Clerk to Governing Body
Shustoke CofE Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 2AU17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026, or as soon as possible depending on notice period of successful candidate
Closing date
24 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
7 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 65 hours per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Band D, Scale Point 4-5 (£25,185 - £25,583 per annum, pro rata), dependant on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Have previous experience of clerical/administrative/secretarial/committee work
Have attended Local Authority Clerk to Governors training
Have sound word processing skills
Good literacy and numeracy skills and able to record and take minutes accurately and work effectively to strict deadlines
Able to work on own initiative
Good organisational skills
Good communication skills
Detailed knowledge and understanding of the Education (School Governance) Regulations
Broad understanding of recent education legislation and school practice
Display commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
Value and respect the views and needs of children
Knowledge of school organisation
Have an understanding of the concept of School Governance
What the school offers its staff
Further information about the job
Broad Description:
Responsible to the Governing Body for the provision of clerical/administrative support to enable the Governing Body (GB) to act efficiently, effectively and legally, giving advice to the Chair and Governors as necessary.
Contribute to the school’s statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Typical Tasks:
Advise the Governing Body on the conduct of GB meetings and procedural matters, within the School Governance regulations (excluding legal advice).
Summon all meetings of the GB, including
- drawing up the agenda following consultation with the Chair and Head
- preparation of supporting papers as required
- distributing the agenda and papers
Attend all meetings of the GB and additional meetings as agreed, including Governors’ Annual Parents’ Meeting .
Record (seeking clarification as necessary) and draft minutes, for agreement by Chair.
Distribute minutes.
Deal with correspondence arising from meetings, in consultation with Chair (and Head as appropriate).
Ensure Chair receives all relevant letters and communications, dealing with associated correspondence as appropriate.
Ensure GB is informed of relevant matters and communications.
Ensure information requested is supplied.
Maintain details of Governors and their terms of office.
Inform Governors, Head and other officers of all changes to GB, including appointment of Chair and Vice-Chair.
Notify vacancies to relevant person(s).
Administer Governor elections.
Obtain and receive advice/information from LA/legal Services.
Advise and prompt the Chair on specific actions required at meetings (e.g. items that require formal proposal/seconding ; items that require declarations of interest; items for decision etc)
Provide advice on the role and responsibilities of the Governing Body and school governance procedures
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
About Shustoke CofE Primary School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 180 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- admin3207@welearn365.com
- Phone number
- 01675 481319
Shustoke C of E Primary School is a warm and welcoming primary school set in a delightful rural setting. We are a small primary school with one class per year from Reception through to Year 6. We currently have 176 pupils on roll. Our school’s philosophy is centred on the development of the whole child. We aim to enable all children to achieve success intellectually and personally so that they grow up to be happy, confident, responsible citizens of the future. Shustoke is a school that lives out its core values of respect, courtesy, honesty, caring, equality and forgiveness. These are modelled by adults and apparent in pupils’ behaviour and attitudes. Our values, vision and school aims permeate all of the school’s work, as a result the school is a happy, purposeful environment with a clear moral purpose for education. We are proud to be a Church of England School and belong to the Diocese of Birmingham. Being a Church School provides an additional dimension to our life in school and is intrinsic in our philosophy and culture. We pride ourselves on our Christian family ethos - it is a distinctive characteristic of school life. Staff subscribe to, and model our values, and the children are rewarded for displaying those values. At Shustoke, we want to foster pupil achievement and self-belief through the provision of a broad and enriched curriculum. We endeavour to provide an environment where everyone feels welcome, secure and valued – meeting the needs and aspirations of the children, their families and the wider community through involvement of the whole school community in providing the highest quality education, within the context of Christian belief and practice. Just as we encourage our children to improve on their previous best, we continually strive to further develop as professionals for the benefit of the children.
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