Governance Professional

Great Sankey High School, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3AA

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Contracted hours over the year will be 380, to allow for agenda preparation, meeting attendance, minute writing, administration and personal CPD.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: £19.88

What skills and experience we're looking for

Core Purpose The LGBs meet every half term, meeting dates are set in July and approved at the last Trust Board meeting of the academic year.

Meeting days and times are as follows:

• Bradshaw PS - Wednesday 4pm – 6pm
• Burtonwood Community PS - Tuesday 4pm – 6pm
• Chapelford Village PS - Thursday 2.30pm – 5.30pm (first hour is a curriculum presentation)
• Park Road PS – Tuesday 4.30pm – 6.30pm
• Westbrook Old Hall PS – Wednesday 5pm – 7pm

In addition attendance at the following meetings will be required:

• Chairs Forum one per term (Monday 5pm – 7pm)
• Governance Conference, one per term (Monday 5pm – 7pm)

Contracted hours over the year will be 380, to allow for agenda preparation, meeting attendance, minute writing, administration and personal CPD.

Meeting attendance will be mandatory on the dates arranged however flexibility will be allowed and the successful applicant will be able to manage their own time for agenda preparation, minute writing, administration and personal CPD. Prior experience of this kind of role in an educational setting is not essential but is preferable, training can be provided where required.

Key Duties

Organising Meetings

The Governance Professional supports the effective running of meetings by:

• working with others to prepare agendas and liaising with those preparing papers to make sure they are available on time
• convening meetings and distributing papers as required by legislation
• ensuring meetings are quorate, inclusive and well structured
• overseeing election of officers
• recording attendance/apologies and taking appropriate action in relation to absences
• taking accurate minutes, showing challenge and decisions and indicating who is responsible for any agreed actions with timescales
• circulating draft and approved minutes to all governors within the agreed timescale.

Providing advice and guidance on

• legal duties and governing practice
• constitutional requirements
• LGB procedures
• statutory guidance and policies
• annual tasks and decisions
• governor CPD

Administration and record keeping

The Governance Professional supports the LGB in maintaining records of policies and procedural documents and ensures these are accessible. This includes:

• maintaining membership records including contact details of governors, terms of office and informing any relevant authorities of changes to membership details
• giving procedural advice for governor election processes and appointments
• ensuring that the new governor administration process is completed including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, publication of information about governors and completion of statutory training.
• maintaining a record of governor ongoing CPD

Maintaining relationships and communication

Good relationships between the Governance Professional and governors is essential for open communication.

The Governance Professional should fulfil these responsibilities, whilst maintaining independence, by:

• maintaining professional working relationships with the chair, the governors and school leaders
• communicating on LGB matters outside of meetings.
• contributing to the coordination of learning and development opportunities for those involved in governance, including induction and continuing professional development

What the school offers its staff

We are delighted that you are considering applying for this role. Your interest comesat an important and exciting time in the development of the Trust. We are a small trust

with a balanced blend of five primary and two secondary schools, but are poised forgrowth as we drive towards our 4 key strategic aims. At the heart of our strategy weaim provide the best school experience possible for every child, and to be the best employerwe can be.

Omega Multi-Academy Trust was formed in 2018. We serve wonderfully diversecommunities across the metropolitan borough of Warrington and the City of Liverpool. Ourschools are firmly rooted in their communities and respond to their individual needs with localknowledge and understanding, retaining their unique identities.

We strongly believe in thepower of genuine collaboration and school-to-school support, so as a trust, we exploit everyopportunity to embrace the sharing of best practice, celebrating our many strengths , learningand growing together.

We pride ourselves on nurturing a culture of inspiring education which emphasises theknowledge, skills and experiences that will enable pupils to be resilient and aspirational.

We invest in our staff and embed innovative, high-quality teaching and learning into ourcurriculum whilst keeping the best interests of our students at the heart of everything we do.

In my role as Chief Executive Officer, it is a privilege to witness the drive and determinationof our colleagues who have welcomed our strategic vision with such enthusiasm and drive. TheTrust’s new Impact Strategy, as well as having a necessary focus on inclusive education andcontinuous school improvement as standard, includes an important focus on you, and yourwellbeing, ensuring we care for the people who help and support our children and youngpeople to stay safe and to thrive.

If we are successful in our mission, we will have ensured our schools provide:

• World-class teaching that promotes exceptional learning.
• Bespoke pastoral care that nurtures our students’ aspirations.
• Inspiring learning environments, where our students can make mistakes and overcome them to become the best version of themselves.

• Industry-leading professional development for all colleagues, investing in our teams to support them in fulfilling their personal and professional ambitions.

The hard work is paying off and whilst we know our work is far from complete, we areproud to have reached some key milestones. Outcomes at our primary schools are nowamongst the best in the country, with strong outcomes in Early Years, Key Stages 1 and 2 inalmost all of our schools. Where outcomes are not as strong, they are improving at pace.

Our dedicated staff and committed team of Trustees and Governors are relentless in theiraim of creating truly world-class schools. Our Headteachers are empowered to create schoolsthat reflect the communities they serve, yet we encourage our schools to be externally focused,obsessive in their quest to learn from the very best, never leaving opportunities forimprovement to chance.

We see vacancies such as this as an opportunity to attract new talent, bringing the best practiceinto our trust. By joining us, you become a crucial part of the team that will deliver ourvision. Together, we will transform lives.

If successful in your application, you will be joining a highly collaborative, supportive andcommitted team who will share their practice and offer unwavering support, advice andguidance to each other; an invaluable network of support for you as you embark on thisfabulous challenge.

Thank you once again for your interest in this exciting opportunity. We look forward towelcoming you to our team.

Mr C Wilcocks

CEO Omega Multi-AcademyTrust

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.

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About Great Sankey High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 2084 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Great Sankey High School website
• Email address: recruitment@omegamat.co.uk
• Phone number: 01925988300
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-sankey-high-school-warrington

I am delighted to share this amazing opportunity at Great Sankey High School, as we seek to recruit a talented and aspirational professional to join our team.

I am proud to be the Headteacher of the school and I will lead the Great Sankey learning community to be an employer of choice who provides excellent teaching and learning with passion and purpose, based on our core values of Growth, Respect, Excellence, Aspiration and Teamwork. Our mission is for everyone in our school to be happy and inspired by
their school experience and for our staff this means working in a warm, welcoming and purposeful environment. This position is key in helping us to empower students to harness their own creativity, to raise their aspirations and to achieve their potential.

Great Sankey High School was judged as ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted in our most recent inspection in March 2023. We aim to continue a journey of improvement and transformation and I am determined to provide an exceptional quality of education and culture for all students, with the ambition that all will excel both academically and as aspirational and inspirational young people. There is no better time to join us, as a
colleague, a leader or a student.

Our philosophy is grounded equally in securing the highest professional standards and supporting and caring for all professionals. Great Sankey High School is a founder member of the Omega Multi- Academy Trust and all staff benefit from exceptional networks and opportunities. A broad and varied professional development package is available, driven by the latest educational research with a focus on the development of all professionals at each career stage. Colleagues who train with us, grow with us and progress with us.

The school is situated close to local transport links and is easily accessible from areas in the North-West. Our School has been over subscribed for a number of years and now boasts over 2100 students across Key Stages 3, 4 & 5. The school has Barrow Hall College, a
large school based sixth form. Students and staff are incredibly proud of their school and are determined to work together to secure further improvements and achievements.

Great Sankey High School benefits from increasingly impressive facilities and ongoing projects. The school has seen significant investment in a building and refurbishment programme, resulting in a range of new specialist science classrooms and new sports accommodation.

So, if you are eager to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to securing the highest educational, professional and personal standards, are keen to learn, develop and work with colleagues, students, parents and the community and are passionate about transforming student lives and the opportunities provided to our communities then we would be
delighted to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Gary Evans
Headteacher

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