School Governor at Eastfield Primary School

We’re recruiting for local governors to help shape the future of our school and ensure that every child gets the best possible education.

School governors are volunteers who work with us to improve standards in our schools. They help to ensure that every child makes good or better progress and that families are fully involved in their child’s education.

Governors contribute a range of skills and experience. The role is largely a challenge and scrutiny one; governors don’t manage a school day-to-day but are required to oversee its long-term development in conjunction with our Multi-Academy Trust. 

Being a school governor is a challenging but rewarding role which really makes a difference to the lives of children and their families. 

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Ivy Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust directly accountable to the Secretary of State for Education for its schools, through its Board of Directors (Trust Board). The Trust Board has established a Local Governing Body (Local GB) for each academy (school) within the Trust, to which some responsibilities are delegated.

The primary role of the LGB is to provide support and challenge to the Headteacher in ensuring every child makes good or better progress and that parents and carers are fully involved in their child’s education. To maximise the ability of the local governors to focus on this key area, the Local GB is not required to manage financial resources, staffing, Health and Safety or many of the other areas traditionally associated with a maintained school governing body as these issues are dealt with at Trust Board level.