about education and student well‑being.
2. Board‑Level Skills Development: Step into a board‑level environment where you’ll hone your leadership, decision‑making, and strategic thinking skills. It’s a chance to grow both personally and professionally.
3. Community Contribution: Give back to your local community by actively participating in the school’s development. Your commitment will directly impact pupils, staff, and families.
4. Support and Challenge: Be the voice that drives positive change. Support the school’s growth while constructively challenging it to improve. Your input matters!
5. Diverse Perspectives: We value diversity. Bring your unique experiences and insights to decision‑making, ensuring a well‑rounded approach that benefits everyone.
Qualifications
Governing Boards are skills based and cover a wide variety of areas. Whilst it is advantageous, experience in education is not a necessity, as you will have the opportunity to learn and develop your knowledge base. The most important attributes we are looking for is a Parent Governor who is dedicated and has the time to fulfil the role, is open to learning new things and, most importantly, believes in our vision to transform the life chances of the young people who attend our schools.
Other Reasons to Consider Being a Parent Governor
* Rewarding Experience: Few roles offer such a sense of fulfilment. Witness the impact of your contributions firsthand.
* Professional Growth: Develop skills beyond the classroom. Network with like‑minded professionals and broaden your horizons.
* Community Integration: Become an integral part of the wider community, fostering connections that go beyond the school gates.
About Us
The Gordon’s Children’s Academy is based in the Strood area. Our Junior and Infant school work closely together to ensure that all staff and children work together as one. We are lucky enough have a passionate workforce at our school who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school.
We are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children, and our staff too. We have high expectations of behaviour and we recognise that it is our responsibility to listen to the children verbally or by interpreting their behaviour. Pupils of Gordon’s Children’s Academy are proud of their school and have an exciting environment around them to learn in, we encourage use of a creative curriculum and all children enjoy decorating their classroom whilst they focus on a particular topic across the curriculum.
To find out more about our school, please click here.
“There is a clear expectation for how children behave and conduct themselves. Pupils are always encouraged to be their best selves.
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