26 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    17 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    21 May 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Casual

Hourly rate

Volunteer

What skills and experience we're looking for

🌟Join Us as a South West Regional Assurance Board (RAB) Governor: Transform Lives and Shape Futures!🌟

Are you ready for a fulfilling role that combines challenge, impact, and effective oversight? As an RAB governor, you’ll play a pivotal part in ensuring strong governance within your local schools.

As a governor you will:

  • Make a Real Difference: Your insights and experiences matter. Use your unique perspective to inform crucial conversations about effective governance of our schools.
  • Board-Level Skills Development: Step into a board-level environment where you’ll hone your leadership, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills. It’s a chance to grow both personally and professionally.
  • Community Contribution: Give back to your local community by actively participating in the school’s development. Your commitment will directly impact pupils, staff, and families.
  • Support and Challenge: Be the voice that drives positive change. Support the school’s growth while constructively challenging it to improve. Your input matters!
  • Diverse Perspectives: We value diversity. Bring your unique experiences and insights to decision-making, ensuring a well-rounded approach that benefits everyone.
  • Governing Boards are skills based and cover a wide variety of areas. Whilst it is advantageous, experience in education is not a necessity, as you will have the opportunity to learn and develop your knowledge base. The most important attributes we are looking for is a Governor who is dedicated and has the time to fulfil the role, is open to learning new things and, most importantly, believes in our vision to transform the life chances of the young people who attend our schools.

    Other Reasons to Consider Being a Governor:

    • Rewarding Experience: Few roles offer such a sense of fulfilment. Witness the impact of your contributions first hand.
    • Professional Growth: Develop skills beyond the classroom. Network with like-minded professionals and broaden your horizons.

    What the school offers its staff

    Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools across the South-East, South and South-West of England, united in their common goal of providing a transformative education to our children and young people. All schools share a common mission, to nurture successful children who are confident and can think and act independently. At the heart of the Trust is the belief that the work that school leaders do must transform the life chances of students. As a Governor, you can have effective oversight of school leaders to make positive change for the students in your region's schools and ensure they are receiving the best of what the Trust and Schools have to offer.

    Next Steps

    If you are interested in this governor vacancy and making a valuable contribution to our Trust we would encourage you to apply.

    Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

    To arrange an informal conversation please contact Amii Medway by email: governance@tsatrust.org.uk

    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process, pleaseemailrecruitment@tsatrust.org.uk

    Commitment to safeguarding

    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk

    Applying for the job

    Apply for the job by following the link below.

    CVs are not accepted.

    Visas cannot be sponsored.
    How to apply
    If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

    Additional documents

    If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

    About the schools

    Type
    Multi-academy trust

    The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Essex, Hampshire and the South West.

    We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances. Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

    o Think about their Thinking
    o Be their Best self
    o Shape their Success

    In this way we transform life chances

    School Details

    School type
    Academy, ages 2 to 11
    Education phase
    Primary
    School size
    464 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    2 to 11
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 2 to 11
    Education phase
    Primary
    School size
    385 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    2 to 11
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 11 to 18
    Education phase
    Secondary
    School size
    1145 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    11 to 18
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 11 to 16
    School size
    48 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    11 to 16
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 11 to 18
    Education phase
    Secondary
    School size
    1068 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    11 to 18
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 3 to 11
    Education phase
    Primary
    School size
    250 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    3 to 11
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 11 to 18
    Education phase
    Secondary
    School size
    816 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    11 to 18
    Ofsted report
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    School type
    Academy, ages 11 to 16
    Education phase
    Secondary
    School size
    1528 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    11 to 16
    Ofsted report
    View Ofsted report

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