Responsibilities
* Setting the School's Strategic Direction – help define long‑term vision and values, and contribute to decisions that drive improvement and growth.
* Supporting and Challenging Leadership – work alongside the headteacher to ensure high standards of education and effective staff performance.
* Overseeing Financial Decisions – ensure resources are used wisely and efficiently to benefit every pupil, bringing business acumen and commercial insight.
Commitment
Governors attend around four full governing board meetings and three committee meetings per year. You will also spend time in school during the year, meeting staff and pupils and seeing the impact of your work first‑hand.
Role Details
This is a voluntary role. Full training and support are provided and no prior experience in education is required.
About The Westminster School
The Westminster School is a special school for 302 pupils aged 7‑19 with a range of special educational needs. It is a safe, happy, and inspiring place where every child is encouraged to reach their full potential. The school offers an innovative child‑centred curriculum focused around six holistic areas: My Communication, My Community, My Care and Independence, My Creativity, My Thinking, and My Wellbeing.
The school recently moved to its purpose‑built site in February 2011. Most ground floor classrooms have access to outside spaces, incorporating Learning Outside the Classroom into our enriched curriculum. Our values are encapsulated in our statement of Safe, Happy and Learning Together, aiming to develop confident, aspirational and independent members of our community.
Commitment to Safeguarding and Well‑being
We have an exceptionally strong culture of safeguarding, and pupil welfare is one of our highest priorities.
Equal Opportunities and Inclusion
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and cultivate an inclusive, diverse school community within which difference is celebrated. No applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. The Westminster School is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in employment for all and to taking action to avoid discrimination.
Recognition
The Westminster School is recognised as a Disability Confident Employer. It has achieved the Investors in People Platinum Award and was the first school in the country to receive this recognition.
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