Chair of Governors - Volunteer

Overview

Thrive Education Partnership (TEP) a growing Multi-Academy Trust with seven Special Needs Academies and two autism specific satellite provisions.

Local Governing Boards (LGBs) are a full and formal part of the trust governance structure and can:

• Support the effective operation of the Trust and its policies
• Provide support and challenge to the local (school level) Headteacher
• Provide a vehicle for Governor board engagement with the school, its parents and local community, to help ensure that the Academy Governors stay connected. Trusts may choose to bring in people to sit on LGBs who provide links to the local community, in addition to parents.
• Bring issues and risks to the attention of the Trust board. It is important that the board listens and responds to concerns the LGBs may raise
• Provide constructive feedback to the board where a policy may not be effective in the local context, and suggest alternative approaches
• Help ensure the trust works as one entity, in the interests of all its schools equally

• Safeguarding
• Quality of Education (including Personal Development)
• Health & Safety
• Attendance
• Confident and positive attitude
• Professional and reliable
• Good verbal communication skills
• Be interested in education of young people with special educational needs

Kitts Green Academy caters for boys aged 5-14 years. This is a non-residential special school for boys with Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH), Autism and behaviours that challenge
. The Academy is undergoing a transformation in it’s support for the young people, with a focus on therapeutic approaches and access to life experiences that build resilience and open up new life opportunities.

If you are interested but have not done anything like this before, we can support you with a full induction and possibilities within the Thrive Education Partnership governance model. Gaining knowledge and understanding of The Warwickshire Academy, and the wider context in which it operates. You would be fully supported, and you would receive a full induction to support your role.