Chair/Co-opted Governor - Mary Rose Academy

Mary Rose Academy is a special school for pupils aged 2-19 years, situated across three sites in Portsmouth. We provide a highly specialist, personalised curriculum for young people with the most profound, severe, and complex learning difficulties. The school requires an experienced Co-opted Governor to join the Academy Committee as Chair of the Committee.

Mary Rose Academy Committee is currently seeking an experienced Co-opted Governor, with a range of professional knowledge including education, finance, human resources, legal, marketing, and public relations, property and estates management and organisational change.

As a Governor you will be able to:

•           Use your own experience of education and life beyond school to inform conversations

•           Develop and use your skills in a board-level environment

•           Make a valuable contribution to education and your community

•           Support and challenge the school so that it improves for pupils and staff

•           Bring your unique experiences, perspectives, and insights into decision-making in the interests of the school community.

Governors monitor and evaluate the progress of the school and function as a source of challenge and support to the Principal.

This means.

•           Engaging with pupils, staff, parents, and the school community

•           Addressing a range of education issues within the school including disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special needs, staff workload and teacher recruitment

•           Looking at data and evidence to ask questions and have challenging conversations about the school

Mary Rose Academy Committee typically meet six times a year as well as make school visits. Governors meet either during the day or early evening.

We do undertake a DBS check for all Governors, this process is supported.

Skills

Anybody over the age of 18 can be a Governor and you do not need to be a parent. There is no requirement for you to understand the education system, just the necessary skills, character, and time to contribute. If you do not have knowledge of these things but are interested, please contact us. Training is available to help you learn about education.