Job Description
• Setting Strategic Direction: Determining the school's vision, ethos, aims, and development plans. • Being a "Critical Friend": Supporting the headteacher while constructively challenging performance, data, and school plans. • Holding Leadership Accountable: Monitoring pupil progress, educational standards, and staff performance. • Overseeing Financial Performance: Approving the annual budget, setting financial priorities, and ensuring proper spending. • Appointing Leadership: Recruiting and selecting headteachers and senior staff. Time Commitment & Eligibility • Time Commitment: Usually around 4 to 6 full board meetings per year, plus committee meetings, school visits, and report reading (roughly 10 to 20 days per year). [1, 2, 3] Closing date: 02/11/2026