William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
Calderdale
Salary:
This is a voluntary position
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 November 2025
Apply by:
31 October 2025
Job overview
The William Henry Smith School & Sixth Form and College are looking for new volunteer governors with professional background/experience in Finance to join our friendly, successful and hardworking Governing Board. Our governors come from a range of different backgrounds, have diverse skills and experience, and all share a commitment to providing the best possible education, care and health for our children and young adults.
* Are you interested in special education, and the wellbeing and progress of children and young adults who face social, emotional and mental health challenges?
* Are you community spirited and would you like to play a vital part in an organisation with an outstanding reputation, which is continually looking to further improve?
* Do you have an enquiring mind and the confidence to ask questions and debate issues that affect the school and its growing and developing services?
Our offer:
* An opportunity to contribute to improving the lives of children, young adults and their families.
* A chance to develop skills in strategic management.
* The opportunity to work with our team of governors and staff in further improving our organisation and its services.
* A sense of achievement in making a difference
* The pleasure of helping students reach their potential, and receive the education, health and care they deserve.
* Personal health and fitness training, and a financial advisory service
* Travel expenses
"Teamwork is the underpinning principle of life at The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form. Therapeutic, teaching, catering, behaviour, safeguarding, site and support staff work closely and share information successfully to design a curriculum that develops pupils in all aspects of their lives." (Ofsted Inspection September 2023)
The Smith Foundation is a registered charity that operates our outstanding special school and sixth form, a specialist college and a children's home, all for children and young adults experiencing social, emotional and mental health challenges (SEMH).
The William Henry Smith School & Sixth Form is a non-maintained residential special school for boys aged 5-19 in Rastrick and our Specialist College for boys aged 16 – 25 is a UK registered learning provider based in Elland. Our students have a breadth of special educational needs, including learning difficulty and disability. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation. Our school and sixth form provide 'Ofsted Outstanding' education, health, therapy, and care. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and governors to share this commitment. Opportunities for success are provided through a diverse programme of bespoke individual learning pathways and life skills including across the 24-hour curriculum, which serve to develop resilience, skills and accreditation for life-long learning, happiness, and an improved quality of life. We have a strong ethos and culture, built upon firm foundations that underpin all our work on improving quality of life outcomes for all our students and their families, through our strong focus on key working, developing relationships with students, and partnerships with parents and carers.
We have a wealth and breadth of professionals which form an integrated team around students, including Psychotherapists, Speech and Language and Occupational Therapists, School Nurses, a Social Worker, and a Family team. Residential Care and Teaching and Learning staff play a vital part in children's lives, progress, and quality of life.
Our recruitment process is further embedded, ensuring our commitment to Safeguarding and our alignment with the Safer Recruitment procedure. The process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicant will be appointed subject to enhanced DBS check (this is a position working in regulated activity). The successful candidate will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding behaviour at all times.
What is the Governing Board's role?
The Governing Board of our school, sixth form and college play a key role in:
* Setting targets for raising standards of educational achievement, and supporting care, and health and wellbeing.
* Monitoring progress towards meeting these targets.
* Supporting and challenging the performance of the Senior Leadership Team.
* Deciding policy and future development plans.
As well as attending termly meetings governors are asked to look at specific areas of work in more detail to help with monitoring and attend our Open Days three times a year. To support governors, everyone has access to training to help build on existing skills and to develop new ones.
All our roles are by application via
Please apply by visiting our vacancies page on the Foundation website
If you are interested, please complete an application form and return to
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About William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form
Boothroyd, Brighouse
West Yorkshire
HD6 3JW
United Kingdom
ABOUT US
The Smith Foundation values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. We are also committed to promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of both students and staff and reflects life in Modern Britain.
The Smith Foundation is a registered charity that operates the outstanding William Henry Smith School, Sixth Form and Specialist College and a children's home, all for children and young adults experiencing social, emotional, and mental health challenges (SEMH).
The School, Sixth-Form, Specialist College and Childrens home have a wealth and breadth of professionals which form an integrated team around students, including Creative Arts Psychotherapists, Speech and Language and Occupational Therapists, Nurses, a Social Worker and a Family team. Residential Care and Teaching and Learning staff play a vital part in children's lives, progress and quality of life.
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