Draw on your professional and life experiences to inform discussion and decision making.
Utilise and develop your skills in a board-level environment.
Support and challenge the school to drive improvement for its whole community.
Direction: Ensure there is clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
Performance: Hold executive leaders to account for the school's educational performance, pupil outcomes and staff performance management.
Expenditure: Have account of key variances to budget and responsibility for holding leaders accountable for pupil premium and sports premium spending.
Stakeholders: Ensure the voices of stakeholders are heard.

Anyone aged over 18 can be a governor and you do not need to be a parent. There is no requirement for you to have a formal understanding of the education system, just an enquiring mind, the ability to work as part of a team and the time to contribute and attend the half termly meetings.

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