Clerk to the Governing Body

Haynes Lower School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3PR

53 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £125 per meeting

Clerk to the Governing Body job summary

The Clerk to the Governors is responsible for providing high level advice to the Governing Body on constitution, governance and procedural manners as well as providing effective administrative support, including preparing and attending all committee meetings, taking minutes, keeping records and advising on local and national developments that will impact Governor's work.

The Clerk will work closely with our Chair of Governors and it is essential you are proactive, can work under your own direction and manage day to day issues that arise whilst keeping the Chair fully informed. The role allows for a mixture of both school based and working from home.

The role includes:

Providing effective administrative support to the Governing Body and its sub-committees.

Attending all governor meetings throughout the academic year - 3 Full Governing Body meetings and 6 sub-committee meetings (held during school hours and in the early evening)

Preparing and circulating agendas and paperwork in advance of meetings

Taking accurate, concise minutes at meetings and circulating them as required

Maintaining Governing Body documentation in school

Using GovernorHub and other IT

Providing advice to the Governing Body on legal and procedural matters

Attending appropriate training (which may be in the daytime or online)

The governing body holds 3 Full Governing Body meetings during the academic year which are held either in the evenings as well as 6 committee meetings a year which are held either in the evenings or during the school day.

Experience of working in a school or as a Clerk to the Governing Body is essential.

Applications will be considered on receipt and interviews conducted accordingly. The vacancy will close on appointment of a suitable candidate.

Haynes Lower School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. We are an Equal Opportunities employer. As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence for shortlisted candidates.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Haynes Lower School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 131 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Haynes Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/haynes-lower-school

Haynes Lower School and nursery is a small village school. We believe that all children have the right to receive a broad, balanced, relevant and stimulating education.

Our curriculum enables children to develop confidence, to progress, to acquire knowledge, to build and embed skills throughout their time at our school. We promote values and tolerance within the school community and encourage children to become good citizens who contribute to the wider world. Everything we do is therefore rooted in our values based approach to education.

Come and join our friendly and supportive team. We can offer successful candidates a supportive, hardworking, collaborative and committed staff team, a strong values based education and friendly, well behaved and motivated learners.

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