Chair, Longfield Academies Board
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Longfield Academy
Kent, Longfield
- Expired
- Salary:
- Voluntary basis
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Start date:
- June 2023
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2023
Job overview
We are looking for a new Chair for the Longfield Academies Board. The board is responsible for the local governance of Longfield Academy and Hartley Primary Academy.
This non-executive, unpaid position would suit someone with management experience and the ability to build teams. You will need to have a keen interest in the development of young people, education in general and ideally have a connection to the local area.
Plenty of support, induction and training will be offered to enable you to succeed in this role. The post is offered on a 4-year term initially and is effective from May 2023, with the opportunity to hand over with the current Chair initially. Candidates wishing to have an initial discussion can contact our Academies Director, Tracey Trusler via her PA: jo.johnson@latrust.org.uk
More information about Longfield Academy, Hartley Primary Academy and Leigh Academies Trust can be found via their websites.
What can we offer?
- The opportunity to develop strategic experience as a chair
- The opportunity to work with our team of governors and staff in improving our academies
- A sense of achievement in making a difference to our academies
- The pleasure of helping students reach their potential
What is the Governing Body’s Role?
The Governing Body of our academy plays a key role in:
- Setting targets for raising standards of educational achievement
- Monitoring progress towards meeting these targets
- Finding the right balance between supporting and challenging the performance of the principal and therefore the performance of staff and the academies as a whole
- Deciding policy and future development plans
- Upholding good governance
Attached documents
About Longfield Academy
Longfield Academy offers a friendly and supportive working environment with innovation and collaboration at the heart of everything we do. The academy is recognised as an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school and delivers the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to students in years 7 -9. Our most recent inspection in 2018 confirmed that Longfield Academy continues to provide strong educational outcomes for students. The richness of our extracurricular activities allows our students to excel in drama, music, sports and STEM. Leaders of the academy are highly ambitious for all of the students. We have a strong drive for school improvement underpinned by a relentless focus on the core business of improving teaching and learning. We do not limit that ambition to the outcomes of public examinations; our students being prepared for life is equally as important to everyone at the academy. Our pastoral system is truly exceptional and we pride ourselves on the quality of care for every student. Our Post-16 provision continues to go from strength to strength, rated in the top 10% for Kent, with our students securing places at top universities.
Longfield Academy benefits from modern, state-of-the-art facilities for learning across all subject areas. We have a thorough and robust approach to school improvement, and the academy is well on course to becoming a truly Outstanding school.
Principal
Dr Felix Donkor
Values
Our values prepare the international citizens of tomorrow. We aim to develop reflective, inquiring young minds who understand the value of success and are not afraid to fail or take calculated risks in order to learn. They will be leaders and team-players as well as confident, happy individuals who set themselves challenging life goals.
Our core values are:
- Respect
- Empathy
- Celebration
- Achievement
Vision
We believe in a community that nurtures unique individuals into becoming the open minded thinkers and principled adults of a diverse society. We have an ethos of high standards that provides the opportunity to aspire and achieve beyond expectations. We place importance on collaboration within the Trust and beyond, at a national and international level, to bring the best outcomes for our students. We aim to develop enquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect, recognising that other people with their differences can also be right.
Please find our Trusts vision: https://vision2030.org.uk/
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