School Governance Professional (Clerk) - flexible working
Barton Court Grammar School, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PH14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
August 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- BCAT 7 – BCAT 9 (depending on qualifications and experience) £16.94 to £21.07 per hour starting rate
What skills and experience we're looking for
Barton Court Grammar School is seeking to appoint a Governance Professional (formerly known as Clerk to the Governors) to work with the Governing Body and be responsible for overseeing all aspects of governance effectiveness and compliance. Ensuring good practice and the meeting of all statutory and regulatory requirements is key along with a knowledge of Admissions, although training can be provided.
Reporting to the Chair of the LGB and the Lead Governance Professional you will be conversant in all aspects of general administration, organising meetings and minute taking and confident in dealing with all stakeholders including senior management of the School and parents. Experience in compliance would also be advantageous.
This opportunity offers an experienced and professional individual who relishes working in an interesting, varied and occasionally challenging role, to really provide a first class calibre of service to the School.
Flexibility is required in terms of hours worked with meetings taking place in the late afternoons and early evenings.
If you have enthusiasm, determination and an interest in education we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
The School is committed to excellence in professional development and an extensive well-being programme is in place with many benefits including reduced gym membership at CCCU, event afternoons throughout the year and other benefits offered by BCAT and Kent Rewards.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
In line with KCSIE 2022 guidance, part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.
Barton Court Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application via the Disclosure & Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for Children.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Barton Court Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1005 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Barton Court Grammar School website
- Email address
- recruitment@bartoncourt.org
Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT) is a multi-academy Trust which was established in 2017.
It currently consists of three secondary schools: Barton Court Grammar School, an 11-18 years, mixed selective school in the heart of Canterbury, rated “Good” with many outstanding features by Ofsted in February 2020, and The Charles Dickens School, an 11-16 years mixed non-selective school in Broadstairs, which came out of special measures and was rated “Good” by Ofsted in March 2023. The Trust opened Barton Manor Free School, an 11 – 18 years non-selective mixed school in the heart of Canterbury and on the former Chaucer School site, in September 2022 to Year 7.
At BCGS, we promote the values of serving others, humility, achievement, respect and equality. We are a school which embraces our British heritage and British values. As a result, we welcome staff from a range of backgrounds and faiths to join our vibrant and inclusive environment.
Our focus is on achieving excellence in all that we do to support outstanding outcomes for all our students. This is evident in the way our community of students, parents, staff and governors all work together to provide an engaging learning environment so that each student thrives and achieves their full potential.
Subjects across the School benefit from having a team of highly competent and charismatic middle leaders. Exciting and innovative teaching is enabled by the scaffolding of colleagues’ skills through comprehensive continuous professional development which encompasses everything from bespoke workshops to the opportunity to observe colleagues, including our Leadership Team. Entirely committed to education, our facilities are second to none and include a shared Sports Hall and gym with Canterbury Christ Church University, a new block built in January 2018 which consists of 7 new Mathematics classrooms, 3 state-of-the-art Science Laboratories, new Kitchen/Servery and Canteen.
The School has a comprehensive well-being package which includes substantial CPD, access to the Canterbury Christ Church University gym at a subsidised rate, free lunch at Christmas and an end of Summer term barbeque, "Chocolate Fridays", cupcakes at the end of each term, mental health well-being afternoons, paid counselling sessions.
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