Chair of Governors West London Free School Secondary
Knowledge Schools Trust
Hammersmith, W6 9LP
- Expired
- Salary:
- Voluntary
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- July 2020
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2020
Job overview
Our current Chair of Governors has completed her term in office leading the governing body of the secondary school.
The Chair of governors is a key role in the leadership and management of WLFS.
The Chair manages the local governing body’s (LGB) six meetings per year(one each half term).The Chair also sits on each of the three sub-committees, the Education Sub-committee (five meetings per year) the Finance Sub-committee (four or five meetings per year) and chairs the People and Performance Management Sub-committee (two meetings per year). The Chair also holds an ‘exofficio’ role as a trustee on the Knowledge Schools Trust.
The Chair role works closely with the Chief Executive and with Clare Wagner, Headteacher and her Senior Leadership Team, to ensure that the school delivers on its improvement targets and operates in accordance with the expectations, ethos and values of the Knowledge Schools Trust.
Being Chair should take up approximately 2-3 days a month. Further details on the role and composition of the LGB can be found here: https://www.wlfs.org/Governing-body/
The role provides an excellent opportunity to really get to know how schools work and play an important part in helping to ensure our continued success.
If you are interested, please contact Ian Hunter i.hunter@ks-t.org to arrange an informal chat. The application closing date for the role is noon on Friday 19th June. Job descriptions and candidate application packs are available on request.
Attached documents
About Knowledge Schools Trust
- Knowledge Schools Trust
- Palingswick House, 241 King Street, Hammersmith
- London
- W6 9LP
- United Kingdom
OUR VISION
The Knowledge Schools Trust aims to provide children with a classical liberal education, regardless of background or ability.
Key Characteristics of the Trust's Schools
- High aspirations, with a firm emphasis on academic attainment
- A classical academic curriculum
- Strong discipline
- A competitive atmosphere, particularly when it comes to Games
- Outstanding pastoral care
- Active parental and community involvement
- Specialising in Music
- A broad range of extra-curricular activities
Objectives
- Encourage all children to be confident, hard-working and ambitious, regardless of background
- Transmit a core body of knowledge to all pupils
- Encourage every pupil to complete their education and do a sufficiently demanding course of Sixth Form study to progress to a good university
- Attract and retain outstanding teachers
- Instill a lifelong love of learning
A Classical Liberal Education
By a classical liberal education we mean a rigorous and extensive knowledge-based education that draws its material and methods from the best and most important work in both the humanities and the sciences. The aim of such an education is not primarily to prepare pupils for a job or career. It is more to transform their minds so that they are able to make reasonable and informed judgments and engage fruitfully in conversation and debate – not just about contemporary issues, but also about the universal questions that have been troubling mankind throughout history. We want children to leave our school with the confidence that comes from possessing a store of essential knowledge and the skills to use it. We believe that independence of mind, not compliance with socio-economic expectations, is the goal of a good education.
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