School Advisory Panel (SAP) member -Volunteer Role

Would you like to be part of improving the education of children and young people?

Do you have skills or experience in safeguarding, SEND, education, health and safety, or social, mental and emotional health?

Why not join Melrose Education as a School Advisory Panel (SAP) member?

Melrose Education owns several independent special educational needs schools.

We have relentless ambition for the young people served by our schools and

understand the key role governance plays in providing strategic direction to ensure

our learners achieve the very best outcomes.

We are seeking volunteers from our communities to join our independent school

advisory panels. Panel members will have comprehensive experience in their area of

specialism within the educational sector, reflect the diversity of the school and

community in which the panel serves and act as role models for staff and young

people.

All members of school advisory panels will receive appropriate safeguarding and

child protection (including online) training at induction which will equip them to

provide strategic challenge to test and assure themselves that the safeguarding

policies and procedures in place in our schools are effective.

Panel members will be expected to attend 2 to 3 online meetings across the school

year, attend at least one face to face visit to the school to review our procedures

and processes and of course meet our young people and seek their views. This will

ensure that the ‘independent’ perspective is maintained.

If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Amanda Bramley, Chair of the Melrose Education School Advisory Panels, amanda@melroseeducation.com

Melrose Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All relevant safeguarding checks will be required along with a DBS check.