Clerk to the Academy Committee of Governors

The Laurus Trust, Cheadle, SK8 7JY

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  15 September 2025

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20.29 per hour

Clerk to the Academy Committee of Governors job summary

The Laurus Trust is seeking an organised and conscientious ‌Casual Clerk to the Academy Committee of Governors to join the team. This role will involve providing professional clerking support to the Academy Committee, ensuring meetings are well organised, decisions are recorded accurately, and governance complies with statutory and trust requirements. 

This role requires 35 hours per year per school, and hours are completed in your own time, outside of the school day.  Each Academy Committee has 3 meetings each year and you may be based at any of our Trust schools.  Availability during early evening hours is essential.

Job Purpose (For further details on the role, please find the Job Description below)

• Prepare and circulate agendas, files, and minutes within agreed deadlines and in consultation with the Chair/Head of School.
• Attend and clerk all Academy Committee meetings.

Key Skills & Experience

• Sound educational background including GCSE’s in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent.
• Experience of working in an administrative capacity.
• Experience of delivering to deadlines and achieving set targets to a high standard.

Please note a full application must be submitted as CV’s will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process. 

Closing date: Monday 29th September at 9am.

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.

Disability Confident Employer

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Laurus Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Laurus Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-laurus-trust

The Laurus Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), committed to providing exceptional academic education to its family of schools across Stockport, Manchester, Tameside, and Cheshire East. Schools under the Laurus Trust consistently achieve outstanding results through a relentless pursuit of excellence and a dedication to student success.

Cheadle Hulme High School is the founding school of the Laurus Trust and was rated ‘Outstanding’ in the school’s last inspection and regularly features in the The Times and The Sunday Times Parent Power listing. The Trust’s commitment to excellence is evident not only at its founding school, but also in the outstanding achievements of Laurus Ryecroft, Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Didsbury High School, and Gorsey Bank Primary School – all receiving the top rating from Ofsted in their most recent inspections.

The Laurus Trust is continually growing, managing a comprehensive network of four primary schools, six high schools, and four established Sixth Forms. Their commitment to growth continues in September 2024 with the opening of Crown Street Primary School, the first new primary school in Manchester City Centre in nearly two decades.

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